8.2
TV
Acting
Olwen May
- Born
- (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Lower Agbrigg, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 22 titles
Biography
Olwen May is an English actress and theatre director, known for Happy Valley (2014), Whoops! (2013), and Inspector George Gently (2007). She played D.C. Joyce Malone in Coronation Street (1960) during the investigation of Frank Foster's alleged rape of Carla Connor. She has also directed several plays. She lives in West Yorkshire with her partner, Kevin Doyle.
Signature work
Known For
8.2
TV
8.1
TV
Slow Horses
7.7
TV
Life on Mars
8.3
TV
Brassic
7.4
TV
Vera
7.5
TV
Shameless
7.4
TV
Miss Scarlet
6.5
TV
The Bay
7.6
TV
A Touch of Frost
6.7
TV
A Very British Scandal
7.1
TV
Waterloo Road
5.0
Movie
My Son the Fanatic
6.4
Movie
Care
7.8
TV
The Royal
5.8
TV
The Body Farm
6.0
Movie
Florence Nightingale
10.0
Movie
Seeing Red
6.0
Movie
The Trial of Lord Lucan
Acting credits 22
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Red Sky at Night Film | Vera |
| 2022 | Slow Horses TV | Park Receptionist (3 ep) |
| 2022 | Halo TV | Jade (1 ep) |
| 2021 | A Very British Scandal TV | Dora (3 ep) |
| 2020 | Miss Scarlet TV | Ms. Willoughby (1 ep) |
| 2019 | Brassic TV | Margaret (1 ep) |
| 2019 | The Bay TV | DC Lou McClaren (6 ep) |
| 2018 | Care Film | Rebecca |
| 2018 | Kinder Film | Susan |
| 2014 | Whoops! Film | Mary Hickson |
| 2011 | The Body Farm TV | Kay Warner (1 ep) |
| 2011 | Vera TV | Helen Allenby (1 ep) |
| 2008 | Florence Nightingale Film | Mother Mary Clare |
| 2006 | Assertion Techniques Film | |
| 2006 | Waterloo Road TV | Defence Barrister (1 ep) |
| 2006 | Life on Mars TV | Mavis Witham (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Shameless TV | Social Worker, Mary Twill (1 ep) |
| 2003 | The Royal TV | Sheila (1 ep) |
| 2000 | Seeing Red Film | Harriet |
| 1997 | My Son the Fanatic Film | Prostitute |
| 1994 | The Trial of Lord Lucan Film | W.P.C. |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost TV | Doctor (1 ep) |