Mathilda May
May in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Karin Haïm
Place of Birth: Saint-Ouen, Paris, France
Date of Birth: 8 February, 1965
Ethnicity:
*father – Greek Jewish, Turkish Jewish
*mother – Swedish
Mathilda May is a French actress. She has starred in the films Lifeforce (1985), The Cry of the Owl, and Naked Tango, among others.
Her father is Victor Haïm, a French playwright, who is from a Greek Jewish and Turkish Jewish family. Her mother is Margareta Hanson, a Swedish ballet teacher and choreographer. Mathilda has two children with her former husband, actor and singer Gérard Darmon. Gérard is of Moroccan Jewish/Algerian Jewish heritage.
Mathilda’s paternal grandfather was named Joseph Haïm Levy. Joseph was born in Istanbul, Turkey.
Mathilda’s paternal grandmother was named Renée Cohen. Renée was born in Cairo, Egypt.
Mathilda’s maternal grandfather was named Albert Gustaf Hanson.
Mathilda’s maternal grandmother was named Anna Maria Blomdell.
Sources: http://www.vsd.fr
Genealogy of Mathilda May – https://gw.geneanet.org
You know the drill: Jews whose ancestors hail from Muslim/Arab countries (such as Turkey) are considered Mizrahi Jewish as well.
Add that ‘Mizrhi Jewish’ tag.
You might want to add to her to her profile that her second husband was French-Jewish actor and singer Gérard Darmon, with whom she has 2 children.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gérard_Darmon
her birth name is actually “Karin Haïm”.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilda_May