Nathalie Baye
Nathalie Baye
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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 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 and La Balance.
She 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 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.
1976 Romy Schneider · 1977 Annie Girardot · 1978 Simone Signoret · 1979 Romy Schneider · 1980 Miou-Miou · 1981 Catherine Deneuve · 1982 Isabelle Adjani · 1983 Nathalie Baye · 1984 Isabelle Adjani · 1985 Sabine Azéma · 1986 Sandrine Bonnaire · 1987 Sabine Azéma · 1988 Anémone · 1989 Isabelle Adjani · 1990 Carole Bouquet · 1991 Anne Parillaud · 1992 Jeanne Moreau · 1993 Catherine Deneuve · 1994 Juliette Binoche · 1995 Isabelle Adjani · 1996 Isabelle Huppert · 1997 Fanny Ardant · 1998 Ariane Ascaride · 1999 Élodie Bouchez · 2000 Karin Viard · 2001 Dominique Blanc · 2002 Emmanuelle Devos · 2003 Isabelle Carré · 2004 Sylvie Testud · 2005 Yolande Moreau · 2006 Nathalie Baye · 2007 Marina Hands · 2008 Marion Cotillard · 2009 Yolande Moreau · 2010 Isabelle Adjani
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 and La Balance.
She 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 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.
1976 Romy Schneider · 1977 Annie Girardot · 1978 Simone Signoret · 1979 Romy Schneider · 1980 Miou-Miou · 1981 Catherine Deneuve · 1982 Isabelle Adjani · 1983 Nathalie Baye · 1984 Isabelle Adjani · 1985 Sabine Azéma · 1986 Sandrine Bonnaire · 1987 Sabine Azéma · 1988 Anémone · 1989 Isabelle Adjani · 1990 Carole Bouquet · 1991 Anne Parillaud · 1992 Jeanne Moreau · 1993 Catherine Deneuve · 1994 Juliette Binoche · 1995 Isabelle Adjani · 1996 Isabelle Huppert · 1997 Fanny Ardant · 1998 Ariane Ascaride · 1999 Élodie Bouchez · 2000 Karin Viard · 2001 Dominique Blanc · 2002 Emmanuelle Devos · 2003 Isabelle Carré · 2004 Sylvie Testud · 2005 Yolande Moreau · 2006 Nathalie Baye · 2007 Marina Hands · 2008 Marion Cotillard · 2009 Yolande Moreau · 2010 Isabelle Adjani
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