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Médée
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as The mother
Nathalie Baye
Acting
Born:July 6, 1948(age 78)
Birthplace:Mainneville, Eure, France
Nationality:France
Education:École alsacienne, Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, Conservatoire de Paris, Cours Simon
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (114 movies)
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Mon premier amour
1978
as Fabienne
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Sauve la vie (qui peut)
1981
as Self (archive footage)
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Catch Me If You Can
2002
as Paula Abagnale
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Godard by Godard
2023
as Self (archive footage)
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Day for Night
1973
as Joelle, the Script Girl
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François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
1996
as Self
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Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024
as Self - Actress
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François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
1996
as Self
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Laurence Anyways
2012
as Julienne Alia
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Bacri, comme un air de famille
2022
as Self
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Tell No One
2006
as Maître Elysabeth Feldman
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It's Only the End of the World
2016
as Martine
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The Man Who Loved Women
1977
as Martine Desdoits
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SK1
2015
as Frédérique Pons
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The Return of Martin Guerre
1982
as Bertrande de Rols
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The Young Lieutenant
2005
as Commandant Vaudieu
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God's Offices
2008
as Anne
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Every Other Weekend
1990
as Camille Valmont
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The Slap
1974
as Christine Abeillé
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The Green Room
1978
as Cecilia Mandel
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Alibi.com 2
2023
as Mme Martin
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Beau Pere
1981
as Charlotte
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Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous
1975
as Fabienne Veyrier, the young woman
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Conversation avec Nathalie Baye
2021
as Self
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Alibi.com
2016
as Marlène Martin
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My Son
2006
as Mother / La mère
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Mado
1976
as Catherine
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And the Band Played On
1993
as Dr. Françoise Barre
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Michou d'Auber
2007
as Gisèle
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I Married a Shadow
1983
as Hélène
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The Mouth Agape
1974
as Nathalie
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La Balance
1982
as Nicole Danet
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Our Story
1984
as Donatienne Pouget / Marie-Thérèse Chatelard / Geneviève Avranche
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Small World
2010
as Elisabeth Senn
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An Affair of Love
1999
as Her
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François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004
as Self
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Hitler in Hollywood
2011
as Nathalie Baye
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Fill 'er Up with Super
1976
as Charlotte
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Every Man for Himself
1980
as Denise Rimbaud
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Beautiful Lies
2010
as Mady
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The Last Woman
1976
as la fille aux cerises
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Strange Affair
1981
as Nina Coline
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Haute Couture
2021
as Esther
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The Guardians
2017
as Hortense Sandrail
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Moka
2016
as Marlène
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The Flower of Evil
2003
as Anne Charpin-Vasseur
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Sous le soleil de Pialat
2021
as Self
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Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016
as Self
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Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
1996
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A Week's Vacation
1980
as Laurence Cuers
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Marie-Octobre
2008
as Marie-Hélène Dumoulin / Marie-Octobre
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C'est La Vie
1990
as Lena
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Préjudice
2015
as Mother
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Feelings
2003
as Carole
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Godard Cinema
2023
as Self
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The Great Restaurant
2010
as Une cliente du restaurant
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Un jour, la fête
1975
as Julie
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Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
1972
as Giselle
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Queens of the Ring
2013
as Colette
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Venus Beauty Institute
1999
as Angèle Piana
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To Mathieu
2000
as Claire
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Lou!
2014
as Jeanne (La grand-mère)
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Rive droite, rive gauche
1984
as Sacha Vernakis
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Engagements of the Heart
1987
as Alice
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Off and Running
2008
as Irène Montier-Duval
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Face
2009
as Nathalie
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The Price to Pay
2007
as Odile Ménard
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Barnie's Minor Annoyances
2001
as Lucie
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No Harm Intended
1988
as Catherine Duchêne
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My Best Part
2020
as Bernadette Meyer
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Detective
1985
as Françoise Chenal
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The Assistant
2015
as Marie-France
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One Stays, the Other Leaves
2005
as Fanny
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Rat Race
1980
as Brigitte Ozendron
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The Machine
1994
as Marie Lacroix
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François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993
as Self
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A French Gigolo
2008
as Judith
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Absolutely Fabulous
2001
as Patricia 'Patsy' Laroche
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Paparazzi
1998
as Nicole, de l'agence Magma
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France Boutique
2003
as Sofia
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La provinciale
1981
as Christine Delumet
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Short Memory
1982
as Judith Mesnil
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The Red Shade
1981
as Anna
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Beethoven's Nephew
1985
as Leonore
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Tomorrow's Another Day
2000
as Sophie
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I've Been Waiting So Long
2004
as Jeanne
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Him
2021
as Mother
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Mother Valley
2023
as Hélène
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Together Is Too Much
2010
as Marie-France
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Massacre Play
1989
as Bella
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Honeymoon
1985
as Cécile Carline
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Beware of My Love
1998
as Muriel
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Solemn Communion
1977
as Jeanne Vanderberghe
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Enfants de salaud
1996
as Sophie
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La Californie
2006
as Maguy
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Monsieur Papa
1977
as Janine
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The Honeymoon Trip
1976
as Sophie
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Food of Love
1997
as Michele
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Mensonge
1993
as Emma
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The Man Inside
1990
as Christine
L'Inconnu
1973
Les contes sauvages
1993
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas
2018
as Anne Lancrey
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César
2022
as Self
Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
2023
as Self
Soirée Pyjama
2019
as Self - Guest
Madame Sourdis
1979
as Adèle Sourdis
From Time to Time
1992
as Madame de Pompadour
Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))
1981
as Self
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
1979
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Acteur
2007
as Camille
Bon vent Claude Goretta
2011
as Self
The Voice
1992
as Lorraine
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