Mathilda May
Mathilda May (born Karin Haïm; 8 February 1965) is a French film actress. Her most well known roles include portraying Space Girl in Lifeforce (1985) and Jeanne Gardella in Toutes peines confondues (1992). Early life
May was born in Paris, France. Her father, playwright Victor Haïm, is of Sephardic Jewish (Greek and Turkish) descent. Her mother is the Swedish ballet teacher and choreographer Margareta Hanson. She studied under Christiane Vaussard at the Conservatoire de Paris, graduating at age 16. 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 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 naked performance as an alien vampire in the science fiction-horror film Lifeforce (1985), directed by Tobe Hooper. 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. 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. 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

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Mathilda May at Yahoo! Movies

1965 births
Living people
20th-century French actresses
20th-century French Sephardi Jews
21st-century French actresses
21st-century French Sephardi Jews
Actresses from Paris
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
French film actresses
French people of Greek-Jewish descent
French people of Swedish descent
French people of Turkish-Jewish descent
French television actresses
Jewish French actresses
Mizrahi Jews
Most Promising Actress César Award winners