A native of Bellingham, Washington, HILARY SWANK (Maggie) won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as 'Brandon Teena' in Boys Don't Cry.

In addition to the Oscar, Swank won The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama and Best Actress prizes from The New York Film Critics, The Los Angeles Film Critics, The Chicago Film Critics and The Broadcast Film Critics Association. In addition, she won the Breakthrough Performance prize from The National Board of Review, The Premiere Magazine Spotlight Award and was named the Sho West Star of Tomorrow.

She appeared in a supporting role opposite Cate Blanchett and Keanu Reeves in Sam Raimi's The Gift and then starred opposite Adrian Brody in The Affair of The Necklace. She also starred opposite Al Pacino and Robin Williams in Christopher Nolan's Insomnia. Swank most recently starred as 'Alice Paul' in HBO's Iron Jawed Angels, which told the story of the women's suffragette movement.

She recently completed production on Red Dust, a drama centered on South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Council in which she stars opposite Dirty Pretty Things star Chiwetel Ejiofor.


"If there's magic in fighting battles beyond endurance,

it's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you."

Frankie Dunn (CLINT EASTWOOD) has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. The most important lesson he teaches his boxers is the one that rules his life: above all, always protect yourself.

In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time. His only friend is Scrap (MORGAN FREEMAN), an ex-boxer who looks after Frankie's gym and knows that beneath his gruff exterior is a man who has attended Mass almost every day for the past 23 years, seeking the forgiveness that somehow continues to elude him.