Acting
Nathalie Baye
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.
Movies with Nathalie Baye
Catch Me If You Can
2002
Beau Pere
1981
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Feelings
2003
Our Story
1984
Tell No One
2006
Alibi.com
2017
Haute Couture
2021
Visage
2009
Alibi.com 2
2023
An Affair of Love
1999
Day for Night
1973
Detective
1985
Paparazzi
1998
Laurence Anyways
2012
Moka
2016
The Last Woman
1976
And the Band Played On
1993
It's Only the End of the World
2016
A French Gigolo
2008
Marie-Octobre
2008
SK1
2015
Beautiful Lies
2010
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2022
2022
My Son
2006
Michou d'Auber
2007
Madame Sourdis
1979
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
The Return of Martin Guerre
1982
The Assistant
2015
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993
Every Man for Himself
1980
The Flower of Evil
2003
La Californie
2006
La Balance
1982
The Slap
1974
Rive droite, rive gauche
1984
C'est La Vie
1990
L'Inconnu
1973
Queens of the Ring
2013
Lou!
2014
The Guardians
2017
To Mathieu
2001
Absolutely Fabulous
2001
My Best Part
2020
Strange Affair
1981
Food of Love
1997
The Machine
1994
The Man Inside
1990
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004
The Green Room
1978
The Young Lieutenant
2005
Venus Beauty Institute
1999
Rat Race
1980
The Voice
1992
I Married a Shadow
1983
Small World
2010
Godard Cinema
2023
Enfants de salaud
1996
Him
2021
Fill 'er Up with Super
1976
The Mouth Agape
1974
Sauve la vie (qui peut)
1981
Sous le soleil de Pialat
2021
Mado
1976
Beware of My Love
1998
Bye Bye
2011
Mother Valley
2023
Honeymoon
1985
Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
1972
La provinciale
1981
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
Mensonge
1993
One Stays, the Other Leaves
2005
Godard by Godard
2023
Jacques Villeret, drôlement tragique
2025
Barnie's Minor Annoyances
2001
Bon vent Claude Goretta
2011
France Boutique
2003
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Monsieur Papa
1977
Massacre Play
1989
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
1979
Off and Running
2008
Beethoven's Nephew
1985
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016
The Red Shade
1981
Soirée Pyjama
2019
The Honeymoon Trip
1976
A Week's Vacation
1980
Engagements of the Heart
1987
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022
Short Memory
1982
Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
2023
The Great Restaurant
2010
The Price to Pay
2007
Together Is Too Much
2010
Bacri, comme un air de famille
2022
God's Offices
2008
Solemn Communion
1977
I've Been Waiting So Long
2004
Préjudice
2015
No Harm Intended
1988
Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))
1981
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024
From Time to Time
1992
Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous
1975
Un jour, la fête
1975
Tomorrow's Another Day
2000
Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
1996
Médée
2017
Acteur
2007
Every Other Weekend
1990
Conversation avec Nathalie Baye
2021
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
1996
Mon Premier Amour
1978
Les contes sauvages
1993
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
1996
Thomas
2018
TV Shows with Nathalie Baye
Vivement dimanche
1998
Spécial cinéma
1974
Champs-Elysées
1982
Sacrée soirée
1987
Bonsoir bonsoir!
2019
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958
Victoires de la musique
1985
Call My Agent!
2015
On n'est pas couché
2006
Club social
2008
Cérémonie des César
1976
Téléthon
1987
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
Criminal: France
2019
Nox
2018
Matin Bonheur
1987
Cinéma 16
1975
Spin
2012
L’enfant des lumières
2002