Mathilda May

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Multiple issues Template:Infobox person Mathilda May (born Karin Haïm;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 8 February 1965) is a French film actress and director. Her most well-known roles include portraying Space Girl in Lifeforce (1985) and Jeanne Gardella in Toutes peines confondues (1992).

Her father is Victor Haïm (born Victor Lévy) the French playwright, actor, screenwriter, director and drama teacher, whose works have been translated and performed in several countries.

Early life

May was born in Paris, France. Her father, playwright,<ref>C.R.I.S, Association. "Actualités de Victor Haïm, actualités, textes, spectacles, vidéos, tous ses liens avec la scène - theatre-contemporain.net". theatre-contemporain.net (in French).</ref> screenwriter, and actor Victor Haïm, is of Sephardic Jewish (Greek and Turkish) descent. Her mother is the Swedish ballet teacher and choreographer Margareta Hanson.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> She studied under Christiane Vaussard at the Conservatoire de Paris, graduating at age 16.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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 (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, a 1997 action film.

May recorded an album in 1992 called Joy of Love.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web

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Personal life

May has been married four times. Her first husband was Paul Powell. Her second husband was Gérard Darmon, with whom she has two children, daughter Sarah (born 17 August 1994) and son Jules (born 4 March 1997). Her third husband was Philippe Kelly. Her fourth husband was Sly Johnson.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1984	Nemo	Alice	Template:Sortname
1985	Lifeforce	Space Girl	Template:Sortname
	Giorno dopo giorno		Template:Sortname	TV series
	Les Rois du gag	Alexandra	Template:Sortname
1986	Les louves	Agnès	Template:Sortname	TV film
	Se un giorno busserai alla mia porta	Claudia Bandini	Template:Sortname	TV miniseries
1987	La vie dissolue de Gérard Floque	Pauline	Template:Sortname
	The Cry of the Owl	Juliette	Template:Sortname	César Award for Most Promising Actress
1988	The Secret of the Sahara	Myriam	Template:Sortname	TV miniseries
	La passerelle	Cora Elbaz	Template:Sortname
	Piazza Navona	Jeanne	Template:Sortname	TV series (Episode 6)
	L'heure Simenon	Edmée	Template:Sortname	TV series (Episode 10)
	Three Seats for the 26th	Marion	Template:Sortname
1990	Naked Tango	Alba/Stéphanie	Template:Sortname
1991	Isabelle Eberhardt	Isabelle Eberhardt	Template:Sortname
	Scream of Stone	Katharina	Template:Sortname
	Becoming Colette	Sidonie Gabrielle Colette	Template:Sortname
1992	Toutes peines confondues	Jeanne Gardella	Template:Sortname
1994	Le voleur et la menteuse	Suzanne Henson	Template:Sortname
	Dead Tired	Herself	Template:Sortname
	The Whipping Boy	Betsy	Template:Sortname	TV film
	The Tit and the Moon	Estrellita	Template:Sortname
1996	Celluloide	Cameo	Template:Sortname
	Noces cruelles	Sandra	Template:Sortname	TV film
	La ferme du crocodile	Sandrine Jaussier	Template:Sortname	TV film
	Privateer 2: The Darkening	Melissa Banks	Template:Sortname Erin Roberts	Video game
1997	The Jackal	Isabella Zanconia	Template:Sortname
1998	Only Love	Silvia Rinaldi	Template:Sortname	TV film
1999	Entrevue	Alix	Template:Sortname	Short
2000	Là-bas... mon pays	Nelly Azera	Template:Sortname
	Les redoutables	Military woman	Template:Sortname Pierre Jamin	TV series (Episode 6)
2001	De toute urgence	Julie	Template:Sortname	TV film
	Caméra Café	The Boss's wife		TV series (Season 1, Episode 43)
2002	Fabio Montale	Hélène Pessayre	Template:Sortname	TV miniseries (Episodes 2–3)
	Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano	Contessa Eleonora	Template:Sortname (2)	TV film
2003	Soyez prudents...		Template:Sortname	TV series
	Template:Ill	Shams Pahlavi	Template:Sortname	TV film
2004	Love Express	Anne-Charlotte	Template:Sortname
2005	L'homme pressé	Irène Debord	Template:Sortname	TV film
	L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé	Mélanie	Template:Sortname Fabrice Michelin	TV film
2007	New délire	Fanny's voice	Template:Sortname
	A Girl Cut in Two	Capucine Jamet	Template:Sortname (2)
2009	Au siècle de Maupassant	Thérèse de Marsanne	Template:Sortname	TV series (Season 2, Episode 2)
2010	Les nuits d'Alice	Angélique	Template:Sortname	TV film
2011	Une vie française	Anna Blick	Template:Sortname	TV film
2012	The Players	Ariane	Template:Sortname
	Clash	Laure Rossignol	Template:Sortname	TV series (Episodes 1, 5–6)
2013	La croisière	Françoise	Template:Sortname (2)	TV series (Episode 6)
	Délit de fuite	Cécile	Template:Sortname	TV film
2014	Crossing Lines	Audrey St. Marie	Template:Sortname	TV series (Season 2, Episode 9)
2015	On se retrouvera	Hélène Janson	Template:Sortname	TV film
2016	Mystère à l'Opéra	Éva Fontaine	Template:Sortname	TV film
2018	Access	Valérie Couderq	Template:Sortname Frédéric Scotlande	TV series (Episodes 1–6, 8–12)
2019	Je ne rêve que de vous	Cora Madou	Template:Sortname
2020	Coup de foudre à Bangkok	Sandrine Lafore	Template:Sortname	TV film
2021	Le Chemin du bonheur	Sarah Glücksmann	Template:Sortname
2023	Daron	Coco	Template:Sortname	TV series

Award and accolades

• The César Award (the national film award of France): 1988 Best Young Female Newcomer for The Cry of the Owl
• The 1989 Romy Schneider Award
• The 2019 Molliere for Best Director of a Public Theatre Show for The Wedding Banquet<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• The 2020 Molliere for Best Solo Performance for her production of Monsieur X starring Pierre Richard at the Théâtre de l’Atelier.<ref>Palmares 1987 - 2023.docx (lesmolieres.com)</ref>
• The 2020 SACD (Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques) for Best Director<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Further reading

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External links

• Mathilda May at Yahoo! Movies
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