Hilary Swank Admits ‘Sleepless Nights Are Hard’ with Twins But Will Look Back Fondly on Them (Exclusive)

Hilary Swank Reflects on the Challenges and Rewards of Being a Twin Mom!

On Monday, the Oscar-winning actress (49) spoke exclusively with PEOPLE at the premiere of her new film Ordinary angels at the SVA Theater in New York.

In April 2023, Swank and her husband Philip Schneider welcomed twins, daughter Aya and son Ohm.

The nights are admittedly “difficult” with the twins, but Swank also knows that there will come a time when she will look back on this period from a different perspective.

Hilary Swank.

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“I mean, being a mother of twins, I’ve never had a singleton, so I don’t know what it’s like,” she explained. “But I know sleepless nights are hard and when you have one who can sleep through the night, the other one can’t, so it’s kind of a compromise every night.”

“But I know that this is also a season, and that it too will pass, and I try to remind myself that there will come a day when I say, ‘Oh, I wish I could wake up now and just wait for you.’ So I just try to stick with it.”

She is already looking forward to the next challenge: when the twins are more mobile.

“Well, they’re just crawling, so it’s not like we’re out of control or anything,” she tells PEOPLE.

Hilary Swank in Ordinary Angels. Allen Fraser/Lionsgate

In the Lionsgate film, Swank plays Sharon Stevens, “a feisty but troubled hairdresser in small-town Kentucky who discovers a renewed sense of purpose when she meets Ed (Alan Ritchson), a widower struggling to make ends meet for his two daughters,” according to the official synopsis.

She starts out as a member of a support group for alcoholics, but then cleans up her act to help a widower whose five-year-old child is awaiting a liver transplant.

“What unfolds is an inspiring story of faith, everyday miracles and ordinary angels,” the synopsis adds.

Premiere of ‘Ordinary Angels’ in New York.

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Ordinary angels also stars Tamala Jones, Amy Acker, Drew Powell, Skywalker Hughes and Emily Mitchell and is directed by Jon Gunn.

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During the performance at Today On Monday ahead of the premiere, the new mom revealed the special meaning behind her babies’ names.

“Aya was a Syrian refugee that we met in Lebanon. So she was just a brave, brave young girl full of life who was going through a really tough time. My husband and I were like, she’s so beautiful, what a great name,” she shared.

Regarding Ohm’s son, Swank said, “Ohm is considered the first universal sound and unites all people, and that sounds very appropriate.”

Ordinary angels arrives in theaters on Thursday.

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