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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Jacques Villeret, drôlement tragique
2025·6.3
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024·7.7
Mother Valley
2023·4.5
Godard Cinema
2023·5.5
Godard by Godard
2023·7.8
Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
2023·0.0
Alibi.com 2
2023·6.6
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022·7.5
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022·7.2
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2022
2022·0.0
Bacri, comme un air de famille
2022·7.6
Haute Couture
2021·6.1
Him
2021·4.5
Sous le soleil de Pialat
2021·6.4
Conversation avec Nathalie Baye
2021·6.5
My Best Part
2020·5.4
Soirée Pyjama
2019·0.0
Thomas
2018·0.0
The Guardians
2017·6.1
Médée
2017·8.0
Alibi.com
2017·6.5
It's Only the End of the World
2016·7.2
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016·6.0
Moka
2016·6.0
Préjudice
2015·5.9
The Assistant
2015·5.4
SK1
2015·6.9
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014·8.0
Lou!
2014·5.7
Queens of the Ring
2013·5.8
Laurence Anyways
2012·7.6
Bon vent Claude Goretta
2011·0.0
Bye Bye
2011·5.0
Hitler in Hollywood
2011·6.2
Small World
2010·6.3
Beautiful Lies
2010·6.1
The Great Restaurant
2010·5.7
Together Is Too Much
2010·4.4
Visage
2009·5.4
God's Offices
2008·6.5
Marie-Octobre
2008·6.0
A French Gigolo
2008·5.1
Off and Running
2008·5.4
The Price to Pay
2007·5.4
Acteur
2007·0.0
Michou d'Auber
2007·6.4
Tell No One
2006·7.2
La Californie
2006·4.7
My Son
2006·6.6
The Young Lieutenant
2005·6.7
One Stays, the Other Leaves
2005·5.2
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004·6.6
I've Been Waiting So Long
2004·4.7
France Boutique
2003·4.9
Feelings
2003·5.9
The Flower of Evil
2003·6.1
Catch Me If You Can
2002·8.0
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002·7.0
Absolutely Fabulous
2001·4.9
Barnie's Minor Annoyances
2001·5.5
To Mathieu
2001·5.9
Tomorrow's Another Day
2000·4.7
An Affair of Love
1999·6.3
Venus Beauty Institute
1999·5.9
Beware of My Love
1998·4.9
Paparazzi
1998·5.0
Food of Love
1997·4.0
Enfants de salaud
1996·4.5
Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
1996·6.0
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
1996·7.7
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
1996·7.7
The Machine
1994·5.3
And the Band Played On
1993·6.5
Mensonge
1993·4.0
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993·5.6
Les contes sauvages
1993·9.0
The Voice
1992·10.0
From Time to Time
1992·8.0
The Man Inside
1990·6.0
Every Other Weekend
1990·7.0
C'est La Vie
1990·6.0
Massacre Play
1989·5.0
No Harm Intended
1988·5.6
Engagements of the Heart
1987·5.7
Honeymoon
1985·4.6
Beethoven's Nephew
1985·5.2
Detective
1985·5.3
Rive droite, rive gauche
1984·5.7
Our Story
1984·6.3
I Married a Shadow
1983·6.5
La Balance
1982·6.4
The Return of Martin Guerre
1982·6.7
Short Memory
1982·5.3
Strange Affair
1981·6.2
The Red Shade
1981·5.3
Beau Pere
1981·6.4
Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))
1981·0.0
Sauve la vie (qui peut)
1981·8.0
La provinciale
1981·5.7
Every Man for Himself
1980·6.2
A Week's Vacation
1980·6.2
Rat Race
1980·5.4
Madame Sourdis
1979·8.0
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
1979·7.0
Mon Premier Amour
1978·8.0
The Green Room
1978·6.6
Monsieur Papa
1977·4.9
The Man Who Loved Women
1977·7.1
Solemn Communion
1977·4.6
Mado
1976·6.5
The Honeymoon Trip
1976·4.2
The Last Woman
1976·6.1
Fill 'er Up with Super
1976·6.5
Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous
1975·8.2
Un jour, la fête
1975·6.8
The Slap
1974·6.6
The Mouth Agape
1974·6.4
L'Inconnu
1973·7.0
Day for Night
1973·7.8
Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
1972·5.9