Editing Mathilda May (section)

==Career==
May's film work is primarily in French and made for the European market. She was the recipient of the [[César Award for Most Promising Actress]] in 1988<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cry of the Owl (translated from French) |url=https://www.academie-cinema.org/films/le-cri-du-hibou-30235/}}</ref> and the [[Prix Romy Schneider]] in 1989. Non-French films she has appeared in include ''[[Naked Tango]]'' (1990), ''[[Becoming Colette]]'' (1991) and ''[[The Tit and the Moon]]'' (1994). In the United States, she is best known for her role as an alien [[vampire]] in the [[Tobe Hooper]] science fiction/horror film ''[[Lifeforce (film)|Lifeforce]]'' (1985), in which she is naked for most of her performance. She also appeared in the 1996 space adventure game ''[[Privateer 2: The Darkening]]''. She played Isabella in ''[[The Jackal (1997 film)|The Jackal]]'', a 1997 action film.

May recorded an album in 1992 called ''Joy of Love''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mathilda May – Album Discography |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mathilda-may-mn0000727509|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mathilda May – Mathilda May|url=http://www.discogs.com/Mathilda-May-Mathilda-May/release/1096422|website=[[Discogs]]|access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref>

May was the writer and director for the theater show ''Open Space'', which was performed in the Théâtre Jean-Vilar in the commune of [[Suresnes]], the [[Théâtre du Rond-Point]], and the [[Théâtre de Paris]] from 2013 to 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last=Blanchard|first=Sandrine|date=16 October 2013|title=La petite entreprise de Mathilda May|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/scenes/article/2013/10/16/la-petite-entreprise-de-mathilda-may_6002652_1654999.html|newspaper=[[Le Monde]]|language=fr|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Patricelli|first=Sonia|date=9 June 2015|title=Mathilda May, dans l'enfer de l'open space|url=https://www.france24.com/fr/20150609-mathilda-may-open-space-theatre-monde-travail-entreprise|work=[[France 24]]|language=fr|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=24 April 2015|title=A ne pas rater : Open Space, le spectacle burlesque mis en scène par Mathilda May|url=https://www.parisselectbook.com/2015/04/24/a-ne-pas-rater-open-space-le-spectacle-burlesque-mis-en-scene-par-mathilda-may/|website=Paris Select Book|language=fr|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref> ''Open Space'' was a show without words; the story was presented by movement, music, and sound. May said of the show:<blockquote>It will be choreographed without it being dance, and musical without an instrument.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-10 |title=Open Space |url=https://www.theatre-suresnes.fr/spectacle/2013-open-space/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Théâtre de Suresnes Jean Vilar |language=fr-FR}}</ref></blockquote>