Nathalie Baye

Nathalie Baye

1948-07-06 Mainneville, Eure, France 116 Credits

Biography

Nathalie Baye was born on July 6, 1948 in Mainneville, Eure, France. She is an actress, known for Catch Me If You Can (2002), A Pornographic Affair (1999) and Laurence Anyways (2012).

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Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

2024

as Self - Actress

7.7
Acting

A portrait of the legendary actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, icon of the French New Wave and closely linked to the work of François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godd...

Mother Valley

Mother Valley

2023

as Hélène

4.4
Acting

In 1958, while revolution is rumbling in Beirut, three sisters spend their holidays in an isolated village of Lebanese mountains: rebellious Nada, rom...

Godard Cinema

Godard Cinema

2023

as Self

6.4
Acting

Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight as a cinematic rebel and symbol fo...

Godard by Godard

Godard by Godard

2023

as Self (archive footage)

7.8
Acting

Godard by Godard is an archival self-portrait of Jean-Luc Godard. It retraces the unique and unheard-of path, made up of sudden detours and dramatic r...

Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste

Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste

2023

as Elle-même

Acting

Stage actress turned film actress and director, Nicole Garcia has worked with the greatest French directors. Mysterious, singular, elegant, she has be...

Alibi.com 2

Alibi.com 2

2023

as Mme Martin

6.5
Acting

After closing his agency Alibi.com and promising Flo that he would never lie to her again, Greg's new life became quiet, too quiet... Not for long! Wh...

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

The portrait of a woman who remembers. Sheila tells the story of Sheila, without concessions or evasions. Her childhood, her parents, her beginnings, ...

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022

as Mme de Montmirail

7.2
Acting

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a...

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César

2022

as Self

Acting
Bacri, comme un air de famille

Bacri, comme un air de famille

2022

as Self

7.6
Acting

Jean-Pierre Bacri was never happy about anything. But beyond the caricature of the grumpy man, from his apprenticeship years to his death in January 2...

Haute Couture

Haute Couture

2021

as Esther

6.1
Acting

Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 yea...

Him

Him

2021

as Mother

4.5
Acting

Lacking inspiration, a composer isolates himself at a desolate house, on a small island, in Brittany. There he finds an old piano and receives visits ...

Sous le soleil de Pialat

Sous le soleil de Pialat

2021

as Self

6.0
Acting

In just ten films, Maurice Pialat painfully rose to the top of the cinema, draining into his legend a mad demand for truth as much as memorable fury t...

Conversation avec Nathalie Baye

Conversation avec Nathalie Baye

2021

as Self

6.5
Acting
My Best Part

My Best Part

2020

as Bernadette Meyer

5.3
Acting

Jérémie, a young man reaching a breaking point on all fronts, decides to leave behind Paris and return to Limosin, to the home of his intrusive mother...

Soirée Pyjama

Soirée Pyjama

2019

as Self - Guest

Acting

To celebrate 2019, Barthès & Dedienne are hosting a sleepover with some friends.

Thomas

Thomas

2018

as Anne Lancrey

Acting
The Guardians

The Guardians

2017

as Hortense Sandrail

6.1
Acting

In this ensemble drama set in rural France, the women of the Paridier farm are left to run it by themselves while their men are off fighting in World ...

Médée

Médée

2017

as The mother

8.0
Acting

A lonely mother and her son go to the opera where a performance of Cherubini’s opera Medea is given. It is the mother’s birthday and she wanted to sur...

Alibi.com

Alibi.com

2017

as Marlène Martin

6.5
Acting

Greg founded a company called Alibi.com that creates any type of alibi. With his associate, Augustin, and Medhi his new employee, they devise unstoppa...

It's Only the End of the World

It's Only the End of the World

2016

as Martine

7.2
Acting

Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

2016

as Self

6.0
Acting

Actors Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Monia Chokri, Gaspard Ulliel, Vincent Cassel, Niels Schneider and Melvil Poupaud discuss working with the young C...

Moka

Moka

2016

as Marlène

6.0
Acting

Diane Kramer is led by one obsession: to find the driver of the mocha color Mercedes which hit her son and devastated her life. With a few belongings,...

