Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye (born 6 July 1948) is 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.
Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye (born 6 July 1948) is 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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Jacques Villeret, drôlement tragique
Character:Self
Release Date:28/01/2025
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
Character:Self - Actress
Release Date:04/09/2024
Mother Valley
Character:Hélène
Release Date:14/06/2023
Godard Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/2023
Godard by Godard
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/05/2023
Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2023
Alibi.com 2
Character:Mme Martin
Release Date:07/01/2023
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/12/2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Character:Mme de Montmirail
Release Date:27/04/2022
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César
Character:Self
Release Date:23/02/2022
Bacri, comme un air de famille
Character:Self
Release Date:14/01/2022
Haute Couture
Character:Esther
Release Date:10/11/2021
Him
Character:Mother
Release Date:27/10/2021
Sous le soleil de Pialat
Character:Self
Release Date:18/10/2021
Conversation avec Nathalie Baye
Character:Self
Release Date:27/05/2021
My Best Part
Character:Bernadette Meyer
Release Date:28/10/2020
Soirée Pyjama
Character:Self - Guest
Release Date:09/01/2019
Thomas
Character:Anne Lancrey
Release Date:23/06/2018
The Guardians
Character:Hortense Sandrail
Release Date:06/12/2017
Médée
Character:The mother
Release Date:17/04/2017
Alibi.com
Character:Marlène Martin
Release Date:15/02/2017
It's Only the End of the World
Character:Martine
Release Date:21/09/2016
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Character:Self
Release Date:20/09/2016
Moka
Character:Marlène
Release Date:17/08/2016
Préjudice
Character:Mother
Release Date:07/10/2015
The Assistant
Character:Marie-France
Release Date:02/09/2015
SK1
Character:Frédérique Pons
Release Date:07/01/2015
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Character:
Release Date:13/12/2014
Lou!
Character:Jeanne (La grand-mère)
Release Date:08/10/2014
Queens of the Ring
Character:Colette
Release Date:02/07/2013
Laurence Anyways
Character:Julienne Alia
Release Date:18/05/2012
Bon vent Claude Goretta
Character:Self
Release Date:12/08/2011
Hitler in Hollywood
Character:Nathalie Baye
Release Date:04/05/2011
Small World
Character:Elisabeth Senn
Release Date:16/12/2010
Beautiful Lies
Character:Mady
Release Date:08/12/2010
The Great Restaurant
Character:Une cliente du restaurant
Release Date:20/02/2010
Together Is Too Much
Character:Marie-France
Release Date:17/02/2010
Face
Character:Nathalie
Release Date:02/10/2009
God's Offices
Character:Anne
Release Date:05/11/2008
Marie-Octobre
Character:Marie-Hélène Dumoulin / Marie-Octobre
Release Date:15/10/2008
A French Gigolo
Character:Judith
Release Date:08/10/2008
Off and Running
Character:Irène Montier-Duval
Release Date:16/04/2008
The Price to Pay
Character:Odile Ménard
Release Date:04/04/2007
Acteur
Character:Camille
Release Date:16/03/2007
Michou d'Auber
Character:Gisèle
Release Date:28/02/2007
Tell No One
Character:Maître Elysabeth Feldman
Release Date:01/11/2006
La Californie
Character:Maguy
Release Date:26/05/2006
My Son
Character:Mother / La mère
Release Date:07/03/2006
The Young Lieutenant
Character:Commandant Vaudieu
Release Date:31/08/2005
One Stays, the Other Leaves
Character:Fanny
Release Date:12/01/2005
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2004
I've Been Waiting So Long
Character:Jeanne
Release Date:10/03/2004
France Boutique
Character:Sofia
Release Date:29/10/2003
Feelings
Character:Carole
Release Date:01/09/2003
The Flower of Evil
Character:Anne Charpin-Vasseur
Release Date:09/02/2003
Catch Me If You Can
Character:Paula Abagnale
Release Date:16/12/2002
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:20/05/2002
Absolutely Fabulous
Character:Patricia 'Patsy' Laroche
Release Date:29/08/2001
Barnie's Minor Annoyances
Character:Lucie
Release Date:21/02/2001
Tomorrow's Another Day
Character:Sophie
Release Date:15/11/2000
To Mathieu
Character:Claire
Release Date:06/09/2000
An Affair of Love
Character:Her
Release Date:04/09/1999
Venus Beauty Institute
Character:Angèle Piana
Release Date:03/02/1999
Beware of My Love
Character:Muriel
Release Date:02/09/1998
Paparazzi
