Nathalie Baye
Actor
Born July 6, 1948 in Mainneville, Eure, France
Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye (July 6, 1948 – April 17, 2026) was 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.
Filmography
Jacques Villeret, drôlement tragique
Self
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
Self - Actress
Mother Valley
Hélène
Godard Cinema
Self
Godard by Godard
Self (archive footage)
Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
Self
Alibi.com 2
Mme Martin
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Mme de Montmirail
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2022
Self
Bacri, comme un air de famille
Self
Haute Couture
Esther
Him
Mother
Sous le soleil de Pialat
Self
Conversation avec Nathalie Baye
Self
My Best Part
Bernadette Meyer
Criminal: France
Caroline Solal
Bonsoir bonsoir!
Self
Soirée Pyjama
Self - Guest
Thomas
Anne Lancrey
Nox
Catherine Susini
The Guardians
Hortense Sandrail
Médée
The mother
Alibi.com
Marlène Martin
It's Only the End of the World
Martine
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Self
Moka
Marlène
Call My Agent!
Self
Préjudice
Mother
The Assistant
Marie-France
SK1
Frédérique Pons
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Lou!
Jeanne (La grand-mère)
Queens of the Ring
Colette
Laurence Anyways
Julienne Alia
Spin
Anne Visage
Bon vent Claude Goretta
Self
Bye Bye
Cécile
Hitler in Hollywood
Nathalie Baye
Small World
Elisabeth Senn
Beautiful Lies
Mady
The Great Restaurant
Une cliente du restaurant
Together Is Too Much
Marie-France
Visage
Nathalie
God's Offices
Anne
Marie-Octobre
Marie-Hélène Dumoulin / Marie-Octobre
A French Gigolo
Judith
Off and Running
Irène Montier-Duval
The Price to Pay
Odile Ménard
Michou d'Auber
Gisèle
Tell No One
Elysabeth Feldman
On n'est pas couché
Self - Guest
La Californie
Maguy
My Son
Mother / La mère
The Young Lieutenant
Commandant Vaudieu
One Stays, the Other Leaves
Fanny
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
Self
I've Been Waiting So Long
Jeanne
France Boutique
Sofia
Feelings
Carole
The Flower of Evil
Anne Charpin-Vasseur
Catch Me If You Can
Paula Abagnale
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Self
L’enfant des lumières
la comtesse Diane de Breyves
Absolutely Fabulous
Patricia 'Patsy' Laroche
Barnie's Minor Annoyances
Lucie
To Mathieu
Claire
Tomorrow's Another Day
Sophie
An Affair of Love
Her
Venus Beauty Institute
Angèle Piana
Vivement dimanche
Self
Beware of My Love
Muriel
Paparazzi
Nicole, de l'agence Magma
Food of Love
Michele
Enfants de salaud
Sophie
Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
Self
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
Self
The Machine
Marie Lacroix
And the Band Played On
Dr. Françoise Barre
Mensonge
Emma
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
Self
Les contes sauvages
Narrator (voice)
The Voice
Lorraine
From Time to Time
Madame de Pompadour
The Man Inside
Christine
Every Other Weekend
Camille Valmont
C'est La Vie
Lena
Massacre Play
Bella
No Harm Intended
Catherine Duchêne
Engagements of the Heart
Alice
Téléthon
Self
Sacrée soirée
Self
Victoires de la musique
Self
Honeymoon
Cécile Carline
Beethoven's Nephew
Leonore
Detective
Françoise Chenal
Rive droite, rive gauche
Sacha Vernakis
Our Story
Donatienne Pouget / Marie-Thérèse Chatelard / Geneviève Avranche
I Married a Shadow
Hélène
La Balance
Nicole Danet
The Return of Martin Guerre
Bertrande de Rols
Short Memory
Judith Mesnil
Champs-Elysées
Self
Strange Affair
Nina Coline
The Red Shade
Anna
Beau Pere
Charlotte
Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))
Self
Sauve la vie (qui peut)
Self (archive footage)
La provinciale
Christine Delumet
Every Man for Himself
Denise Rimbaud
A Week's Vacation
Laurence Cuers
Rat Race
Brigitte Ozendron
Madame Sourdis
Adèle Sourdis
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mon Premier Amour
Fabienne
The Green Room
Cecilia Mandel
Monsieur Papa
Janine
The Man Who Loved Women
Martine Desdoits
Solemn Communion
Jeanne Vanderberghe
Mado
Catherine
The Honeymoon Trip
Sophie
The Last Woman
la fille aux cerises
Fill 'er Up with Super
Charlotte
Cérémonie des César
Self - Presenter
Cinéma 16
Fabienne
Un jour, la fête
Julie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
The Slap
Christine Abeillé
Spécial cinéma
Self
The Mouth Agape
Nathalie
L'Inconnu
Day for Night
Joelle, the Script Girl
Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
Giselle
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Gisèle