FrameThrower · Actors · Nathalie Baye
Nathalie Baye
7 films · 371 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1973–2016
Born 6 July 1948 · Mainneville, Eure, France · died 17 April 2026
Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye 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.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 371 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1973–2016
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress
- César Award for Best Actress2006
- César Award for Best Actress1983
- César Award for Best Supporting Actress1982
- César Award for Best Supporting Actress1981
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Silver Shell for Best Actress
How their films are shot
Measured across 371 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Nathalie takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 7 films we hold, 54% of their frames are day, 49% natural — the look of the work Nathalie takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
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