---
name: "Nathalie Baye"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nathalie-baye"
fi1m_id: "nathalie-baye"
imdb_id: "nm0000882"
tmdb_id: 136761
wikidata_id: "Q106573"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 July 1948"
died: "17 April 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T16:30:13.211484+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nathalie Baye

## Identity

Nathalie Baye

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nathalie-baye
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nathalie-baye
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000882
- **TMDB ID:** 136761
- **Wikidata ID:** Q106573
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie_Baye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106573, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000882/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136761

Actor. Born 6 July 1948 in Mainneville, Eure, France. Died 17 April 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 July 1948, Mainneville, Eure, France
- **Died:** 17 April 2026
- **Active:** 1973–2002
- **Also known as:** Natalie Baye, Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie_Baye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106573, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000882/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136761

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Catch Me If You Can*](https://film.one/film/catch-me-if-you-can.md) (83)

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## Biography

Nathalie Baye was a French actress. Born in Mainneville, Eure, she trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique in Paris and graduated in 1972. She began her film career in the early 1970s and appeared in more than 80 films. Baye received ten César Award nominations and won four: for Every Man for Himself (1980), Strange Affair (1981), La Balance (1982) and The Young Lieutenant (2005).

She became known for roles in Day for Night (1973) and The Return of Martin Guerre (1982). In 2002 she played Paula Abagnale in Catch Me If You Can. Later credits include Tell No One (2006), Laurence Anyways (2012), It’s Only the End of the World (2016), Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) and Alibi.com 2 (2023). She was appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 2009.

Baye died in Paris on 17 April 2026.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, thetimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Catch Me If You Can* (2002), Fi1m 83, as Paula Abagnale — [page](https://film.one/film/catch-me-if-you-can.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Call My Agent!* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/call-my-agent.md)

## Complete filmography (105)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mother Valley* (2023), as Hélène
- *Alibi.com 2* (2023), as Mme Martin
- *Downton Abbey: A New Era* (2022), as Mme de Montmirail
- *Haute Couture* (2021), as Esther
- *Him* (2021), as Mother
- *My Best Part* (2020), as Bernadette Meyer
- *Criminal: France* (2019), series, as Caroline Solal
- *Thomas* (2018), as Anne Lancrey
- *Nox* (2018), series, as Catherine Susini
- *The Guardians* (2017), as Hortense Sandrail
- *Médée* (2017), as The mother
- *Alibi.com* (2017), as Marlène Martin
- *It's Only the End of the World* (2016), as Martine
- *Moka* (2016), as Marlène
- *Préjudice* (2015), as Mother
- *The Assistant* (2015), as Marie-France
- *SK1* (2015), as Frédérique Pons
- *Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui* (2014), Actor
- *Lou!* (2014), as Jeanne (La grand-mère)
- *Queens of the Ring* (2013), as Colette
- *Laurence Anyways* (2012), as Julienne Alia
- *Spin* (2012), series, as Anne Visage
- *Bye Bye* (2011), as Cécile
- *Hitler in Hollywood* (2011), as Nathalie Baye
- *Small World* (2010), as Elisabeth Senn
- *Beautiful Lies* (2010), as Mady
- *The Great Restaurant* (2010), as Une cliente du restaurant
- *Together Is Too Much* (2010), as Marie-France
- *Visage* (2009), as Nathalie
- *God's Offices* (2008), as Anne
- *Marie-Octobre* (2008), as Marie-Hélène Dumoulin / Marie-Octobre
- *A French Gigolo* (2008), as Judith
- *Off and Running* (2008), as Irène Montier-Duval
- *The Price to Pay* (2007), as Odile Ménard
- *Acteur* (2007), as Camille
- *Michou d'Auber* (2007), as Gisèle
- *Tell No One* (2006), as Elysabeth Feldman
- *La Californie* (2006), as Maguy
- *My Son* (2006), as Mother / La mère
- *The Young Lieutenant* (2005), as Commandant Vaudieu
- *One Stays, the Other Leaves* (2005), as Fanny
- *I've Been Waiting So Long* (2004), as Jeanne
- *France Boutique* (2003), as Sofia
- *Feelings* (2003), as Carole
- *The Flower of Evil* (2003), as Anne Charpin-Vasseur
- *Catch Me If You Can* (2002), as Paula Abagnale — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/catch-me-if-you-can.md)
- *L’enfant des lumières* (2002), series, as la comtesse Diane de Breyves
- *Absolutely Fabulous* (2001), as Patricia 'Patsy' Laroche
- *Barnie's Minor Annoyances* (2001), as Lucie
- *To Mathieu* (2001), as Claire
- *Tomorrow's Another Day* (2000), as Sophie
- *An Affair of Love* (1999), as Her
- *Venus Beauty Institute* (1999), as Angèle Piana
- *Beware of My Love* (1998), as Muriel
- *Paparazzi* (1998), as Nicole, de l'agence Magma
- *Food of Love* (1997), as Michele
- *Enfants de salaud* (1996), as Sophie
- *Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés* (1996), Actor
- *The Machine* (1994), as Marie Lacroix
- *And the Band Played On* (1993), as Dr. Françoise Barre
- *Mensonge* (1993), as Emma
- *Les contes sauvages* (1993), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Voice* (1992), as Lorraine
- *From Time to Time* (1992), as Madame de Pompadour
- *The Man Inside* (1990), as Christine
- *Every Other Weekend* (1990), as Camille Valmont
- *C'est La Vie* (1990), as Lena
- *Massacre Play* (1989), as Bella
- *No Harm Intended* (1988), as Catherine Duchêne
- *Engagements of the Heart* (1987), as Alice
- *Honeymoon* (1985), as Cécile Carline
- *Beethoven's Nephew* (1985), as Leonore
- *Detective* (1985), as Françoise Chenal
- *Rive droite, rive gauche* (1984), as Sacha Vernakis
- *Our Story* (1984), as Donatienne Pouget / Marie-Thérèse Chatelard / Geneviève Avranche
- *I Married a Shadow* (1983), as Hélène
- *La Balance* (1982), as Nicole Danet
- *The Return of Martin Guerre* (1982), as Bertrande de Rols
- *Short Memory* (1982), as Judith Mesnil
- *Strange Affair* (1981), as Nina Coline
- *The Red Shade* (1981), as Anna
- *Beau Pere* (1981), as Charlotte
- *La provinciale* (1981), as Christine Delumet
- *Every Man for Himself* (1980), as Denise Rimbaud
- *A Week's Vacation* (1980), as Laurence Cuers
- *Rat Race* (1980), as Brigitte Ozendron
- *Madame Sourdis* (1979), as Adèle Sourdis
- *Mon Premier Amour* (1978), as Fabienne
- *The Green Room* (1978), as Cecilia Mandel
- *Monsieur Papa* (1977), as Janine
- *The Man Who Loved Women* (1977), as Martine Desdoits
- *Solemn Communion* (1977), as Jeanne Vanderberghe
- *Mado* (1976), as Catherine
- *The Honeymoon Trip* (1976), as Sophie
- *The Last Woman* (1976), as la fille aux cerises
- *Fill 'er Up with Super* (1976), as Charlotte
- *Cinéma 16* (1975), series, as Fabienne
- *Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous* (1975), as Fabienne Veyrier, the young woman
- *Un jour, la fête* (1975), as Julie
- *The Slap* (1974), as Christine Abeillé
- *The Mouth Agape* (1974), as Nathalie
- *L'Inconnu* (1973), Actor
- *Day for Night* (1973), as Joelle · the Script Girl
- *Faustine and the Beautiful Summer* (1972), as Giselle
- *Les Cinq Dernières Minutes* (1958), series, as Gisèle