Préjudice

Préjudice

2015

as Mother

6.0
Acting

A challenging psychological drama where the carefully nurtured harmony of a family is shattered one lovely summer evening. Cédric, who is generally sh...

The Assistant

The Assistant

2015

as Marie-France

5.1
Acting

With his wife in labor, father-to-be Thomas (Malik Zidi) speeds to the hospital, and in the process, accidentally kills a young man on the road. That ...

SK1

SK1

2015

as Frédérique Pons

6.9
Acting

The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killers.

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

2014

8.0
Acting
Lou!

Lou!

2014

as Jeanne (La grand-mère)

5.6
Acting

Lou, a creative and dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives alone with her mother in an orange building with tons of little balconies that give access to the r...

Queens of the Ring

Queens of the Ring

2013

as Colette

5.8
Acting

More than anything, 30-year-old Rose longs to be reunited with Mickaël, her estranged 11-year-old son who has been placed with a foster family and bla...

Laurence Anyways

Laurence Anyways

2012

as Julienne Alia

7.6
Acting

The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self...

Bon vent Claude Goretta

Bon vent Claude Goretta

2011

as Self

Acting

Claude Goretta directed “L'invitation” in 1973. For filmmaker Lionel Baier, born in 1975, it is like a “travelling companion”, to adapt Serge Daney’s ...

Hitler in Hollywood

Hitler in Hollywood

2011

as Nathalie Baye

6.2
Acting

A bio-doc about Micheline Presle changes into a thrilling investigation of the long hidden truth about European cinema. This mockumentary thriller unc...

Small World

Small World

2010

as Elisabeth Senn

6.3
Acting

Conrad Lang, a handyman in a rich family - he has been raised like a brother with Thomas, who has the same age -, accidentally puts fire to the big ho...

Beautiful Lies

Beautiful Lies

2010

as Mady

6.1
Acting

A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her widowed mother.

The Great Restaurant

The Great Restaurant

2010

as Une cliente du restaurant

5.8
Acting

Fragments of the lives of the customers of a great restaurant and the inconvenience of its manager.

Together Is Too Much

Together Is Too Much

2010

as Marie-France

4.3
Acting

Imagine, if you will, a somewhat contented married woman finding out her husband's infidelity during the celebration of a birthday party. That is what...

Face

Face

2009

as Nathalie

5.6
Acting

Hsiao-Kang, a Taiwanese film director, travels to the Louvre in Paris, France, to shoot a film that explores the Salomé myth.

God's Offices

God's Offices

2008

as Anne

7.1
Acting

A realist dramedy about dedicated social workers who devote their long shifts to helping pregnant women.

Marie-Octobre

Marie-Octobre

2008

as Marie-Hélène Dumoulin / Marie-Octobre

6.0
Acting

After the Liberation of France during the World War II, ten former Resistant fighters meet again during a dinner organized by Marie-Octobre...

A French Gigolo

A French Gigolo

2008

as Judith

5.0
Acting

Marco leads a double life. As Marco, he is a construction worker but rich ladies craving sexual excitation know him as Patrick. As Marco he is married...

Off and Running

Off and Running

2008

as Irène Montier-Duval

5.4
Acting

A missed highway exit leads Darry Marzouki, an unemployed magician, to cross paths with Irène Montier Duval, a wealthy woman carrying a Hermès bag ful...

The Price to Pay

The Price to Pay

2007

as Odile Ménard

5.3
Acting

Jean-Pierre, a wealthy businessman, is lonely. He still desires his wife but she only seems interested in shopping and the beauty salon. Tired of lunc...

Acteur

2007

as Camille

Acting

A look at the world of acting: is it possible to go from the shadows to the limelight without losing one's soul?

Michou d'Auber

Michou d'Auber

2007

as Gisèle

6.4
Acting

Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the fac...

Tell No One

Tell No One

2006

as Maître Elysabeth Feldman

7.2
Acting

A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's al...

La Californie

La Californie

2006

as Maguy

4.0
Acting

Mirko and Stefan, Serbian refugees, move to the French Riviera. There they meet Maguy who lives in a luxurious mansion up the hill above Cannes with a...

My Son

My Son

2006

as Mother / La mère

6.4
Acting

Julien and his mum care for each other very much. But Julien has committed a deadly sin: he is growing into a teenager! Worse, he has found himself a ...