Character:Nicole, de l'agence Magma
Release Date:29/04/1998
Food of Love
Character:Michele
Release Date:19/10/1997
Enfants de salaud
Character:Sophie
Release Date:03/04/1996
Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:10/02/1996
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1996
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1996
The Machine
Character:Marie Lacroix
Release Date:28/05/1994
And the Band Played On
Character:Dr. Françoise Barre
Release Date:11/09/1993
Mensonge
Character:Emma
Release Date:26/05/1993
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
Character:Self
Release Date:14/05/1993
Les contes sauvages
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:03/02/1993
The Voice
Character:Lorraine
Release Date:14/09/1992
From Time to Time
Character:Madame de Pompadour
Release Date:12/04/1992
The Man Inside
Character:Christine
Release Date:26/10/1990
Every Other Weekend
Character:Camille Valmont
Release Date:28/08/1990
C'est La Vie
Character:Lena
Release Date:14/02/1990
Massacre Play
Character:Bella
Release Date:01/01/1989
No Harm Intended
Character:Catherine Duchêne
Release Date:03/02/1988
Engagements of the Heart
Character:Alice
Release Date:16/12/1987
Honeymoon
Character:Cécile Carline
Release Date:20/11/1985
Beethoven's Nephew
Character:Leonore
Release Date:18/09/1985
Detective
Character:Françoise Chenal
Release Date:23/08/1985
Rive droite, rive gauche
Character:Sacha Vernakis
Release Date:30/10/1984
Our Story
Character:Donatienne Pouget / Marie-Thérèse Chatelard / Geneviève Avranche
Release Date:23/05/1984
I Married a Shadow
Character:Hélène
Release Date:16/02/1983
La Balance
Character:Nicole Danet
Release Date:10/11/1982
The Return of Martin Guerre
Character:Bertrande de Rols
Release Date:14/05/1982
Short Memory
Character:Judith Mesnil
Release Date:03/03/1982
Strange Affair
Character:Nina Coline
Release Date:23/12/1981
The Red Shade
Character:Anna
Release Date:28/10/1981
Beau Pere
Character:Charlotte
Release Date:15/09/1981
Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))
Character:Self
Release Date:03/02/1981
Sauve la vie (qui peut)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/1981
La provinciale
Character:Christine Delumet
Release Date:21/01/1981
Every Man for Himself
Character:Denise Rimbaud
Release Date:12/10/1980
A Week's Vacation
Character:Laurence Cuers
Release Date:02/06/1980
Rat Race
Character:Brigitte Ozendron
Release Date:22/04/1980
Madame Sourdis
Character:Adèle Sourdis
Release Date:31/12/1979
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:10/04/1979
Mon premier amour
Character:Fabienne
Release Date:30/08/1978
The Green Room
Character:Cecilia Mandel
Release Date:05/04/1978
Monsieur Papa
Character:Janine
Release Date:23/08/1977
The Man Who Loved Women
Character:Martine Desdoits
Release Date:27/04/1977
Solemn Communion
Character:Jeanne Vanderberghe
Release Date:27/04/1977
Mado
Character:Catherine
Release Date:27/10/1976
The Honeymoon Trip
Character:Sophie
Release Date:21/04/1976
The Last Woman
Character:la fille aux cerises
Release Date:20/04/1976
Fill 'er Up with Super
Character:Charlotte
Release Date:07/04/1976
Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous
Character:Fabienne Veyrier, the young woman
Release Date:11/10/1975
Un jour, la fête
Character:Julie
Release Date:19/02/1975
The Slap
Character:Christine Abeillé
Release Date:23/10/1974
The Mouth Agape
Character:Nathalie
Release Date:08/05/1974
L'Inconnu
Character:
Release Date:11/12/1973
Day for Night
Character:Joelle, the Script Girl
Release Date:24/05/1973
Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
Character:Giselle
Release Date:12/01/1972
Television Appearances
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Character:Self (archive footage)
Criminal: France
Character:Caroline Solal
Bonsoir bonsoir!
Character:Self
Nox
Character:Catherine Susini
Call My Agent!
Character:Self
Spin
Character:Anne Visage
Club social
Character:Self
On n'est pas couché
Character:Self - Guest
L’enfant des lumières
Character:la comtesse Diane de Breyves
Vivement dimanche
Character:Self
Téléthon
Character:Self
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Matin Bonheur
Character:Self
Victoires de la musique
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Cinéma 16
Character:Fabienne
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Character:Self
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Character:Gisèle
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