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Jodhi May

Jodhi May
Jodhi was born in 1975. She was born and brought up in London, England, UK. She went to Wadham College, Oxford University 1994-1997. She studied and received a Masters in English. During her time at Wadham she read a lot of literature. She has been acting since she was twelve.



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  • Flashbacks of a Fool
  • Flashbacks of a Fool review by hunkydomste from Liverpool
    Rated - 3.0 stars INCONSEQUENTIALLY DIVERTING 22 November 2008
    ... both in looks as in talent. It is the women though who rule this movie, namely Jodhi May as sexy seductress, Felicity Jones as young Ruth (the 'Roxy Music scene' with h...   Read customer review

Jodhi May - filmography


  • The Jury (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Julie Walters,  Stephen Mackintosh,  Jodhi May
    Director: Michael Offer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Written by Peter Morgan (The Other Boleyn Girl, The Queen), The Jury is a compelling, character based drama series which focuses on the everyday people who find themselves at the centre of one of the most controversial criminal re-trials of their time.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 109 members
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  • Chris Ryan's Strike Back (2 discs) on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Richard Armitage,  Shelley Conn,  Laura Greenwood
    Director: Daniel Percival
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on ex-SAS man Chris Ryan's bestseller Strike Back is a story of deception, redemption and revenge, all played out in the interlinked lives of two former soldiers; Major Hugh Collinson and discharged veteran John Porter. Their paths last crossed seven years ago. Now, amidst a new hostage ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 2,397 members
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  • Sleep With Me on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Adrian Lester,  Jodhi May,  Anamaria Marinca
    Director: Marc Jobst
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sleep With Me is powerful erotic thriller, adapted by the acclaimed Andrew Davies, follows a tangled web of addictive relationships that unravel with devastating consequences. Richard and Leila are seemingly the perfect couple. Content in their relationship, they have a strong circle of friends ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 132 members
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  • Aristocrats (2 discs) on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Serena Gordon,  Alun Armstrong,  Geraldine Somerville
    Director: David Caffrey
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on Stella Tillyard's bestseller that "made history sexy again" (London Sunday Times), this encore presentation of Aristocrats tells the true story of the bewitching Lennox sisters: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah. Great-granddaughters of King Charles II and his French mistress, they live ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 233 members
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  • Einstein And Eddington on DVD (2008)
    Starring: David Tennant,  Jodhi May,  Rebecca Hall
    Director: Philip Martin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A film which takes a closer look at the story behind the creation of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and the personal lives of the men behind it. This human story chronicles two men who, during the First World War, refused to accept narrow nationalistic boundaries and, against the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4,736 members
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  • Flashbacks of a Fool on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jodhi May,  Sid Mitchell,  Eve
    Director: Baillie Walsh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Joe Scot (Daniel Craig) is a washed-up Hollywood star whose hedonistic lifestyle of sex, drugs and celebrity has taken its toll. Flashback to his childhood and small-town English seaside life set to the beat of Roxy music and Bowie. Joe¿s rites of passage as a young man lay the foundations for the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 6,914 members
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  • Nightwatching on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Martin Freeman,  Emily Holmes,  Eva Birthistle
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    From renowned writer/director Peter Greenaway, Nightwatching is a theatrical, ironic costume drama about Rembrandt, his women and a conspiracy of foul murder in 'The Night Watch', the painting that both made and ruined him. Featuring a stellar cast, which includes Martin Freeman ("The Office"), Eva ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 475 members
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  • On A Clear Day on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Peter Mullan,  Billy Boyd,  Brenda Blethyn
    Director: Gaby Dellal
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A man who finds himself out of work at fifty-five, finds a new lease of life when his friend happens to mention in idle conversation swimming to France. The preparation for the challenging feat is kept secret from his loved ones...
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 6,438 members
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  • Friends And Crocodiles on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Damian Lewis,  Jodhi May,  Robert Lindsay
    Director: Stephen Poliakoff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in the ever-changing and influential eighties and nineties this drama is a powerful portrayal of the working and influential relationship between a boss, Paul Reynolds and his secretary, Lizzie Thomas. Paul Reynolds is an owner of an impressive house and is renowned for hosting the best parties ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,646 member
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  • Bye Bye Blackbird on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jodhi May,  Derek Jacobi,  James Thiérrée
    Director: Robinson Savary
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Starring Derek Jacobi and Jodhi May, Bye Bye Blackbird is a tragic and compelling love story set in a turn of the century travelling circus. When Josef falls in love with the beautiful trapeze artist, Alice, he knows the only way to woo her is if he too masters the trapeze. Lord Dempsey the circus ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 51 members