The Young Lieutenant

The Young Lieutenant

2005

as Commandant Vaudieu

6.8
Acting

A rookie policeman from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Parisian homicide bureau and is assigned to a middle-aged woman detective...

One Stays, the Other Leaves

One Stays, the Other Leaves

2005

as Fanny

5.2
Acting

A story about two couples, longtime friends in which both husbands engage in long-term affairs and, as the title says, ultimately one remains with his...

François Truffaut, une autobiographie

François Truffaut, une autobiographie

2004

as Self

6.2
Acting

A documentary tracing the career of filmmaker François Truffaut through the testimony of collaborators and admirers.

Une vie à t'attendre

Une vie à t'attendre

2004

as Jeanne

4.5
Acting

A married Frenchwoman living in Brazil returns to her native country to visit her ailing elderly mother. There, she ends up rekindling a love affair w...

France Boutique

France Boutique

2003

as Sofia

4.9
Acting

Francois Cluzet and Karin Viard are the couple behind a French shopping channel whose business and marriage are both drifting towards the rocks, with ...

Feelings

Feelings

2003

as Carole

5.9
Acting

Two seemingly happily married French couples are forced to contend with a number of issues.

The Flower of Evil

The Flower of Evil

2003

as Anne Charpin-Vasseur

6.1
Acting

Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that rev...

Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can

2002

as Paula Abagnale

8.0
Acting

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor...

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

2002

as Self

Acting

Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, dir...

Absolutely Fabulous

Absolutely Fabulous

2001

as Patricia 'Patsy' Laroche

5.0
Acting

Middle-aged best friends Eddie and Patsy live in an endless haze of drugged, drunken selfishness. The duo leave no impulse unenacted and no lust unsat...

Barnie's Minor Annoyances

Barnie's Minor Annoyances

2001

as Lucie

5.3
Acting

Barnie lives in Calais but works in London. Everyday, he takes the Eurostar to go to his office. Although he is married to Lucie, Barnie has two lover...

Tomorrow's Another Day

Tomorrow's Another Day

2000

as Sophie

4.8
Acting

A group of Parisians frets over the minutiae of life in the course of one week.

To Mathieu

To Mathieu

2000

as Claire

6.0
Acting

Matthieu and Eric are two brothers who work at the same factory as their father in Normandy. When his father is dismissed for smoking on the factory f...

An Affair of Love

An Affair of Love

1999

as Her

6.3
Acting

A man and a woman meet to fulfill her sexual fantasy.

Venus Beauty Institute

Venus Beauty Institute

1999

as Angèle Piana

5.8
Acting

Aging beautician Angèle, already wounded by a long-ago romance, gets awkwardly dumped at a train station. Witnessing how she turns around a humiliatin...

Beware of My Love

Beware of My Love

1998

as Muriel

4.7
Acting

Muriel, a writer nearing 50 whose older lover won't live with her in Paris, meets a man on a train - Samuel, an Arab. He's attracted to her and pursue...

Paparazzi

Paparazzi

1998

as Nicole, de l'agence Magma

5.0
Acting

Franck shows up in a gossip magazine photo behind a brawling TV star at a football match.

Food of Love

Food of Love

1997

as Michele

3.5
Acting

A group of ex-university students reunite to perform a Shakespeare play in a quaint English village.

Enfants de salaud

Enfants de salaud

1996

as Sophie

4.5
Acting

Sylvette, a sassy waitress, Sandro, a macho guy, Sophie, a shy bourgeoisie, and Susan, an American actress, do not know each other and do not have muc...

Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés

1996

6.0
Acting
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child

1996

as Self

7.7
Acting

A fascinating glimpse into Truffaut’s creative process and how his life informed his art, told from the perspectives of those who knew him best.

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death

1996

as Self

7.7
Acting

A fascinating glimpse into Truffaut’s creative process and how his life informed his art, told from the perspectives of those who knew him best.

The Machine

The Machine

1994

as Marie Lacroix

5.0
Acting

This deftly made French psychological thriller terrifies with its exploration of an experiment gone horribly wrong. Dr. Marc Lacroix, a psychiatrist s...

