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Birth Name: Jodhi Tania Hakim-Edwards
Place of Birth: London City, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 8 May, 1975
Ethnicity: * father – possibly German * mother – French, Turkish
Jodhi May is a British actress. Her roles include the films A World Apart , Eminent Domain , The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Sister My Sister , The Gambler (1997), The House of Mirth (2000), The Escapist (2002), Nightwatching , Flashbacks of a Fool , I, Anna ; Ginger & Rosa , A Quiet Passion , Down a Dark Hall , Scarborough (2018), The Warrior Queen of Jhansi , The Invisible Thread , and The Silent Twins ; the made-for-tv movies Max and Helen , The Turn of the Screw (1999), The Other Boleyn Girl , The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003), and Einstein and Eddington ; the series Tipping the Velvet , Daniel Deronda (2002), The Amazing Mrs Pritchard , Strike Back , The Jury , A.D. The Bible Continues , Gentleman Jack , The Witcher , The Confessions of Frannie Langton , Renegade Nell , and Dune: Prophecy ; and the mini-series Aristocrats (1999) and Emma (2009).
Jodhi is the daughter of Jocelyn Hakim, an art teacher. It is not publicly known who Jodhi’s father is, but she has stated that he is German. Her name was legally changed to Jodhi Tania May. Her mother was married to impresario Malcolm McLaren for a time to obtain U.K. citizenship.