---
name: "Mathilda May"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mathilda-may"
fi1m_id: "mathilda-may"
imdb_id: "nm0000528"
tmdb_id: 44233
wikidata_id: "Q259193"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 February 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:29:41.917460+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mathilda May

## Identity

Mathilda May

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mathilda-may
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mathilda-may
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000528
- **TMDB ID:** 44233
- **Wikidata ID:** Q259193
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilda_May, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44233

Actor. Born 8 February 1965 in Saint Ouen, Seine Saint Denis, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 February 1965, Saint Ouen, Seine Saint Denis, France
- **Also known as:** Karin Haïm, Mathilde Haïm, ماتیلدا می
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilda_May, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44233

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Lifeforce*](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md) (65)

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## Biography

Mathilda May is a French actress and director. Born Karin Haïm on 8 February 1965, she trained as a ballerina at the Conservatoire de Paris, winning the Premier Prix at age 16, before turning to acting.

She made her film debut in *Nemo* (1984) and gained international recognition for her role as Space Girl in *Lifeforce* (1985). In France, she received the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 1988 for *Le Cri du Hibou* (1987) and the Prix Romy Schneider in 1989. Other credits include *The Jackal* (1997) and *The Tit and the Moon* (1994).

May's work is primarily in French and European productions. She has also appeared in theatre and recorded an album, *Joy of Love*, in 1992.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lifeforce* (1985), Fi1m 65, as Space Girl — [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *La Belle et le Boulanger* (2025), series, as Myriam Mercier
- *Le Daron* (2024), series, as Coco
- *Make Up* (2022), Author, Stage Director
- *The Way to Happiness* (2022), as Sarah Glücksmann
- *Fuck Private Property!* (2022), as Alexandra
- *Coup de foudre à Bangkok* (2020), series, as Sandrine Lafore
- *An Irrepressible Woman* (2020), as Singer Cora Madou
- *Le Banquet* (2020), Director, Stage Director, Theatre Play
- *Access* (2018), series, as Valérie Couderq
- *Mystery at the Opera Garnier* (2017), as Eva Fontaine
- *A Woman's Revenge* (2015), as Lieutenant Janson
- *Open Space* (2015), Writer, Director
- *Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films* (2014), as Space Girl (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Délit de fuite* (2013), as Cécile
- *Crossing Lines* (2013), series, as Audrey St. Marie
- *Clash* (2012), series, as Laure Rossignol, mère d'Émilie
- *The Players* (2012), as Ariane
- *Une vie française* (2011), as Anna Blick
- *The Nights of Alice* (2011), as Angélique
- *Mystery in Paris* (2011), series, as Eva Fontaine
- *Plus si affinités & Friends* (2011), as Elle
- *Plus si affinités* (2010), as Elle
- *Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe* (2009), series, as Thérèse de Marsanne
- *A Girl Cut in Two* (2007), as Capucine Jamet
- *New Délire* (2007), as Fanny (vocie)
- *L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé* (2005), as Mélanie
- *L'homme pressé* (2005), as Irène Debord
- *Soraya* (2003), as Chams
- *Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man* (2002), series, as Contessa Eleonora
- *Fabio Montale* (2002), series, as Hélène Pessayre
- *Caméra Café* (2001), series, as Inconnue
- *Return to Algiers* (2000), as Nelly Azera
- *Only Love* (1998), as Silvia Rinaldi
- *The Jackal* (1997), as Isabella Zanconia
- *Noces cruelles* (1996), as Sandra
- *The Whipping Boy* (1994), as Betsy
- *Dead Tired* (1994), as Mathilda May
- *The Tit and the Moon* (1994), as Estrellita
- *Eurotrash* (1993), series, Actor
- *Le Voleur et la menteuse* (1993), as Suzanne Henson
- *Sweetheart* (1992), as Jeanne Gardella
- *Isabelle Eberhardt* (1991), as Isabelle Eberhardt
- *Becoming Colette* (1991), as Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
- *Scream of Stone* (1991), as Katharina
- *Naked Tango* (1990), as Alba / Stephanie
- *Three Seats for the 26th* (1988), as Marion
- *The Secret of the Sahara* (1988), series, as Myriam
- *The Catwalk* (1988), as Cora Elbaz
- *The Cry of the Owl* (1987), as Juliette
- *Les Voleurs de lumière* (1987), Actor
- *The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque* (1987), as Pauline
- *Letters to an Unknown Lover* (1986), as Agnès
- *Lifeforce* (1985), as Space Girl — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)
- *Les Rois du gag* (1985), as Alexandra
- *Dream One* (1984), as Alice
- *Weißblaue Geschichten* (1984), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Mathilda May](https://film.one/media/person/5548033/gallery-069585b900b8.jpg) Mathilda May — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Mathilda_May_Cannes_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Presentazione del film di Werner Herzog Grido di pietra al 48ª Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica di Venezia. (1991)](https://film.one/media/person/5548033/gallery-95da49f38563.jpg) Presentazione del film di Werner Herzog Grido di pietra al 48ª Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica di Venezia. (1991) — Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Sutherland%2C_Messner%2C_May_1991_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mathilda May](https://film.one/media/person/5548033/gallery-4a3bc521c1d8.jpg) Mathilda May — Image via TMDB
- ![Mathilda May](https://film.one/media/person/5548033/gallery-f918d921d010.jpg) Mathilda May — Image via TMDB
- ![Mathilda May](https://film.one/media/person/5548033/gallery-3ab3a93ca7ee.jpg) Mathilda May — Image via TMDB
- ![Mathilda May](https://film.one/media/person/5548033/gallery-40eb86957a4b.jpg) Mathilda May — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Officer of Arts and Letters 2023: Officer of Arts and Letters (won)
- Prix Romy Schneider 1989: Prix Romy Schneider (won)
- César Award for Best Female Revelation 1988: César Award for Best Female Revelation (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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