Cast

Nathalie Baye

Acting

Cast

Nathalie Baye

Known for

Acting

Born

1948-07-06

From

Mainneville, Eure, France

Died

2026-04-17

Also known as 나탈리 베이, Натали Бей, Натали Бай

Biography

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.

Nathalie Baye

Nathalie Baye

Biography

Catch Me If You Can

Beau Pere

Downton Abbey: A New Era

La Californie

Feelings

Moka

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

Tell No One

Hitler in Hollywood

Day for Night

Alibi.com

Detective

It's Only the End of the World

Haute Couture

Our Story

A French Gigolo

Laurence Anyways

Médée

Beautiful Lies

And the Band Played On

Bye Bye

Marie-Octobre

The Last Woman

An Affair of Love

Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste

To Mathieu

Paparazzi

SK1

Fill 'er Up with Super

The Assistant

The Return of Martin Guerre

Michou d'Auber

Visage

The Mouth Agape

Queens of the Ring

The Green Room

The Slap

Every Man for Himself

My Son

One Stays, the Other Leaves

Rat Race

C'est La Vie

Barnie's Minor Annoyances

François Truffaut, une autobiographie

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2022

Venus Beauty Institute

The Young Lieutenant

The Voice

Sauve la vie (qui peut)

Faustine and the Beautiful Summer

L'Inconnu

The Flower of Evil

Strange Affair

The Man Who Loved Women

Lou!

Madame Sourdis

Alibi.com 2

Mensonge

Godard by Godard

I've Been Waiting So Long

Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous

Absolutely Fabulous

Bon vent Claude Goretta

Small World

Beethoven's Nephew

The Man Inside

Mado

The Guardians

Rive droite, rive gauche

Food of Love

La Balance

Honeymoon

Conversation avec Nathalie Baye

Sous le soleil de Pialat

Mother Valley

Tomorrow's Another Day