Mathilda May

Mathilda May
Born	Karima Mathilda Haïm 8 February 1965 (1965-02-08) (age 46) Paris, France
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Paul Powell (1991–1993) Gérard Darmon (1994–1999) Philippe Kelly (2000–present)

Mathilda May (born Karima Mathilda Haïm; 8 February 1965) is a French film actress.

Early life

May was born in Paris. Her father is playwright Victor Haïm, who is of Greek and Turkish descent. Her mother is Swedish ballet teacher and choreographer Margareta Hanson.^[1] May won the "Premier Prix du Conservatoire de Danse de Paris" (First Prize of the Paris Dance Conservatory) at age 16.

Career

May's work is primarily in French for the European market. She was the recipient of the Prix Romy Schneider in 1989. Non-French films she has appeared in include Lifeforce (1985), Naked Tango (1991), Becoming Colette (1991) and The Tit and the Moon (1994). In the USA, she is probably best known for her role in Lifeforce, in which she is nude for most of her screen time. She also appeared in the 1996 space adventure game Privateer 2: The Darkening and played Isabella in The Jackal, a 1997 action film.

Personal life

May has been divorced twice with Paul Powell and Gérard Darmon, her second husband by whom she has two children. She has been married to her third husband, Philippe Kelly, since 2000.

Further reading

• May, Mathilda (2007-03-01). Personne ne le saura. Flammarion. ISBN 978-2080684592. 

References

1. ^ Mathilda May, VSD.fr

External links

• Mathilda May at Allmovie
• Mathilda May at Yahoo! Movies
• Mathilda May at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	May, Mathilda
Alternative names
Short description	French actress
Date of birth	8 February 1965
Place of birth	Paris, France
Date of death
Place of death