I was watching the movie Defiance a couple of days ago, and I happened to notice in the cast credits the name Jodhi May. Now, Jodhi may perhaps be most famous for dropping off a cliff (literally) in The Last of the Mohicans movie as her negative response to the offer of becoming the bride of a Native American in the New World. By the way, Jodhi was most recently in Dune: Prophecy.
The cast of that movie was interesting. Eric Steig, who played Uncas, did some interesting things with his life. Obviously, Daniel Day-Lewis had a massive career, and Madeline Stowe did quite a lot, too. This was the first movie role for Native American activist Russell Means, who did a few other things after that (including Turok: Son of Stone, Pocahontas, and Thomas [the Tank Engine] and the Magic Railroad as Billy TwoFeathers). Plus, it had esteemed Native American actor Wes Studi, who ended up on the wrong end of a battle axe wielded by Means.
So, back to Jodhi. I couldn't find a lot of pictures of her in the movie, but here's one, with Alexa Davalos (the back of her head, at least).
For the sake of memory, here's on of the last views of Jodhi (as Alice Munro) in The Last of the Mohicans.
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