Mathilda May
Mathilda May | |
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 May in 2010 | |
| Born | Karin Haïm 8 February 1965 |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Powell (1991–1993) Gérard Darmon (1994–1999) Philippe Kelly (2000–2006) |
| Children | 2 |
Mathilda May (born Karin Haïm[1]; 8 February 1965) is a French film actress.
Early life
May was born in Paris, France. Her father, playwright Victor Haïm, is of Greek-Jewish and Turkish-Jewish descent. Her mother is the Swedish ballet teacher and choreographer Margareta Hanson.[2] At age 16 May won the "Premier Prix du Conservatoire de Danse de Paris" (First Prize of the Paris Dance Conservatory).
Career
May's film work is primarily in French and made for the European market; she was the recipient of the Prix Romy Schneider in 1989. Non-French films she has appeared in include Naked Tango (1991), 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 1985 science fiction-horror film Lifeforce, directed by Tobe Hooper, 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.[3][4]
Personal life
May has been married three 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.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 1983 | Weißblaue Geschichten | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
| 1984 | Nemo | Alice | Arnaud Sélignac | |
| 1985 | Lifeforce | Space Girl | Tobe Hooper | |
| Giorno dopo giorno | Salvatore Nocita | TV Series | ||
| Les Rois du gag | Alexandra | Claude Zidi | ||
| 1986 | Les louves | Agnès | Peter Duffell | TV Movie |
| Se un giorno busserai alla mia porta | Claudia Bandini | Luigi Perelli | TV Mini-Series | |
| 1987 | La vie dissolue de Gérard Floque | Pauline | Georges Lautner | |
| The Cry of the Owl | Juliette | Claude Chabrol | César Award for Most Promising Actress | |
| 1988 | Il segreto del Sahara | Myriam | Alberto Negrin | TV Mini-Series |
| La passerelle | Cora Elbaz | Jean-Claude Sussfeld | ||
| Piazza Navona | Jeanne | Roger Guillot | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| L'heure Simenon | Edmée | Josef Rusnak | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| Trois places pour le 26 | Marion | Jacques Demy | ||
| 1991 | Isabelle Eberhardt | Isabelle Eberhardt | Ian Pringle | |
| Naked Tango | Alba/Stéphanie | Leonard Schrader | ||
| Scream of Stone | Katharina | Werner Herzog | ||
| Becoming Colette | Sidonie Gabrielle Colette | Danny Huston | ||
| 1992 | Toutes peines confondues | Jeanne Gardella | Michel Deville | |
| 1994 | Grosse Fatigue | Herself | Michel Blanc | |
| The Tit and the Moon | Estrellita | Bigas Luna | ||
| The Whipping Boy | Betsy | Syd Macartney | TV Movie | |
| Le voleur et la menteuse | Suzanne Henson | Paul Boujenah | ||
| 1996 | Celluloide | Cameo | Carlo Lizzani | |
| Noces cruelles | Sandra | Bertrand Van Effenterre | TV Movie | |
| La ferme du crocodile | Sandrine Jaussier | Didier Albert | TV Movie | |
| Privateer 2: The Darkening | Melissa Banks | Steve Hilliker Erin Roberts |
Video Game | |
| 1997 | The Jackal | Isabella Zanconia | Michael Caton-Jones | |
| 1998 | Only Love | Silvia Rinaldi | John Erman | TV Movie |
| 2000 | Là-bas... mon pays | Nelly Azera | Alexandre Arcady | |
| Les redoutables | Military woman | Thierry Barthes Pierre Jamin |
TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 2001 | De toute urgence | Julie | Philippe Triboit | TV Movie |
| Caméra Café | The Boss's wife | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
| 2002 | Fabio Montale | Hélène Pessayre | José Pinheiro | TV Mini-Series (2 Episodes) |
| Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano | Contessa Eleonora | Alberto Negrin (2) | TV Movie | |
| 2003 | Soyez prudents... | Lionel Gédébé | TV Series | |
| Soraya | Chams | Lodovico Gasparini | TV Movie | |
| 2004 | Love Express | Anne-Charlotte | Elena Hazanov | |
| 2005 | L'homme pressé | Irène Debord | Sébastien Grall | TV Movie |
| L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé | Amar Arhab Fabrice Michelin |
TV Movie | ||
| 2006 | Entrevue | Alix | Marie-Pierre Huster | Short |
| 2007 | New délire | Fanny's voice | Eric Le Roch | |
| A Girl Cut in Two | Capucine Jamet | Claude Chabrol (2) | ||
| 2009 | Au siècle de Maupassant | Thérèse de Marsanne | Gérard Jourd'hui | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 2010 | Les nuits d'Alice | Angélique | Williams Crépin | TV Movie |
| 2011 | Une vie française | Anna Blick | Jean-Pierre Sinapi | TV Movie |
| 2012 | The Players | Ariane | Jean Dujardin | |
| Clash | Laure Rossignol | Pascal Lahmani | TV Series (3 Episodes) | |
| 2013 | La croisière | Françoise | Pascal Lahmani (2) | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| Délit de fuite | Cécile | Thierry Binisti | TV Movie |
Further reading
- May, Mathilda (2007-03-01). Personne ne le saura. Flammarion. ISBN 978-2-08-068459-2.
References
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- ^ Mathilda May: V.O. Éditions Plon, Paris 2018, ISBN 978-2-259-26450-1 Prologue
- ^ Mathilda May Archived 2011-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, VSD.fr
- ^ "Mathilda May - Album Discography - AllMusic".
- ^ "Mathilda May - Mathilda May".
External links
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- French film actresses
- French people of Greek-Jewish descent
- French people of Turkish-Jewish descent
- French people of Swedish descent
- Jewish French actresses
- Actresses from Paris
- 20th-century French actresses
- 21st-century French actresses
- French television actresses
- Most Promising Actress César Award winners