
Nathalie Baye
Biography
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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Acting (114 movies)

The Man Who Loved Women
1977

Catch Me If You Can
2002

Day for Night
1973

The Last Woman
1976

And the Band Played On
1993

I Married a Shadow
1983

The Flower of Evil
2003

The Return of Martin Guerre
1982

Thomas
2018

The Green Room
1978

Sous le soleil de Pialat
2021

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César
2022

Strange Affair
1981

The Young Lieutenant
2005

The Price to Pay
2007

Venus Beauty Institute
1999

Beau Pere
1981

Michou d'Auber
2007

Tomorrow's Another Day
2000

A French Gigolo
2008

Paparazzi
1998

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014

Solemn Communion
1977

Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
2023

France Boutique
2003

Feelings
2003

An Affair of Love
1999

The Red Shade
1981

Beautiful Lies
2010

A Week's Vacation
1980

Detective
1985

Rat Race
1980

Face
2009

Fill 'er Up with Super
1976

Together Is Too Much
2010

Absolutely Fabulous
2001

Barnie's Minor Annoyances
2001

The Mouth Agape
1974

To Mathieu
2000

The Slap
1974

My Son
2006

One Stays, the Other Leaves
2005

Our Story
1984

C'est La Vie
1990

Off and Running
2008

Enfants de salaud
1996

I've Been Waiting So Long
2004

Small World
2010

La Californie
2006

La Balance
1982

Honeymoon
1985

Laurence Anyways
2012

L'Inconnu
1973

Every Man for Himself
1980

Marie-Octobre
2008

Mensonge
1993

Queens of the Ring
2013

Mother Valley
2023

Beware of My Love
1998

The Machine
1994

Alibi.com 2
2023

Every Other Weekend
1990

Rive droite, rive gauche
1984

Godard by Godard
2023

No Harm Intended
1988

Soirée Pyjama
2019

The Honeymoon Trip
1976

Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
1972

Engagements of the Heart
1987

Lou!
2014

Beethoven's Nephew
1985

SK1
2015

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016

Tell No One
2006

It's Only the End of the World
2016

Un jour, la fête
1975

Bacri, comme un air de famille
2022

Monsieur Papa
1977

The Assistant
2015

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
1996

Godard Cinema
2023

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
1996

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022

Short Memory
1982

Préjudice
2015

Les contes sauvages
1993

Alibi.com
2016

Moka
2016

The Guardians
2017

François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004

Médée
2017

Hitler in Hollywood
2011

Food of Love
1997

God's Offices
2008

Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
1979

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993

The Great Restaurant
2010

My Best Part
2020

Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
1996

Massacre Play
1989
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