Mathilda May

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Multiple issues Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Mathilda May (born Karin Haïm;[1] 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,[2] screenwriter, and actor Victor Haïm, is of Sephardic Jewish (Greek and Turkish) descent. Her mother is the Swedish ballet teacher and choreographer Margareta Hanson.[3] She studied under Christiane Vaussard at the Conservatoire de Paris, graduating at age 16.[4]

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[5] 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.[6][7]

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.[8][9][10] Open Space was a show without words; the story was presented by movement, music, and sound. May said of the show:

It will be choreographed without it being dance, and musical without an instrument.[11]

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

References

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Further reading

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External links

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  2. ↑ 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).
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  13. ↑ Palmares 1987 - 2023.docx (lesmolieres.com)
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