Biography
Jodhi Tania May (née Hakim-Edwards; 8 May 1975) is a British actress. Starting her career as a child actress, she is the youngest recipient of the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, for A World Apart (1988). Her other film appearances include The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Sister My Sister (1994), and A Quiet Passion (2016). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Severed Sun
2025
as Andrea
Magpie lives in an isolated church community ruled over by her father, The Pastor. When a man is murdered, paranoia sets in and people start to whispe...
D is for Distance
2025
as Narrator
A film essay montage of contemporary footage, archive and cinema history, about the age of post-truth and how one young man’s childhood epilepsy becam...
The Silent Twins
2022
as Marjorie Wallace
June and Jennifer Gibbons are twins from the only Black family in a small town in Wales in the 1970s and '80s. Feeling isolated from the community, th...
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
2022
as Mary Belcher
At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.
The Invisible Thread
2022
as Tilly Nolan
The teenage son of two fathers makes a documentary film about his parents but is surprised when a real-life plot twist occurs in his family.
Resurrection
2021
as Leah
In Resurrection, Jesus’ followers are hunted, leaderless and desperately searching for understanding, but when Jesus rises from the dead, they realize...
Aung San Suu Kyi: The Fall of an Icon
2020
as Narrator
Exploring the life of Aung San Suu Kyi. After 15 years of house arrest in Myanmar, she was celebrated as an icon of democracy, but ten years on, she i...
Making The Witcher
2020
as Self - Queen Calanthe
Journey into the extraordinary world of "The Witcher" — from casting the roles to Jaskier's catchy song — in this behind-the-scenes look at the series...
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019
as Queen Victoria
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India ...
Scarborough
2019
as Liz
Set over three days, two different couples - each comprising of a teacher and a student - spend a life-changing weekend at the seaside resort town of ...
Down a Dark Hall
2018
as Heather Sinclair
Kit, a troubled girl, is sent to the exclusive Blackwood boarding school, where she discovers that only four other female students have been admitted ...
Let Me Go
2018
as Beth
The film is set in the year 2000 following not only Helga and Traudi's journeys but the next two generations and how Beth, Helga's daughter and Emily ...
A Quiet Passion
2016
as Susan Gilbert
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
Common
2014
as Coleen O'Shea
Multi-award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern's brand new film based on the UK's controversial joint enterprise law. Jimmy McGovern's gritty drama stars ...
Ginger & Rosa
2012
as Anoushka
A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and th...
The Scapegoat
2012
as Blanche
In 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, two very different men have one thing in common—a face.
I, Anna
2012
as Janet Stone
A noir thriller told from the point of view of a femme fatale, who falls for the detective in charge of a murder case.
Blood and Oil
2010
as Claire Unwin
Mark Unwin is one of four employees of Krielsen International oil company captured by militant group MEND whilst they are working in Nigeria. His wife...
Sleep With Me
2009
as Lelia
A couple are torn apart when a French woman enters their loves and pulls them into personal a game of lust and obsession.
Defiance
2008
as Tamara Skidelsky
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet par...
Einstein and Eddington
2008
as Elsa Einstein
A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first ...
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
2008
as Geertje
J'accuse is an 'essay-istic' documentary in which Greenaway's fierce criticism of today's visual illiteracy is argued by means of a forensic search of...
Flashbacks of a Fool
2008
as Evelyn Adams
An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his child...
Nightwatching
2007
as Geertje
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murder...
Land of the Blind
2006
as Joe's Mother
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
Land of the Blind
2006
as Joe's Mother (uncredited)
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
2005
as Jean Ibbotson
Set in Colonial India in 1925, the hunt for the most notorious man-eating leopard of all time.
Bye Bye Blackbird
2005
as Nina
A period drama set in the early years of the 20th century. Josef, a former construction worker who delighted in dancing on girders high above the city...
Round About Five
2005
as Bicycle Courier
Desperate to get across London to meet his girlfriend off the Eurostar, a man persuades a pretty bicycle courier to take him on the back of her bike, ...
Friends & Crocodiles
2005
as Lizzie Thomas
Paul Reynolds is a Gatsby-like figure: owner of a magnificent house, the host of great parties, and a collector of interesting people. He persuades Li...
On a Clear Day
2005
as Angela
After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For t...
The Best Man
2005
as Tania
When writer's block derails the literary dreams of Olly Pickering, he has to move in with his friend Murray after losing all his money. Things start t...
Blinded
2004
as Rachel Black
While doing her rounds in the Scottish countryside, Doctor Caroline Lamar comes upon a hitchhiker, and offers him a lift. Young Danish backpacker Mike...
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003
as Elizabeth Jane
Adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel. At a country fair, young hay-trusser Michael Henchard quarrels with his wife Susan, and in a drunken fit decides ...
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
as Anne Boleyn
Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes m...
The Escapist
2002
as Christine
Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barne...
The House of Mirth
2000
as Grace Julia Stepney
In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself betrayed by her fri...
The Turn of the Screw
1999
as Miss
A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.
Warriors
1999
as Emma
If the conflict in Bosnia has become something of a forgotten war, it's not for the want of trying from the immensely powerful BBC film Warriors, the ...
Aristocrats
1999
as Lady Sarah Lennox
18th-century England and Ireland viewed through the eyes of four beautiful high-born sisters - Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, great-grandd...
The Woodlanders
1998
as Marty South
The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishi...
The Gambler
1997
as Anna Snitkina
Under pressure from his publisher, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky gets work on his latest piece, 'Rouletenberg'. In the 27 days it takes for him ...
The Scarlet Letter
1995
as Voice of Pearl (voice)
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. ...
Sister My Sister
1994
as Lea
A true story of shocking violence catapults a picturesque little town into history. The close sibling relationship between the two maids takes on a ne...
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
as Alice
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a B...
Eminent Domain
1991
as Ewa
A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.
Max and Helen
1990
as Miriam Weiss
In trying to bring a former concentration camp commandant to justice, Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal uncovers the tragic story of two lovers separated b...
A World Apart
1988
as Molly Roth
A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together...