Nathalie Baye

Acting · Born 1948-07-06 in Mainneville, Eure, France

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…

Filmography

• The Man Who Loved Women as Martine Desdoits
• Catch Me If You Can as Paula Abagnale
• Day for Night as Joelle, the Script Girl
• The Last Woman as la fille aux cerises
• And the Band Played On as Dr. Françoise Barre
• I Married a Shadow as Hélène
• The Flower of Evil as Anne Charpin-Vasseur
• The Return of Martin Guerre as Bertrande de Rols
• The Green Room as Cecilia Mandel
• Sous le soleil de Pialat as Self