Actor profile

Olwen May

1st January 1963 Lower Agbrigg, Yorkshire, England, UK Acting

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.

7 Movies 14 TV Shows 23 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Red Sky at Night poster

Red Sky at Night 1st October 2023 as Vera

Care poster

Care 9th December 2018 as Rebecca

Whoops! poster

Whoops! 14th June 2014 as Mary Hickson

Florence Nightingale poster

Florence Nightingale 1st June 2008 as Mother Mary Clare

Seeing Red poster

Seeing Red 19th March 2000 as Harriet

My Son the Fanatic poster

My Son the Fanatic 21st October 1997 as Prostitute

The Trial of Lord Lucan poster

The Trial of Lord Lucan 10th November 1994 as W.P.C.

Slow Horses poster

Slow Horses 1st April 2022 as Park Receptionist

Halo poster

Halo 24th March 2022 as Jade

A Very British Scandal poster

A Very British Scandal 26th December 2021 as Dora

Miss Scarlet poster

Miss Scarlet 31st March 2020 as Ms. Willoughby

Brassic poster

Brassic 22nd August 2019 as Margaret

The Bay poster

The Bay 20th March 2019 as DC Lou McClaren

The Body Farm poster

The Body Farm 13th September 2011 as Kay Warner

Vera poster

Vera 1st May 2011 as Helen Allenby

Waterloo Road poster

Waterloo Road 9th March 2006 as Defence Barrister

Life on Mars poster

Life on Mars 9th January 2006 as Mavis Witham

Shameless poster

Shameless 13th January 2004 as Social Worker

Shameless poster

Shameless 13th January 2004 as Mary Twill

The Royal poster

The Royal 19th January 2003 as Sheila

A Touch of Frost poster

A Touch of Frost 6th December 1992 as Doctor