All All. Sign In. Advanced search. Search filters Expand all. Birth date. Enter full date. Page topics. Only includes names with the selected topics. Death date. Gender identity. Male Female Non-binary Other. Adult names. Exclude Include. Mathilda May. Actress Additional Crew Soundtrack Lifeforce She is primarily known to English-speaking audiences for playing the alien vampire Space Girl, the main villain of the cult horror film "Lifeforce" The role required her to appear naked for most of the film, though her character remained mysterious and menacing.
In France, May's breakthrough role was that of Juliette, the suicidal young woman whose love life was at the center of the psychological thriller "The Cry of the Owl" In , May was born in Paris.
May's mother was the Swedish ballet teacher and choreographer Margareta Hanson. May herself was trained as a dancer in early life. At the time, she was only years-old. May pursued an acting career in the early s. She made her film debut in the fantasy film "Nemo" , where a boy from New York City is transported to an alternate reality.
She became known to international audience with "Lifeforce" , and had some success in France during the late s. Following "The Cry of the Owl", May played the romantic lead in the controversial musical "Three Seats for the 26th" In the film, an aging actor falls in love with Marion de Lambert played by May , the daughter of his former lover. He is relatively unfazed when he learns that his new love interest is his own illegitimate daughter.
May's first significant film in the s was the biographical drama "Isabelle Eberhardt" , where she had the lead role. May played the Swiss author and explorer Isabelle Eberhardt - , and also portrayed Eberhardt''s accidental death in a flash flood. The film was negatively received by critics for overemphasizing Eberhardt's femininity and sexuality, while mostly ignoring the political context of her activities in North Africa, and her status as a social outcast.
