Nathalie Baye

Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye July 6 1948 April 17 2026 was a French film television and stage actress She began her career in 1970 and has appeared in more than 80 films A tentime César Award nominee her four wins were for Every Man for Himself 1980 Strange Affair 1981 La Balance 1982 and The Young Lieutenant 2005 Her other films include Day for Night 1973 Catch Me If You Can 2002 Tell No One 2006 and The Assistant 2015 In 2009 she was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour Baye was born in Mainneville Eure Normandy to Claude Baye and Denise Coustet two painters At 14 she joined a school of dance in Monaco Three years later she went to the United States On returning to France she continued with dance but also registered for the Simon Course and was admitted to the Conservatoire from where she graduated in 1972 with a second prize in comedy dramatic comedy and foreign theatre Her second cinema appearance was in Two People 1973 directed by Robert Wise She became better known as the script girl in Day for Night La Nuit américaine 1973 by François Truffaut Throughout the 1970s she played the good girlfriend or nice provincial girl in film and television She won her first César as best supporting artist for Every Man for Himself Sauve qui peut la vie 1980 directed by JeanLuc Godard There then followed The Return of Martin Guerre Le Retour de Martin Guerre 1982 and La Balance also 1982 Baye won two more César Awards Best Supporting Actress for Strange Affair Une étrange affaire 1981 and Best Actress for La Balance 1982 Her fouryear relationship with Johnny Hallyday made them a celebrity couple and their daughter is Laura Smet now an actress After changing her image by playing a streetwalker in La Balance she widened her scope with more obscure characters in Jai épousé une ombre 1983 and En toute innocence 1988 In 1986 she returned to the theatre with an interpretation of Adriana Monti In 1999 she was voted Best Supporting Actress at Venice Film Festival for Une liaison pornographique and starred in Vénus Beauté Institut 2000 by Tonie Marshall which won multiple César Awards including Best Film She has worked with Claude Chabrol and Steven Spielberg Source Article Nathalie Baye from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA