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Hilary Swank has won the Best Actress award twice, for "Boys Don't Cry" (1999) and "Million Dollar Baby" (2004).

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Hillary Swank won the first of two Best Actress Oscars for playing Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry at the 2000 Academy Awards.

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