Acting
Olwen May
Jan 1, 1963 (63 years) Lower Agbrigg, Yorkshire, England, UK
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
8.0
Slow Horses
Park Receptionist
8.2
Halo
Jade
7.4
Vera
Helen Allenby
7.6
Shameless
Social Worker
8.3
Brassic
Margaret
7.7
Life on Mars
Mavis Witham
7.6
A Touch of Frost
Doctor
7.4
Miss Scarlet
Ms. Willoughby
7.1
Waterloo Road
Defence Barrister
6.5
The Bay
DC Lou McClaren
6.7
A Very British Scandal
Dora
5.8
The Body Farm
Kay Warner
5.0
My Son the Fanatic
Prostitute
6.4
Care
Rebecca
7.8
The Royal
Sheila
Filmography
Red Sky at Night
2023 · Vera
8.0
Slow Horses
2022 · Park Receptionist
8.2
Halo
2022 · Jade
6.7
A Very British Scandal
2021 · Dora
7.4
Miss Scarlet
2020 · Ms. Willoughby
8.3
Brassic
2019 · Margaret
6.5
The Bay
2019 · DC Lou McClaren
6.4
Care
2018 · Rebecca
Whoops!
2014 · Mary Hickson
7.4
Vera
2011 · Helen Allenby
5.8
The Body Farm
2011 · Kay Warner
6.0
Florence Nightingale
2008 · Mother Mary Clare
7.7
Life on Mars
2006 · Mavis Witham
7.1
Waterloo Road
2006 · Defence Barrister
7.6
Shameless
2004 · Social Worker
7.8
The Royal
2003 · Sheila
10.0
Seeing Red
2000 · Harriet
5.0
My Son the Fanatic
1997 · Prostitute
6.0
The Trial of Lord Lucan
1994 · W.P.C.
7.6
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Doctor