LOS ANGELES: Two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank and actor husband Chad Lowe have separated after more than eight years of marriage. There was no elaboration on the reason for the split. Swank, 31, and Lowe, who turn 38, were married in the year 1997. They have no children.

Swank famously forgot to thank a tearful Lowe while accepting her best actress Oscar in 2000 for ‘Boys Don’t Cry.’ Last year, Swank won again for ‘Million Dollar Baby’ — this time, thanking her husband.

She will next star in ‘The Black Dahlia,’ Brian De Palma’s adaptation of James Ellroy’s novel. Lowe, who is the brother of actor Rob Lowe, won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of AIDS patient Jesse McKenna on the TV series ‘Life Goes On’ in 1993.

David Rose, the actor’s agent at Innovative Artists, said there would be no comment from Lowe.