The actress is happily married to actor Chad Lowe since October 2, 1997.

Oscar winner Hilary Swank, is all set to star in
"Freedom Writers", a Richard LaGravenese-directed drama, financed and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The project is based on "The Freedom Writer's Diaries: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them," written by high school teacher Erin Gruwell and her students.

After a strong role played by the sport of Boxing in Hilary Swank starer academy award winning movie "Million Dollar Baby", this sport has become all the more popular . By his time, 6 to 8 million people saw each episode of the television series "The Contender." The participants have begun to be recognized as celebrities. The latest boxing film is "Cinderella Man," which is based on the story of heavyweight champion Jim Braddock.