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My Take
Jodhi May fascinates me because she won the Cannes Best Actress award at twelve for A World Apart, and rather than burning out as a child star, she kept evolving. I respect that she went the route of substance over spectacle, turning up in The Last of the Mohicans, period pieces like Tipping the Velvet and The Other Boleyn Girl, and steady stage work. The Wadham College education hints at a thoughtful approach to the craft. What I appreciate most is the quiet durability of her career; she's the sort of English actor who slips into a role so completely you forget you're watching someone act, which is the highest compliment I can give.
Overview
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 The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Sister My Sister (1994), Aristocrats (1999), Tipping the Velvet (2002), the television adaptation of The Other Boleyn Girl (2003), The Amazing Mrs Pritch…
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jodhi May
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョディ・メイ
- Reading
- じょでぃ・めい
- Born
- May 8, 1975 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rabbit
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / stage actor / voice actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Wadham College
Awards & achievements
- 1988 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.