Personal details
- Birth Date: 1960-11-05
- Height: 5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
- Birth Location: London, England, UK
- Parents: Judith Balfour Swinton (Killen)
- Professions: Actress, Producer, Writer
Back in 2008, tucked away in a tiny Scottish highland town, someone decided glitz and red carpets were overrated and went all-in on pure movie love. She launched The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams—a festival with zero pretentiousness, just a bunch of film buffs gathering for eight and a half days to catch everything from cult classics to oddball rarities you’d never find at your local multiplex. Tickets? Forget fancy prices. Adults paid three quid, kids got in for two, or you could just show up with a tray of homemade cakes and call it even. Every screening was introduced personally, so it felt more like a quirky movie club than any sort of industry event. No velvet ropes, no VIPs, just a bunch of people sitting on beanbags, munching on cake, and soaking up movies from every corner of the world. Basically, it was cinema heaven—minus the snobbery and plus a whole lot of sugar.
So there I am, shuffling through airport security, right? And this dude security guard pulls me aside for a search. Not exactly a first—honestly, I lose count of how many times people in elevators or wherever call me “Sir.” It's always the same song and dance. I guess being tall, skipping the whole lipstick routine, just throws people off. They take one look and their brains short-circuit—like, hey, women can't possibly look like this, right? It’s kind of wild how people cling to these ancient ideas of what a woman *should* look like. Every time it happens, it’s this weird mix of hilarious and frustrating. You’d think by now folks would figure out there’s more than one way to be a woman, but nah, apparently that’s too much to ask. So I just keep rolling with it, letting them figure it out in their own time.
November 5, 1960
5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
Konidela Ram Charan
London, England, UK
Yes, Honor Swinton Byrne
Judith Balfour Swinton (Killen) and Surekha
64 years old