Nathalie Baye
| Nathalie Baye | |
|---|---|
 Baye at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born |
Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye 6 July 1948 Mainneville, Eure, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Partner(s) |
Philippe Léotard (1972–1982) Johnny Hallyday (1982–1986) |
| Children | Laura Smet |
Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye[1] (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 nine-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). In 2009, she was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Her other films include Day for Night (1973), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Tell No One (2006) and The Assistant (2015).
Early life
Baye was born in Mainneville, Eure, Normandy to Claude Baye and Denise Coustet, two painters.[2] 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.
Career
Her second cinema appearance was in Two People (1973) directed by Robert Wise. She became more widely known as the script girl in La Nuit américaine (Day for Night) by François Truffaut. Throughout the 1970s she played the good girlfriend or nice provincial girl in film and television.
In 1981, she won her first César, for best supporting artist in Sauve qui peut (la vie) by Jean-Luc Godard. There then followed Le Retour de Martin Guerre (The Return of Martin Guerre, 1982) and La Balance (also 1982).
Baye won two more Césars (Best Supporting Female for Une étrange affaire (A Strange Affair), and Best Actress in 1982 for La Balance). Her four-year relationship with Johnny Hallyday made them a celebrity couple and their daughter Laura is now actress Laura Smet.
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 and En toute innocence. 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 in 2000 starred in the award-winning film Vénus Beauté (Institut) by Tonie Marshall
She has worked with Claude Chabrol and Steven Spielberg.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Au théâtre ce soir | Martine Legrand | Pierre Sabbagh | Episode Les Croulants se portent bien |
| 1972 | Two People | uncredited | Robert Wise | |
| 1972 | Faustine et le Bel Été | Giselle | Nina Companeez | |
| 1973 | L'Inconnu | Youri | TV film | |
| 1973 | Day for Night | Joelle | François Truffaut | |
| 1974 | The Mouth Agape | Nathalie | Maurice Pialat | |
| 1974 | La Gifle | Christine | Claude Pinoteau | |
| 1975 | Un jour, la fête | Julie | Pierre Sisser | |
| 1975 | Cinéma 16 | Fabienne | Alain Boudet | Episode Esquisse d'une jeune femme sans dessus-dessous |
| 1976 | The Last Woman | The girl with cherries | Marco Ferreri | |
| 1976 | Le Plein de super | Charlotte | Alain Cavalier | |
| 1976 | Le Voyage de noces | Sophie | Nadine Trintignant | |
| 1976 | Mado | Catherine | Claude Sautet | |
| 1977 | The Man Who Loved Women | Martine Desdoits | François Truffaut | |
| 1977 | Monsieur Papa | Janine | Philippe Monnier | |
| 1977 | Solemn Communion | Jeanne Vanderberghe | René Féret | |
| 1977 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Gisèle | Guy Séligmann | Episode Une si jolie petite cure |
| 1978 | Mon premier amour | Fabienne | Élie Chouraqui | |
| 1978 | The Green Room | Cécilia Mandel | François Truffaut | |
| 1978 | Sacré farceur | Marianne | Jacques Rouland | TV film |
| 1979 | Every Man for Himself | Denise Rimbaud | Jean-Luc Godard | |
| 1979 | La Mémoire courte | Judith Mesnil | Eduardo de Gregorio | |
| 1979 | Madame Sourdis | Adèle Sourdis | Caroline Huppert | TV film |
| 1980 | Je vais craquer | Brigitte Ozendron | François Leterrier | |
| 1980 | A Week's Vacation | Laurence Cuers | Bertrand Tavernier | |
| 1980 | La Provinciale | Christine | Claude Goretta | |
| 1981 | Strange Affair | Nina Coline | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1981 | Beau-père | Charlotte | Bertrand Blier | |
| 1981 | L'Ombre rouge | Anna | Jean-Louis Comolli | |
| 1982 | The Return of Martin Guerre | Bertrande de Rols | Daniel Vigne | |
| 1982 | La Balance | Nicole Danet | Bob Swaim | |
| 1983 | J'ai épousé une ombre | Hélène | Robin Davis | |
| 1984 | Our Story | Donatienne Pouget / Marie-Thérèse Chatelard / Geneviève Avranches | Bertrand Blier | |
| 1984 | Rive droite, rive gauche | Sacha | Philippe Labro | |
| 1985 | Détective | Françoise Chenal | Jean-Luc Godard | |
| 1985 | Lune de miel | Cécile Carline | Patrick Jamain | |
| 1985 | Le Neveu de Beethoven | Leonore | Paul Morrissey | |
