Portrait of Mathilda May

Acting

Mathilda May

Career

Active from 1984 to 2025, busiest in 1991 and 2011 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
23
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Naked Tango
Naked Tango
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mathilda May Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    1.9, average 3.6
  • Family Dynamics
    3.8, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7
  • Mystery
    3.0, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Biographical Drama 3
  • French Cinema 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Period Piece 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 56
La Belle et le Boulanger
La Belle et le Boulanger (2025)

TV show · as Myriam Mercier

Le Daron
Le Daron (2024)

TV show · as Coco

The Way to Happiness
The Way to Happiness (2022)

as Sarah Glücksmann

Fuck Private Property!
Fuck Private Property! (2022)

as Alexandra

Make Up
Make Up (2022)

Author, Stage Director

Un monde, un regard
Un monde, un regard (2021)

TV show

An Irrepressible Woman
An Irrepressible Woman (2020)
GoodWatch score 56

as Singer Cora Madou

Coup de foudre à Bangkok
Coup de foudre à Bangkok (2020)

TV show · as Sandrine Lafore

Le Banquet
Le Banquet (2020)

Director, Stage Director

2010s

14 titles · average score 60
Access
Access (2018)

TV show · as Valérie Couderq

Mystery at the Opera Garnier
Mystery at the Opera Garnier (2017)

as Eva Fontaine

A Woman's Revenge
A Woman's Revenge (2015)

as Lieutenant Janson

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
GoodWatch score 84

as Space Girl (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crossing Lines
Crossing Lines (2013)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Audrey St. Marie

Délit de fuite
Délit de fuite (2013)

as Cécile

The Players
The Players (2012)
GoodWatch score 34

as Ariane

Clash
Clash (2012)

TV show · as Laure Rossignol, mère d'Émilie

The Nights of Alice
The Nights of Alice (2011)

as Angélique

Une vie française
Une vie française (2011)

as Anna Blick

Mystery in Paris
Mystery in Paris (2011)

TV show · as Eva Fontaine

Plus si affinités
Plus si affinités (2010)

as Elle

2000s

9 titles · average score 67
Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe
Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe (2009)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Thérèse de Marsanne

A Girl Cut in Two
A Girl Cut in Two (2007)
GoodWatch score 65

as Capucine Jamet

New Délire
New Délire (2007)

as Fanny (vocie)

L'homme pressé
L'homme pressé (2005)

as Irène Debord

L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé
L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé (2005)

as Mélanie

Soraya
Soraya (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

as Chams

Fabio Montale
Fabio Montale (2002)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Hélène Pessayre

Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Contessa Eleonora

Return to Algiers
Return to Algiers (2000)

as Nelly Azera

1990s

13 titles · average score 59
Only Love
Only Love (1998)
GoodWatch score 67

as Silvia Rinaldi

The Jackal
The Jackal (1997)
GoodWatch score 45

as Isabella Zanconia

The Tit and the Moon
The Tit and the Moon (1994)
GoodWatch score 66

as Estrellita

The Whipping Boy
The Whipping Boy (1994)
GoodWatch score 70

as Betsy

Dead Tired
Dead Tired (1994)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mathilda May

Le Voleur et la menteuse
Le Voleur et la menteuse (1993)

as Suzanne Henson

Eurotrash
Eurotrash (1993)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show

Sweetheart
Sweetheart (1992)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jeanne Gardella

Scream of Stone
Scream of Stone (1991)
GoodWatch score 63

as Katharina

Isabelle Eberhardt
Isabelle Eberhardt (1991)

as Isabelle Eberhardt

Becoming Colette
Becoming Colette (1991)
GoodWatch score 48

as Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Naked Tango
Naked Tango (1990)
GoodWatch score 70

as Alba / Stephanie

1980s

10 titles · average score 53
Three Seats for the 26th
Three Seats for the 26th (1988)
GoodWatch score 65

as Marion

The Catwalk
The Catwalk (1988)

as Cora Elbaz

The Secret of the Sahara
The Secret of the Sahara (1988)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Myriam

The Cry of the Owl
The Cry of the Owl (1987)
GoodWatch score 51

as Juliette

The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque (1987)
GoodWatch score 45

as Pauline

Letters to an Unknown Lover
Letters to an Unknown Lover (1986)

as Agnès

Lifeforce
Lifeforce (1985)
GoodWatch score 56

as Space Girl

Les Rois du gag
Les Rois du gag (1985)
GoodWatch score 48

as Alexandra

Dream One
Dream One (1984)
GoodWatch score 41

as Alice

Weißblaue Geschichten
Weißblaue Geschichten (1984)

TV show