| Mathilda May (born Karima Mathilda Haïm; 8 February 1965) is a French film actress. May was born in Paris. Her father is playwright Victor Haïm, who is of Greek and Turkish descent.[citation needed] Her mother is Swedish ballet teacher and choreographer Margareta Haïm.[citation needed] May won the "Premier Prix du Conservatoire de Danse de Paris" (First Prize of the Paris Dance Conservatory) at age 16. In 1989, she won the Prix Romy Schneider. Her work is primarily in French for the European market. 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, which also featured Clive Owen, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, and Jürgen Prochnow. She also played Isabella, a supporting character, in "The Jackal", the 1998 action film starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and Sidney Poitier. May has been divorced twice and has two children by Gérard Darmon, her second husband. 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 | This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (January 2009) | External links - Mathilda May at Allmovie
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