Jodhi May (born 8 May 1975) is an English actress. Starting her career as a child actress, she is the youngest recipient (age 12) of the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, for '' A World Apart'' (1988). Her other credits include ''

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'' (1992), '' Sister My Sister'' (1994), ''

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'' (1999), '' Tipping the Velvet'' (2002), the television adaptation of '' The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2003), '' The Amazing Mrs Pritchard'' (2006), '' The Jury II'' and '' I, Anna'' (2011), '' A Quiet Passion'' (2016), ''

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'' (2017), '' Moving On'' (2018), '' Gentleman Jack'' (2019), '' The Warrior Queen of Jhansi'' (2019), and '' The Witcher'' (2019).

Early life

May was born on 8 May 1975 to a French-Turkish mother who was an art teacher and a German father. Film producer Alain Poiré was her godfather and she credits him for inspiring her passion for film while growing up. May was educated at Camden School for Girls. She started her acting career at 12 years old and later studied English at

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Career

May first acted at the age of 12, in '' A World Apart'' (1988). For the role she received a Best Actress award at the

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, shared with her co-stars

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'', Lea Papin in '' Sister My Sister'',

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in ''

'', Florence Banner in '' Tipping the Velvet''.

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in the first adaptation of '' The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2003). May played Janet Stone in the 2011 noir thriller '' I, Anna'', alongside

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, and

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. In 2018, as a writer, she contributed and appeared in the TV series '' Moving On''. In 2019, she played Queen Calanthe in '' The Witcher'',

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's live-action adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's book series. In 2020, alongside Valentina Cervi, Francesco Scianna,

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, she was in the cast of

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's film '' The Invisible Thread'', produced by

, released in 2022.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:May, Jodhi Living people 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Actresses from London Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winners English child actresses English film actresses English people of Turkish descent English radio actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English voice actresses English people of German descent English people of French descent Actors from the London Borough of Camden People educated at Camden School for Girls People from Camden Town Year of birth missing (living people)