Swinton lo odun meji gegebi eni jowo ara re sile lati se iranlowo ofe ni ile South Africa ati Kenya ki o to lo si ile iwe giga ti Cambridge.EkoSwinton losi Ile eko Queen's Gate, Ile eko Awon odomobinrin eto ilera west ati Fettes College fun igba die.Ni odun 1983, Swinton kawe yege ni Ile iwe giga ti Cambridge lori imo social ati science ti oselu.Ami Eye ati IdanilolaTilda gba ami eye Akademi, ami eye BAFTA ati ami eye Independent spirit.. 
jẹ́ ààrẹ orílẹ̀-èdè Ekuaṣálẹ̀ tẹ́lẹ̀pọ̀àwọn ààrẹ ilé Ekuaṣálẹ̀.[ 