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Jodhi May
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1988 - 2019
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Born -
May 8, 1975 in Camden Town, London, United Kingdom
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Drama
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Biography by
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British adolescent and ingenue actress, onscreen from age 13 in
A World Apart
(1988).
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Has French-Turkish ancestry on her mother's side.
Made her film debut in the 1998 film A World Apart.
Won a Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actress which she shared with her co-stars Barbara Hershey and Linda Mvusi for their work in A World Apart.
Made her directorial debut with the 2002 short film Spyhole, which she also wrote.
Appeared in a 2002 production of Far Away in Paris which was entirely spoken in French.