Age: 51
female
Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress and film producer. She first became known in 1992 for her role on the television series Camp Wilder and made her film debut with a minor role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). She then had her breakthrough for starring as Julie Pierce in The Next Karate Kid (1994), the fourth installment of The Karate Kid franchise, and as Carly Reynolds on the eighth season of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1997–1998). Swank came to international recognition for her performances as Brandon Teena, a transgender man, in Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry (1999), and as Maggie Fitzgerald, an aspiring boxer, in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004). Both of her performances earned her critical acclaim, and she earned numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005. Swank later ventured into producing with the films Amelia (2009), Conviction (2010), You're Not You (2014), and What They Had (2018), all of which she also starred in. Her other notable films include the television film Iron Jawed Angels (2004), and the feature films Freedom Writers (2007), Logan Lucky (2017), The Hunt (2020), and Fatale (2020).
Sonya, 23, is no longer feeling the Christmas spirit. The deaths of two family members-her dementia-stricken grandmother and uncle-gone last year . Since then, her grandfather and aunt have been left alone. Four years earlier, her grandmother(her dad's mum), who lived in the neighbouring town, had died and joined her husband who had died even earlier(Sonya's grandfather). Therefore, only happy and sad memories remain with this town. In addition, her mum is in conflict with her siblings-brother and sister. She holds a huge grudge against them for not helping her to look after their mother when she still had Alzheimer's (although this changed with her sister when her husband died). Things are not any better with Sonya. Her eating disorder has led her to be constantly controlling and fearful even of Christmas Eve dinner, something she always enjoyed so much when she was younger. Christmas Eve will not be the same as it has always been - Christmas spent first with one part of the family at the grandparents on Mum's side and then at the grandparents on Dad's side and playing in the snow in the cold. Instead, mud, rain and sadness hidden behind the small and somewhat feigned joy of any closeness. But maybe things will change? Maybe God will listen to Sonya's prayers and transform this sad Christmas so that everyone, even in a smaller group, will spend it together, around one table, without insincerity and feuds?
