[DOC] [TLE] Boys Don't Cry (film) - Wikipedia [PAR] Sevigny initially auditioned for the role of Brandon, but Peirce could not picture 
her playing a man, so she was ultimately cast as Teena's girlfriend Lana. Most of
... [DOC] [TLE] Brandon Teena - Wikipedia [PAR] Brandon Teena was an American trans man who was raped and murdered in 
Humboldt, Nebraska. His life and death were the subject of the Academy Award-
winning 1999 film Boys Don't Cry, which was partially ... JoAnn named him, her 
second child, after their German shepherd dog, Tina Marie. Teena and his older 
sister... [DOC] [TLE] Boys Don't Cry (1999) - IMDb [PAR] Biography  Female-born Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon 
Teena and ... Boys Don't Cry Poster  Trailer. 1:00 | ... Won 1 Oscar. Another 47 
wins & 37 .... Cast overview, first billed only: Hilary Swank ... Brandon Teena .... 
Ms. Hilary Swank embraced her character with open arms, and turned him into a 
hero. [DOC] [TLE] GIRLS DON'T CRY - Newsweek [PAR] Jan 9, 2005 ... ... before she won the 2000 Oscar for playing the struggling Brandon Teena in "
Boys Don't Cry"--she was a small-town kid living in a trailer park. ... and landed 
her first serious role in the indie "Boys Don't Cry" two years later. [DOC] [TLE] Hilary Swank Talks About Her Pay for Boys Don't Cry, Which Won ... [PAR] Oct 20, 2016 ... Hilary Swank Reveals She Was Paid $3,000 for Her Oscar-Winning Boys Don't ... 
on the film that would eventually win her her first statuette: Boys Don't Cry. ... 
Swank played real-life transgender man Brandon Teena, who was... [DOC] [TLE] Teena Brandon / Brandon Teena - Boys Don't Cry [PAR] REAL face behind Boys Don't Cry starring Hilary Swank. ... She wanted to come 
back to her old life and her old life was Teena Brandon. ... "I don't understand 
how you can put three weeks of somebody's life up on film and win an award for it
." ... What did Teena Brandon's mother think of Hilary Swank's Oscar acceptance
... [DOC] [TLE] Boys Don't Cry (1999) [PAR] Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank) is not your average male teen by any means. ... 
That is, until she is discovered, and run out of her home town, Lincoln, Nebraska. 
... Lana likes the fact that Brandon is the first boy to ever treat her nice. ... Hilary 
Swank was only the third actor/actress to win an Oscar for playing a member of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Hilary Swank: Role reversal - Telegraph [PAR] Dec 22, 2007 ... She has won Oscars for her portrayal of a transgender female and a tough ... 
Oscars, for the film Boys Don't Cry, playing the role of Teena Brandon. .... When 
Swank stood up to make her acceptance speech for her first Oscar,... [DOC] [TLE] Two Decades After Brandon Teena's Murder, a Look Back at Falls ... [PAR] Dec 31, 2013 ... Brandon Teena, left, with Lana Tisdel in an undated photo (Associated Press) ... 
film dramatization Boys Don't Cry in 1999 that made Brandon's story familiar to 
millions of Americansand won Hilary Swank an Oscar for her ... crime by 
playing out the rape scene in flashback with Swank's voiceover, as she... [DOC] [TLE] Hilary Swank: 'A long way to go before transphobia wiped out' | Film ... [PAR] Apr 10, 2015 ... Star who won first Oscar for playing murdered transgender teen in Boys Don't Cry 
calls for more focus on LGBT issues in the US. ... Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry. 
... Hilary Swank, who won an Oscar for her breakthrough role as a ... Brandon 
Teena, the transgender 21-year-old she portrayed in Boys Don't... [DOC] [TLE] Hilary Swank - NNDB.com [PAR] Executive summary: Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry ... In high school, she also 
competed in gymnastics and swimming. After her ... Swank won her

Question: She won her first Oscar playing Brandon Teena in "Boys Don't Cry"
Answer: Hilary Swank