Mathilda May

1965-

Biography: life and films

Mathilda May is a French actress whose birth name is Mathilde Haïm. She was born in Saint-Ouen, France on 8th February 1965.

Her best films as an actor include Tobe Hooper's thriller Lifeforce (1985), Jacques Demy's Trois places pour le 26 (1988), Leonard Schrader's Naked Tango (1990), Werner Herzog's Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991) and Bigas Luna's comedy La Teta y la luna (1994).

Mathilda May has so far appeared in 26 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Claude Chabrol (2 films) and Carlo Lizzani (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (12 films), comedy (7), romance (4), Thriller (4), crime-thriller (2), comedy-drama (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Mathilda May over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Nemo (1984) [a]

Les Rois du gag (1985) [a]

Lifeforce (1985) [a]

Letters to an Unknown Lover (1986) [a]

La Vie dissolue de Gérard Floque (1987) [a]

Le Cri du hibou (1987) [a]

La Passerelle (1988) [a]

Trois places pour le 26 (1988) [a]

Naked Tango (1990) [a]

Becoming Colette (1991) [a]

Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991) [a]

Isabelle Eberhardt (1991) [a]

Toutes peines confondues (1992) [a]

Grosse fatigue (1994) [a]

La Teta i la lluna (1994) [a]

La Teta y la luna (1994) [a]

Le Voleur et la menteuse (1994) [a]

Celluloide (1996) [a]

The Jackal (1997) [a]

Là-bas... mon pays (2000) [a]

Love Express (2004) [a]

La Fille coupée en deux (2007) [a]

New délire (2007) [a]



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