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  • Blinded on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jodhi May,  Peter Mullan,  Anders W. Berthelsen
    Director: Eleanor Yule
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Danish backpacker Mike Hammershoi (Anders W. Berthelsen) is running from a dark secret. One night, while travelling through the Scottish borders, he stops at Black’s estate hoping to find some work. There, he encounters blind farm-owner Francis Black (Peter Mullan) and his elderly mother Bella (..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 808 members
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  • The Mayor Of Casterbridge on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Ciaran Hinds,  James Purefoy,  Jodhi May
    Director: David Thacker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Ciaran Hinds (PERSUASION, CIRCLE OF FRIENDS) stars as the tormented Michael Henchard in this lavish adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE. One day, in a destitute and drunken state, Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a sailor at a county fair. Haunted by the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2,062 members
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  • Daniel Deronda on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Hugh Dancy,  Romola Garai,  Hugh Bonneville
    Director: Tom Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The title character of this Masterpiece Theater presentation is the illegitimate son of a wealthy British aristocrat. With a secretive past and an unlimited supply of cash, he turns to gambling where he meets Gwendolyn, a beautiful woman in desperate need of money. From their meeting at a roulette ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 410 members
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  • Tipping The Velvet on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Keeley Hawes,  Rachael Stirling,  John Bowe
    Director: Geoffrey Sax
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    TIPPING THE VELVET is a slightly raunchy drama from the BBC that more than anything is a passionate love story between two Victorian women. Set in the 1890s, it follows the rise of Kity Butler, a male impersonator in the musical halls and her devoted dresser Nan. When Kitty ends their affair, Nan ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 5,864 members
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  • The Escapist (2002)
    Starring: Jonny Lee Miller,  Gary Lewis,  Andy Serkis
    Director: Gillies Mackinnon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dennis returns home to find that his pregnant wife has been murdered... The culprit is caught and sent to prison. Dennis hatches an elaborate plan to get revenge by turning in a criminal. He is punished for his crimes by being placed in prison. He attempts to break out on a number of occasions ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 793 members
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  • The House Of Mirth on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Gillian Anderson,  Dan Aykroyd,  Eric Stoltz
    Director: Terence Davies
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Terence Davies (DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES) triumphs with his sumptuous, painterly adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel, which is set amid the vicious moneyed classes of 1905 New York and features a heartrending, perfectly nuanced performance by Gillian Anderson as doomed heroine Lily Bart. Lily, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,329 members
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  • The Woodlanders (1997)
    Starring: Emily Woof,  Rufus Sewell,  Jodhi May
    Director: Phil Agland
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Based on the classic novel by Thomas Hardy, WOODLANDERS tells the compelling tale of unrequited love and irrepressible passion. Giles Winterbourne (a dashing Rufus Sewell) has been promised the hand of the lovely and elegant Grace Melbury since he was a child. However, once his family loses its ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 377 members
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  • The Last Of The Mohicans on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis,  Madeline Stowe,  Jodhi May
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Cora (Madeleine Stowe) and her younger sister, Alice (Jodhi May), both recent arrivals to the colonies, are being escorted to their father, Colonel Munro (Maurice Roeves), by a troop of British soldiers. Along the way they are ambushed by a Huron war party led by Magua (Wes Studi), a sinister ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 12,794 members
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  • A World Apart (1988)
    Starring: Jodhi May,  Barbara Hershey
    Director: Chris Menges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on a true story, in 1963 South Africa, a white, female journalist defies the government and is arrested under the new 90-day Detention Act.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 16 members
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Jodhi May facts

5 most recent films

The Jury - 3.5 stars
Chris Ryan's Strike Back - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Chris Ryan's Strike Back - 4.0 stars
Strike Back - Project Dawn - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Strike Back - Project Dawn - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Chris Ryan's Strike Back - 4.0 stars
Strike Back - Project Dawn - 4.0 stars
Strike Back - Project Dawn - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Chris Ryan's Strike Back - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Daniel Deronda - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

A World Apart - 3.0 stars
The Gamblers - 3.5 stars
Blinded - 2.0 stars
Nightwatching - 2.5 stars
Bye Bye Blackbird - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Shelley Conn - 8 times - show films
Andrew Lincoln - 8 times - show films
Richard Armitage - 8 times - show films
Laura Greenwood - 6 times - show films
Toby Jones - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Daniel Percival - 14 times - show films
Peter Greenaway - 6 times - show films
David Caffrey - 3 times - show films
Michael Offer - 3 times - show films
Baillie Walsh - 2 times - show films