Jodhi May (born 8 May 1975, some sources indicate 1 May 1975 and 30 November 1974) is an English stage, film and television actress. She is probably best known for her performances as Alice Munro in The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and as Florence Banner in the BBC drama Tipping the Velvet. Born in Camden Town, London, May first acted at the age of 12 in 1988's A World Apart. The role earned her a Best Actress award at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, shared with her co-stars Barbara Hershey and Linda Mvusi. She remains the youngest recipient of the award. Other than a brief lull while studying English at Wadham College, Oxford, she has had near constant work in the subsequent two decades, and can regularly be seen on film, television and the British stage. Notable roles have included Alice Munro in Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans, Lea Papin in Sister My Sister, Florence Banner in Tipping the Velvet, Anne Boleyn in the first adaptation of The Other Boleyn Girl, and Sabina Spielrein in the play The Talking Cure. In 2002 May wrote and directed a short film called Spyhole.