Nathalie Baye
Acting
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 ten-time 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 Jean-Luc 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 four-year 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 J'ai 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 CC-BY-SA.
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movieJean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024
Self - Actress
movieMother Valley
2023
Hélène
movieGodard by Godard
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieAlibi.com 2
2023
Mme Martin
movieSheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022
Self (archive footage)
tvIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieDownton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Mme de Montmirail
movieHaute Couture
2021
Esther
movieHim
2021
Mother
movieMy Best Part
2020
Bernadette Meyer
tvCriminal: France
2019
Caroline Solal
movieSoirée Pyjama
2019
Self - Guest
movieThomas
2018
Anne Lancrey
tvNox
2018
Catherine Susini
movieThe Guardians
2017
Hortense Sandrail
movieMédée
2017
The mother
movieAlibi.com
2017
Marlène Martin
movieMoka
2016
Marlène
moviePréjudice
2015
Mother
movieThe Assistant
2015
Marie-France
movieSK1
2015
Frédérique Pons
movieLou!
2014
Jeanne (La grand-mère)
movieQueens of the Ring
2013
Colette
movieLaurence Anyways
2012
Julienne Alia
tvSpin
2012
Anne Visage
movieBye Bye
2011
Cécile
movieHitler in Hollywood
2011
Nathalie Baye
movieSmall World
2010
Elisabeth Senn
movieThe Great Restaurant
2010
Une cliente du restaurant
movieTogether Is Too Much
2010
Marie-France
movieVisage
2009
Nathalie
movieMarie-Octobre
2008
Marie-Hélène Dumoulin / Marie-Octobre
movieA French Gigolo
2008
Judith
movieOff and Running
2008
Irène Montier-Duval
movieThe Price to Pay
2007
Odile Ménard
Acteur
2007
Camille
movieMichou d'Auber
2007
Gisèle
movieTell No One
2006
Elysabeth Feldman
tvOn n'est pas couché
2006
Self - Guest
movieMy Son
2006
Mother / La mère
movieThe Young Lieutenant
2005
Commandant Vaudieu
movieFeelings
2003
Carole
movieThe Flower of Evil
2003
Anne Charpin-Vasseur
movieCatch Me If You Can
2002
Paula Abagnale
tvL’enfant des lumières
2002
la comtesse Diane de Breyves
movieAbsolutely Fabulous
2001
Patricia 'Patsy' Laroche
movieTo Mathieu
2001
Claire
movieVenus Beauty Institute
1999
Angèle Piana
moviePaparazzi
1998
Nicole, de l'agence Magma
movieFood of Love
1997
Michele
movieThe Machine
1994
Marie Lacroix
movieAnd the Band Played On
1993
Dr. Françoise Barre
movieLes contes sauvages
1993
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Voice
1992
Lorraine
movieFrom Time to Time
1992
Madame de Pompadour
movieThe Man Inside
1990
Christine
movieEvery Other Weekend
1990
Camille Valmont
movieNo Harm Intended
1988
Catherine Duchêne
tvTéléthon
1987
Self
movieHoneymoon
1985
Cécile Carline
movieBeethoven's Nephew
1985
Leonore
movieDetective
1985
Françoise Chenal
movieRive droite, rive gauche
1984
Sacha Vernakis
movieOur Story
1984
Donatienne Pouget / Marie-Thérèse Chatelard / Geneviève Avranche
movieLa Balance
1982
Nicole Danet
movieThe Return of Martin Guerre
1982
Bertrande de Rols
movieShort Memory
1982
Judith Mesnil
movieStrange Affair
1981
Nina Coline
movieBeau Pere
1981
Charlotte
movieSauve la vie (qui peut)
1981
Self (archive footage)
movieLa provinciale
1981
Christine Delumet
movieEvery Man for Himself
1980
Denise Rimbaud
movieA Week's Vacation
1980
Laurence Cuers
movieRat Race
1980
Brigitte Ozendron
movieMadame Sourdis
1979
Adèle Sourdis
movieScénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
1979
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMon Premier Amour
1978
Fabienne
movieThe Green Room
1978
Cecilia Mandel
movieMonsieur Papa
1977
Janine
movieThe Man Who Loved Women
1977
Martine Desdoits
movieSolemn Communion
1977
Jeanne Vanderberghe
movieMado
1976
Catherine
movieThe Last Woman
1976
la fille aux cerises
movieFill 'er Up with Super
1976
Charlotte
tvCérémonie des César
1976
Self - Presenter / Self - President
Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous
1975
Fabienne Veyrier, the young woman
tvCinéma 16
1975
Fabienne
movieThe Slap
1974
Christine Abeillé
movieThe Mouth Agape
1974
Nathalie
movieDay for Night
1973
Joelle, the Script Girl