| 1987 | De guerre lasse | Alice Mangin | Robert Enrico | |
| 1987 | En toute innocence | Catherine | Alain Jessua | |
| 1989 | Massacre Play | Bella | Damiano Damiani | |
| 1990 | The Man Inside | Christine | Bobby Roth | |
| 1990 | C'est la vie | Lena | Diane Kurys | |
| 1990 | Every Other Weekend | Camille Valmont | Nicole Garcia | |
| 1990 | Le Pinceau à lèvres | Elle | Bruno Chiche | Short film |
| 1992 | The Voice | Lorraine | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1992 | The Timekeeper | Madame de Pompadour | Jeff Blyth | |
| 1993 | Mensonge | Emma | François Margolin | |
| 1993 | Les Contes sauvages | Narrator | Gérald Calderon Jean-Charles Cuttoli |
Uncredited |
| 1993 | And the Band Played On | Françoise Barré-Sinoussi | Roger Spottiswoode | TV film |
| 1994 | La Machine | Marie Lacroix | François Dupeyron | |
| 1994 | François Truffaut : Portraits volés | Herself | Serge Toubiana Michel Pascal |
Documentary film |
| 1995 | La Mère | The mother | Caroline Bottaro | Short film |
| 1996 | Enfants de salaud | Sophie | Tonie Marshall | |
| 1997 | Food of Love | Michele | Stephen Poliakoff | |
| 1997 | Paparazzi | Nicole | Alain Berberian | |
| 1998 | Si je t'aime, prends garde à toi | Muriel | Jeanne Labrune | |
| 1999 | Venus Beauty Institute | Angèle | Tonie Marshall | |
| 1999 | Une liaison pornographique | she | Frédéric Fonteyne | |
| 2000 | To Matthieu | Claire | Xavier Beauvois | |
| 2000 | Ça ira mieux demain | Sophie | Jeanne Labrune | |
| 2001 | Absolutely Fabulous | Patsy | Gabriel Aghion | |
| 2001 | Barnie et ses petites contrariétés | Lucie Barnich | Bruno Chiche | |
| 2002 | L'Enfant des lumières | Diane | Daniel Vigne | TV film |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | Paula Abagnale | Steven Spielberg | |
| 2002 | The Flower of Evil | Anne Charpin-Vasseur | Claude Chabrol | |
| 2003 | Feelings | Carole | Noémie Lvovsky | |
| 2003 | France Boutique | Sofia | Tonie Marshall | |
| 2004 | Une vie à t'attendre | Jeanne | Thierry Klifa | |
| 2005 | L'Un reste, l'autre part | Fanny | Claude Berri | |
| 2005 | The Young Lieutenant | Caroline Vaudieu | Xavier Beauvois | |
| 2006 | French California | Maguy | Jacques Fieschi | |
| 2006 | Tell No One | Elisabeth Feldman | Guillaume Canet | |
| 2006 | The Ant Bully | The Queen Ant | John A. Davis | French voice |
| 2006 | Mon fils à moi | The mother | Martial Fougeron | |
| 2007 | Michou d'Auber | Gisèle | Thomas Gilou | |
| 2007 | Acteur | Camille Degas | Jocelyn Quivrin | Short film |
| 2007 | Le Prix à payer | Odile Ménard | Alexandra Leclère | |
| 2008 | A French Gigolo | Judith | Josiane Balasko | |
| 2008 | Passe-passe | Irène Montier-Duval | Tonie Marshall | |
| 2008 | Les Bureaux de Dieu | Anne | Claire Simon | |
| 2008 | Marie-Octobre | Marie-Hélène Dumoulin / Marie-Octobre | Josée Dayan | TV film |
| 2009 | Face | Nathalie | Tsai Ming-liang | |
| 2010 | Ensemble, c'est trop | Marie-France | Léa Fazer | |
| 2010 | H.H. - Hitler à Hollywood | Herself | Frédéric Sojcher | |
| 2010 | De vrais mensonges | Maddy | Pierre Salvadori | |
| 2010 | Small World | Elisabeth Senn | Bruno Chiche | |
| 2011 | Bye Bye | Cécile | Édouard Deluc | Short film |
| 2011 | Dormir debout | Véronique | Jean-Luc Perréard | Short film |
| 2011 | Je voulais vous dire | Romain Delange | Short film | |
| 2011 | Le Premier Rôle | Nathalie | Mathieu Hippeau | Short film |
| 2011 | À l'abri | The woman | Jérémie Lippmann | Short film |
| 2012 | Spin | Anne Visage | Frédéric Tellier | TV series |
| 2012 | Laurence Anyways | Julienne Alia | Xavier Dolan | |
| 2013 | Queens of the Ring | Colette | Jean-Marc Rudnicki | |
| 2014 | Lou! Journal infime | Lou's grandmother | Julien Neel | |
| 2014 | L'Affaire SK1 | Frédérique Pons | Frédéric Tellier | |
| 2015 | The Assistant | Marie-France | Christophe Ali Nicolas Bonilauri | |
| 2015 | Prejudice | Mother | Antoine Cuypers | |
| 2015 | Dix pour cent | Herself | Cédric Klapisch | |
| 2016 | It's Only the End of the World | Martine | Xavier Dolan | |
| 2016 | Moka | Marlène | Frédéric Mermoud | |
| 2017 | Alibi.com | Philippe Lacheau | ||
| 2017 | Les Gardiennes | Xavier Beauvois |
Awards and nominations
References
- ↑ "BAYE Nathalie". LES GENS DU CINEMA. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ↑ "bio de Nathalie Baye". Gala.fr. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
External links
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