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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 6, 1948
Place of Birth
Mainneville, Eure, France
Also Known As
- 나탈리 베이
- Натали Бей
- Натали Бай
- ナタリー・バイ
- Natalie Baye
Nathalie Baye
0.7 Popularity
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. Source: Article "Nathalie Baye" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
6.0
Self
Jacques Villeret, drôlement tragique
2025
7.7
Self - Actress
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024
4.5
Hélène
Mother Valley
2023
5.5
Self
Godard Cinema
2023
7.8
Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard
2023
0.0
Self
Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
2023
6.6
Mme Martin
Alibi.com 2
2023
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022
6.6
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
7.2
Mme de Montmirail
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Credits
Jacques Villeret, drôlement tragique
as Self
2025
6.0
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
as Self - Actress
2024
7.7
Mother Valley
as Hélène
2023
4.5
Godard Cinema
as Self
2023
5.5
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.8
Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
as Self
2023
0.0
Alibi.com 2
as Mme Martin
2023
6.6
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.5
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.6
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Mme de Montmirail
2022
7.2
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César
as Self
2022
0.0
Bacri, comme un air de famille
as Self
2022
7.6
Haute Couture
as Esther
2021
6.1
Him
as Mother
2021
4.5
Sous le soleil de Pialat
as Self
2021
6.0
Conversation avec Nathalie Baye
as Self
2021
6.5
My Best Part
as Bernadette Meyer
2020
5.3
Criminal: France
as Caroline Solal
2019
6.7
Bonsoir bonsoir!
as Self
2019
4.0
Soirée Pyjama
as Self - Guest
2019
0.0
Thomas
as Anne Lancrey
2018
0.0
Nox
as Catherine Susini
2018
6.4
The Guardians
as Hortense Sandrail
2017
6.1
Médée
as The mother
2017
8.0
Alibi.com
as Marlène Martin
2017
6.5
It's Only the End of the World
as Martine
2016
7.2
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
as Self
2016
6.0
Moka
as Marlène
2016
6.0
Call My Agent!
as Self
2015
7.7
Préjudice
as Mother
2015
5.9
The Assistant
as Marie-France
2015
5.2
SK1
as Frédérique Pons
2015
6.9
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
8.0
Lou!
as Jeanne (La grand-mère)
2014
5.7
Queens of the Ring
as Colette
2013
5.8
Laurence Anyways
as Julienne Alia
2012
7.6
Spin
as Anne Visage
2012
6.3
Bon vent Claude Goretta
as Self
2011
0.0
Hitler in Hollywood
as Nathalie Baye
2011
6.2
Small World
as Elisabeth Senn
2010
6.3
Beautiful Lies
as Mady
2010
6.1
The Great Restaurant
as Une cliente du restaurant
2010
5.8
Together Is Too Much
as Marie-France
2010
4.4
Face
as Nathalie
2009
5.4
God's Offices
as Anne
2008
6.7
Marie-Octobre
as Marie-Hélène Dumoulin / Marie-Octobre
2008
6.0
A French Gigolo
as Judith
2008
5.0
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Club social
as Self
2008
0.0
Off and Running
as Irène Montier-Duval
2008
5.4
The Price to Pay
as Odile Ménard
2007
5.4
🎬
Acteur
as Camille
2007
0.0
Michou d'Auber
as Gisèle
2007
6.4
Tell No One
as Maître Elysabeth Feldman
2006
7.2
On n'est pas couché
as Self - Guest
2006
5.1
La Californie
as Maguy
2006
4.0
My Son
as Mother / La mère
2006
6.5
The Young Lieutenant
as Commandant Vaudieu
2005
6.7
One Stays, the Other Leaves
as Fanny
2005
5.1
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
as Self
2004
6.2
I've Been Waiting So Long
as Jeanne
2004
4.5
France Boutique
as Sofia
2003
4.8
Feelings
as Carole
