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
• Laurence Anyways as Julienne Alia
• Tell No One as Maître Elysabeth Feldman
• It's Only the End of the World as Martine
• Downton Abbey: A New Era as Mme de Montmirail
• The Last Woman as la fille aux cerises
• And the Band Played On as Dr. Françoise Barre
• I Married a Shadow as Hélène

TV

• Call My Agent! as Self
• Bonsoir bonsoir! as Self
• Victoires de la musique as Self
• Spin as Anne Visage
• Nox as Catherine Susini
• Le Grand Échiquier as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
• Criminal: France as Caroline Solal
• Champs-Elysées as Self
• Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)