
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
January 1, 1963 (age 63)
Place of Birth
Lower Agbrigg, Yorkshire, England, UK
Olwen May
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.
Known For

TV
Vera
Helen Allenby
2011

TV
Halo
Jade
2022

TV
Slow Horses
Park Receptionist
2022

TV
Shameless
Social Worker
2004

TV
Shameless
Mary Twill
2004

TV
A Touch of Frost
Doctor
1992

TV
Brassic
Margaret
2019

TV
Waterloo Road
Defence Barrister
2006

TV
Miss Scarlet
Ms. Willoughby
2020

TV
Life on Mars
Mavis Witham
2006

TV
The Bay
DC Lou McClaren
2019

TV
A Very British Scandal
Dora
2021

TV
The Royal
Sheila
2003

Film
My Son the Fanatic
Prostitute
1997
Film
Kinder
Susan
2018

Film
Care
Rebecca
2018

Film
Florence Nightingale
Mother Mary Clare
2008

Film
Seeing Red
Harriet
2000
Film
Assertion Techniques
2006

Film
The Trial of Lord Lucan
W.P.C.
1994
Filmography
2023FilmRed Sky at Nightas Vera2022TVSlow Horsesas Park Receptionist2022TVHaloas Jade2021TVA Very British Scandalas Dora2020TVMiss Scarletas Ms. Willoughby2019TVBrassicas Margaret2019TVThe Bayas DC Lou McClaren2018FilmCareas Rebecca2018FilmKinderas Susan2011TVVeraas Helen Allenby2008FilmFlorence Nightingaleas Mother Mary Clare2006FilmAssertion Techniques2006TVWaterloo Roadas Defence Barrister2006TVLife on Marsas Mavis Witham2004TVShamelessas Social Worker2003TVThe Royalas Sheila2000FilmSeeing Redas Harriet1997FilmMy Son the Fanaticas Prostitute1994FilmThe Trial of Lord Lucanas W.P.C.1992TVA Touch of Frostas Doctor