Jodhi Tania May (née Hakim-Edwards; 8 May 1975) is an English
actress. She remains 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).May was born Jodhi Tania
Hakim-Edwards in 1975 in Camden Town, London. Her name was later
legally changed to Jodhi Tania May.Her mother, Jocelyn Hakim, is an
art teacher of French-Turkish descent who as a student arranged to
marry artist-designer Malcolm McLaren to obtain citizenship, paying
him £50 to marry her in a Lewisham register office in 1972. They
later divorced, a move that cost McLaren's grandmother £2,000. Jodhi
has not publicly identified her father, besides stating he is German.
She was educated at Camden School for Girls.
actress. She remains 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).May was born Jodhi Tania
Hakim-Edwards in 1975 in Camden Town, London. Her name was later
legally changed to Jodhi Tania May.Her mother, Jocelyn Hakim, is an
art teacher of French-Turkish descent who as a student arranged to
marry artist-designer Malcolm McLaren to obtain citizenship, paying
him £50 to marry her in a Lewisham register office in 1972. They
later divorced, a move that cost McLaren's grandmother £2,000. Jodhi
has not publicly identified her father, besides stating he is German.
She was educated at Camden School for Girls.
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