## Gallery

- ![Festival de Cannes 2011](https://film.one/media/person/97644/gallery-843d011344e3.jpg) Festival de Cannes 2011 — Bernard Boyé, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Nathalie_Baye.jpg/1280px-Nathalie_Baye.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![JoeyStarr, Sandrine Le Berre, Nathalie Baye et Édouard Baer à l'avant-première de Passe-passe diffusée à l'UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles, à Paris. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/97644/gallery-fe9ff21360d0.jpg) JoeyStarr, Sandrine Le Berre, Nathalie Baye et Édouard Baer à l'avant-première de Passe-passe diffusée à l'UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles, à Paris. (2008) — Thierry Caro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/%C3%89quipe-Passe-passe.JPG/1280px-%C3%89quipe-Passe-passe.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nathalie Baye](https://film.one/media/person/97644/gallery-16c472814d00.jpg) Nathalie Baye — Image via TMDB
- ![Nathalie Baye](https://film.one/media/person/97644/gallery-d81b2bc7f717.jpg) Nathalie Baye — Image via TMDB
- ![Nathalie Baye](https://film.one/media/person/97644/gallery-14e9f90623de.jpg) Nathalie Baye — Image via TMDB
- ![Nathalie Baye](https://film.one/media/person/97644/gallery-c070b41d5962.jpg) Nathalie Baye — Image via TMDB
- ![Nathalie Baye](https://film.one/media/person/97644/gallery-e1dda15c7270.jpg) Nathalie Baye — Image via TMDB
- ![Nathalie Baye](https://film.one/media/person/97644/gallery-8ab2764fa33f.jpg) Nathalie Baye — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 7 nominated

- César Award for Best Actress 2006: César Award for Best Actress (won), for *The Young Lieutenant*
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2006: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *The Young Lieutenant*
- César Award for Best Actress 2004: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Feelings*
- César Award for Best Actress 2000: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Venus Beauty Institute*
- European Film Award for Best Actress 1999: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Une liaison pornographique*
- César Award for Best Actress 1991: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Every Other Weekend*
- César Award for Best Actress 1984: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *I Married a Shadow*
- César Award for Best Actress 1983: César Award for Best Actress (won), for *La Balance*
- César Award for Best Supporting Actress 1982: César Award for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Strange Affair*
- César Award for Best Actress 1981: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *A Week's Vacation*
- César Award for Best Supporting Actress 1981: César Award for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Every Man for Himself*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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