
Nathalie Baye
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. Source: Article "Nathalie Baye" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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- 2024 · Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema as Self - Actress
- 2023 · Mother Valley as Hélène
- 2023 · Godard Cinema as Self
- 2023 · Godard by Godard as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste as Self
- 2023 · Alibi.com 2 as Mme Martin
- 2022 · Sheila, toutes ces vies-là as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Downton Abbey: A New Era as Mme de Montmirail
- 2022 · Le soir où j'ai reçu le César as Self
- 2022 · Bacri, comme un air de famille as Self
- 2021 · Haute Couture as Esther
- 2021 · Him as Mother
- 2021 · Sous le soleil de Pialat as Self
- 2021 · Conversation avec Nathalie Baye as Self
- 2020 · My Best Part as Bernadette Meyer
- 2019 · Criminal: France as Caroline Solal
- 2019 · Bonsoir bonsoir! as Self
- 2019 · Soirée Pyjama as Self - Guest
- 2018 · Thomas as Anne Lancrey
- 2018 · Nox as Catherine Susini
- 2017 · The Guardians as Hortense Sandrail
- 2017 · Médée as The mother
- 2016 · Alibi.com as Marlène Martin
- 2016 · It's Only the End of the World as Martine
- 2016 · Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible as Self
- 2016 · Moka as Marlène
- 2015 · Call My Agent! as Self
- 2015 · Préjudice as Mother
- 2015 · The Assistant as Marie-France
- 2015 · SK1 as Frédérique Pons
- 2014 · Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui as
- 2014 · Lou! as Jeanne (La grand-mère)
- 2013 · Queens of the Ring as Colette
- 2012 · Laurence Anyways as Julienne Alia
- 2012 · Spin as Anne Visage
- 2011 · Bon vent Claude Goretta as Self
- 2011 · Hitler in Hollywood as Nathalie Baye
- 2010 · Small World as Elisabeth Senn
- 2010 · Beautiful Lies as Mady
- 2010 · The Great Restaurant as Une cliente du restaurant
- 2010 · Together Is Too Much as Marie-France
- 2009 · Face as Nathalie
- 2008 · God's Offices as Anne
- 2008 · Marie-Octobre as Marie-Hélène Dumoulin / Marie-Octobre
- 2008 · A French Gigolo as Judith
- 2008 · Club social as Self
- 2008 · Off and Running as Irène Montier-Duval
- 2007 · The Price to Pay as Odile Ménard
- 2007 · Acteur as Camille
- 2007 · Michou d'Auber as Gisèle
- 2006 · Tell No One as Maître Elysabeth Feldman
- 2006 · On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The Ant Bully as (voice) (uncredited)
- 2006 · La Californie as Maguy
- 2006 · My Son as Mother / La mère
- 2005 · The Young Lieutenant as Commandant Vaudieu
- 2005 · One Stays, the Other Leaves as Fanny
- 2004 · François Truffaut, une autobiographie as Self
- 2004 · I've Been Waiting So Long as Jeanne
- 2003 · France Boutique as Sofia
- 2003 · Feelings as Carole
- 2003 · The Flower of Evil as Anne Charpin-Vasseur
- 2002 · Catch Me If You Can as Paula Abagnale
- 2002 · A Day in the Life of French Cinema as Self
- 2002 · L’enfant des lumières as la comtesse Diane de Breyves
- 2001 · Absolutely Fabulous as Patricia 'Patsy' Laroche
- 2001 · Barnie's Minor Annoyances as Lucie
- 2000 · Tomorrow's Another Day as Sophie
- 2000 · To Mathieu as Claire
- 1999 · An Affair of Love as Her
- 1999 · Venus Beauty Institute as Angèle Piana
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1998 · Beware of My Love as Muriel
- 1998 · Paparazzi as Nicole, de l'agence Magma
- 1997 · Food of Love as Michele
- 1996 · Enfants de salaud as Sophie
- 1996 · Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés as
- 1996 · François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child as Self
- 1996 · François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death as Self
- 1994 · The Machine as Marie Lacroix
- 1993 · And the Band Played On as Dr. Françoise Barre
- 1993 · Mensonge as Emma
- 1993 · François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits as Self
- 1993 · Les contes sauvages as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 · The Voice as Lorraine
- 1990 · The Man Inside as Christine
- 1990 · Every Other Weekend as Camille Valmont
- 1990 · C'est La Vie as Lena
- 1989 · Massacre Play as Bella
- 1988 · No Harm Intended as Catherine Duchêne
- 1987 · Engagements of the Heart as Alice
- 1987 · Téléthon as Self
- 1987 · Sacrée Soirée as Self
- 1987 · Matin Bonheur as Self
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as Self
- 1985 · Honeymoon as Cécile Carline
- 1985 · Beethoven's Nephew as Leonore
- 1985 · Detective as Françoise Chenal
- 1984 · Rive droite, rive gauche as Sacha Vernakis
- 1984 · Our Story as Donatienne Pouget / Marie-Thérèse Chatelard / Geneviève Avranche
- 1983 · I Married a Shadow as Hélène
- 1982 · La Balance as Nicole Danet
- 1982 · The Return of Martin Guerre as Bertrande de Rols
- 1982 · Short Memory as Judith Mesnil
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1981 · Strange Affair as Nina Coline
- 1981 · The Red Shade as Anna
- 1981 · Beau Pere as Charlotte
- 1981 · Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie)) as Self
- 1981 · Sauve la vie (qui peut) as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 · La provinciale as Christine Delumet
- 1980 · Every Man for Himself as Denise Rimbaud
- 1980 · A Week's Vacation as Laurence Cuers
- 1980 · Rat Race as Brigitte Ozendron
- 1979 · Madame Sourdis as Adèle Sourdis
- 1979 · Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie' as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1978 · Mon premier amour as Fabienne
- 1978 · The Green Room as Cecilia Mandel
- 1977 · Monsieur Papa as Janine
- 1977 · The Man Who Loved Women as Martine Desdoits
- 1977 · Solemn Communion as Jeanne Vanderberghe
- 1976 · Mado as Catherine
- 1976 · The Honeymoon Trip as Sophie
- 1976 · The Last Woman as la fille aux cerises
- 1976 · Fill 'er Up with Super as Charlotte
- 1975 · Cinéma 16 as Fabienne
- 1975 · Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous as Fabienne Veyrier, the young woman
- 1975 · Un jour, la fête as Julie
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · The Slap as Christine Abeillé
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1974 · The Mouth Agape as Nathalie
- 1973 · L'Inconnu as
- 1973 · Day for Night as Joelle, the Script Girl
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1972 · Faustine and the Beautiful Summer as Giselle
- 1958 · Les Cinq Dernières Minutes as Gisèle