2003
5.9
The Flower of Evil
as Anne Charpin-Vasseur
2003
6.0
Catch Me If You Can
as Paula Abagnale
2002
8.0
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
as Self
2002
0.0
L’enfant des lumières
as la comtesse Diane de Breyves
2002
1.0
Absolutely Fabulous
as Patricia 'Patsy' Laroche
2001
4.9
Barnie's Minor Annoyances
as Lucie
2001
5.3
Tomorrow's Another Day
as Sophie
2000
4.5
To Mathieu
as Claire
2000
5.7
An Affair of Love
as Her
1999
6.2
Venus Beauty Institute
as Angèle Piana
1999
5.8
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
Beware of My Love
as Muriel
1998
4.3
Paparazzi
as Nicole, de l'agence Magma
1998
4.9
Food of Love
as Michele
1997
3.0
Enfants de salaud
as Sophie
1996
4.1
Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
1996
6.0
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
as Self
1996
7.7
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
as Self
1996
7.7
The Machine
as Marie Lacroix
1994
5.1
And the Band Played On
as Dr. Françoise Barre
1993
6.4
Mensonge
as Emma
1993
2.0
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
as Self
1993
5.1
Les contes sauvages
as Narrator (voice)
1993
0.0
The Voice
as Lorraine
1992
0.0
From Time to Time
as Madame de Pompadour
1992
0.0
🎬
The Man Inside
as Christine
1990
2.0
Every Other Weekend
as Camille Valmont
1990
6.6
C'est La Vie
as Lena
1990
5.9
Massacre Play
as Bella
1989
4.4
No Harm Intended
as Catherine Duchêne
1988
5.3
Engagements of the Heart
as Alice
1987
5.5
Téléthon
as Self
1987
5.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
🎬
Matin Bonheur
as Self
1987
0.0
Victoires de la musique
as Self
1985
1.5
Honeymoon
as Cécile Carline
1985
4.4
Beethoven's Nephew
as Leonore
1985
4.8
Detective
as Françoise Chenal
1985
5.2
Rive droite, rive gauche
as Sacha Vernakis
1984
5.5
Our Story
as Donatienne Pouget / Marie-Thérèse Chatelard / Geneviève Avranche
1984
6.3
I Married a Shadow
as Hélène
1983
6.3
La Balance
as Nicole Danet
1982
6.3
The Return of Martin Guerre
as Bertrande de Rols
1982
6.7
Short Memory
as Judith Mesnil
1982
4.8
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Strange Affair
as Nina Coline
1981
6.1
The Red Shade
as Anna
1981
4.8
Beau Pere
as Charlotte
1981
6.5
Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))
as Self
1981
0.0
Sauve la vie (qui peut)
as Self (archive footage)
1981
8.0
La provinciale
as Christine Delumet
1981
4.8
Every Man for Himself
as Denise Rimbaud
1980
6.1
A Week's Vacation
as Laurence Cuers
1980
6.0
Rat Race
as Brigitte Ozendron
1980
5.1
Madame Sourdis
as Adèle Sourdis
1979
0.0
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
0.0
🎬
Mon premier amour
as Fabienne
1978
8.0
The Green Room
as Cecilia Mandel
1978
6.6
Monsieur Papa
as Janine
1977
3.5
The Man Who Loved Women
as Martine Desdoits
1977
7.1
Solemn Communion
as Jeanne Vanderberghe
1977
4.1
Mado
as Catherine
1976
6.4
The Honeymoon Trip
as Sophie
1976
3.2
The Last Woman
as la fille aux cerises
1976
6.1
Fill 'er Up with Super
as Charlotte
1976
6.2
Cinéma 16
as Fabienne
1975
2.3
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Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous
as Fabienne Veyrier, the young woman
1975
6.5
Un jour, la fête
as Julie
1975
5.8
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
The Slap
as Christine Abeillé
1974
6.6
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
0.0
The Mouth Agape
as Nathalie
1974
6.3
L'Inconnu
1973
4.0
Day for Night
as Joelle, the Script Girl
1973
7.8
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
8.0
Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
as Giselle
1972
5.8
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
as Gisèle
1958
0.0