How Tall Is Hilary Swank, Who Was She Married To, and Her Third Baby at 52

Short answer: Hilary Swank stands 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) tall. She has been married twice: first to actor Chad Lowe (1997-2007), then to entrepreneur Philip Schneider (2018-present). On October 14, 2026, the double Oscar winner announced she is pregnant with her third child at age 52, three years after welcoming twins Aya and Ohm.

1. How tall is Hilary Swank?

Hilary Swank’s listed height is 5 feet 6 inches, or approximately 168 centimeters. Her athletic build became widely discussed after her role in Million Dollar Baby (2004), for which she trained intensively as a boxer and gained visible muscle mass. That physicality, combined with her height, has kept the question in search queries for over two decades.

2. Who was Hilary Swank married to?

Swank has been married twice.

Her first marriage was to actor Chad Lowe, brother of Rob Lowe. They married in 1997 and divorced in 2007. When Swank won her first Academy Award for Boys Don’t Cry in 2000, she famously forgot to thank Lowe in her acceptance speech, a moment that became tabloid fodder for years. Their divorce was finalized after a decade together.

Her second and current husband is Philip Schneider, a social venture entrepreneur. The couple began dating in 2016 and married on August 18, 2018, in a ceremony in the Redwoods in California. Schneider, also 52, is the father of her three children.

3. The pregnancy announcement at 52

On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, Swank announced on Instagram that she is expecting her third child with Schneider. The family shared a creative video showing them dancing in the dark with glow sticks taped to their bodies, which then revealed the actress’s baby bump with a tiny glow stick-shaped baby outline.

The caption read: “A lot of people have been asking what project I’m doing next, this one releases in December.”

In the comments section, one follower wrote: “At 39 im still single and childless. You are literally giving me hope that the life I want could still happen for me. Congratulations to you and your beautiful family.”

Swank responded: “Thank you! It can! I always go by the adage, things happen in their time, not ours, and that has always been the case for me. But of course trusting that, for me, has always been the hardest part. Wishing you unwavering trust and abundant beauty on your journey!”

Swank and Schneider welcomed their twins, daughter Aya and son Ohm, in April 2023, when the actress was 48. She first announced that twin pregnancy on Good Morning America in October 2022: “I’m going to be a mom, and not just of one, but of two. I can’t believe it.”

At the time she wrote on Instagram: “It wasn’t easy. But boy (and girl!) was it worth it.”

4. Swank on being an older parent

In an interview with PEOPLE earlier in 2026 about her lobbying efforts for California Bill AB 1901, which calls for more transparency in diaper ingredients, Swank opened up about having children later in life and said she felt in a “really blessed position” to be able to spend time with her kids exactly how she wants to.

“It just worked out that I had babies this much later in life,” she told PEOPLE. “It wasn’t that I didn’t want them earlier. There were a lot of things that kept that from happening, and so I can really take time to be with them.”

“I feel like I get a lot of Mother’s Days other than actual Mother’s Day because of being able to be so present with them,” she added.

Swank explained how she dedicated her younger years to her career, which was “such a baby of mine.” She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2000 for Boys Don’t Cry and again in 2004 for Million Dollar Baby.

“I knew I wanted kids someday, but I wasn’t planning what that would look like,” she continued. “I know it’s so different for everyone, but for me, if I had had a kid in my 20s or my 30s, I think I’d be a much different parent than I am now.”

“In my career, being so established, I have the ability to kind of step in and step out when I choose, and that is just such a blessing,” she said.

She also told Women’s Health last year: “For me, it’s not about bouncing back to our pre-baby bodies but rather bouncing forward into our new bodies and selves.”

5. The medical reality of pregnancy after 50

Dr. Kameelah Phillips, an OB-GYN, told CBS News that becoming pregnant at 52 is “extremely rare” and comes with serious medical considerations.

“Most women in this age group are entering menopause,” Phillips said. “But even if your ovaries have started to become quiet, your uterus can be convinced to carry a pregnancy through the process of IVF.”

Phillips added: “She’s definitely probably being seen by a high-risk team. For moms, they have the increased risk of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, diabetes, increased risk of C-section.”

The medical term for pregnancy at 35 or older is “advanced maternal age,” according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). The age of 35 was established decades ago as a benchmark for recommending amniocentesis, a prenatal test used to detect certain genetic conditions, according to Dr. Shilpi Mehta-Lee, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at NYU Langone.

Pregnancy risks generally increase with age, particularly after 40 (ACOG). Women who become pregnant later in life face increased risks of gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, miscarriage, and preterm birth.

The broader trend matters. In 2025, birth rates increased for women ages 30 to 44 while rates declined for women in their 20s, compared with the previous year, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Swank’s pregnancy at 52 sits at the far edge of this demographic shift, similar to how data often tells a different story when you look past the headline (as examined in our coverage of how rankings can mislead).

“When someone is over 35, her doctor is going to look for things a little bit more, just to make sure things are going well,” Mehta-Lee told ABC News. “It offers an opportunity for the doctor to look one more time, to think about it one more time, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.”

Sources to check yourself

• CBS News carries the announcement timeline and OB-GYN commentary from Dr. Kameelah Phillips.
• ABC News provides detailed medical context from Dr. Shilpi Mehta-Lee at NYU Langone and CDC birth rate data.
• ACOG publishes clinical guidelines on advanced maternal age and associated pregnancy risks.
• CDC provisional birth data tracks age-specific birth rate trends across the United States.

Frequently asked questions

Q: How tall is Hilary Swank? A: Swank is 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) tall.

Q: Who is Hilary Swank married to now? A: She married entrepreneur Philip Schneider in August 2018. They share twins Aya and Ohm (born April 2023) and are expecting a third child in December 2026.

Q: Was Hilary Swank married before Philip Schneider? A: Yes. She was married to actor Chad Lowe from 1997 to 2007.

Q: Is it safe to have a baby at 52? A: Medical experts say pregnancy at 52 is extremely rare and carries higher risks of gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and preterm birth (ACOG, CDC). Most pregnancies at this age involve IVF and are closely monitored by a high-risk obstetric team.