And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On

1993

as Dr. Françoise Barre

6.5
Acting

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

Mensonge

Mensonge

1993

as Emma

2.0
Acting

Emma has been happily married to Charles, a hardworking journalist, for over ten years. They have a son, and are considering having another child when...

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

1993

as Self

5.1
Acting

Twenty-six people - including two daughters, an ex-wife, his last lover, actors, fellow directors and writers, a neighbor, and boyhood friends - talk ...

The Voice

The Voice

1992

as Lorraine

Acting

The tale of two lovers spending time in Rome when, suddenly, in a restaurant, the man believes he recognizes the voice of a woman he once loved... rem...

Les contes sauvages

1991

Acting

Directed by Gérald Calderon and Jean-Charles Cuttoli

The Man Inside

1990

as Christine

2.0
Acting

Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard, a very popular and powerful German newspaper. He...

Every Other Weekend

Every Other Weekend

1990

as Camille Valmont

6.6
Acting

Camille, a mercurial César-winning actress, has seen better times. Estranged from her husband, she's with her children only every other weekend. It's ...

C'est La Vie

C'est La Vie

1990

as Lena

6.0
Acting

A story is about young teenage girl, with sister and brothers, a pleasant uncle and aunt, an annoying nanny, a young boy interested in kissing her, a ...

Massacre Play

Massacre Play

1989

5.0
Acting

Estranged childhood friends, both passionate filmmakers, find themselves on divergent paths: one an acclaimed Oscar winner, the other struggling in TV...

No Harm Intended

No Harm Intended

1988

as Catherine Duchêne

5.7
Acting

When Catherine is caught with her illicit lover by her father-in-law Paul, the concerned father leaves to tell his son Thomas about the incident. Paul...

Engagements of the Heart

Engagements of the Heart

1987

as Alice

5.5
Acting

Alice is the widow of a Jewish surgeon who helps the former diplomat Jerome smuggle Jews out of Austria to save them from the Nazis. The duo recruits ...

Honeymoon

Honeymoon

1985

as Cécile Carline

4.8
Acting

A Frenchwoman in Manhattan, in danger of being deported because of her relationship with a recently arrested drug offender, enters into a marriage of ...

Beethoven's Nephew

Beethoven's Nephew

1985

as Leonore

5.0
Acting

The plot centers around old Beethoven's fixation on the welfare of his nephew, for whom he fought a lengthy custody battle against his brother's forme...

Detective

Detective

1985

as Françoise Chenal

5.3
Acting

Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both t...

Rive droite, rive gauche

Rive droite, rive gauche

1984

as Sacha Vernakis

5.6
Acting

Longtime friends Guarrigue and Sénanques own a successful law practice in Paris. The dreaded businessman Pervillard is one of their clients. One night...

Our Story

Our Story

1984

as Donatienne Pouget / Marie-Thérèse Chatelard / Geneviève Avranche

6.3
Acting

Robert Avranche, a middle-aged, alcoholic garage owner, is sitting on a train, reflecting on the emptiness of his life. An attractive young woman, Don...

I Married a Shadow

I Married a Shadow

1983

as Hélène

6.4
Acting

After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident.

La Balance

La Balance

1982

as Nicole Danet

6.4
Acting

A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.

The Return of Martin Guerre

The Return of Martin Guerre

1982

as Bertrande de Rols

6.7
Acting

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused...

Short Memory

Short Memory

1982

as Judith Mesnil

4.8
Acting

In this thriller, a UNESCO translator stumbles across a group which is hiding and supporting Nazis and facilitating their travel around the world. She...

Strange Affair

Strange Affair

1981

as Nina Coline

6.2
Acting

A young Parisian advertising executive becomes so captivated by the unsettling charm of his mysterious new employer that he eventually abandons his fa...

The Red Shade

The Red Shade

1981

as Anna

5.1
Acting

The time is the 1930s and two Soviet spies (both Frenchmen by nationality) have been helping Communist factions during the Civil War in Spain. It is t...

Beau Pere

Beau Pere

1981

as Charlotte

6.6
Acting

Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion,...

Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))

Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))

1981

as Self

Acting

A televisual journey guided by Jean-Luc Godard inside his film Sauve qui peut (la vie), incorporating filmed conversations between him and Isabelle Hu...

La provinciale

La provinciale

1981

as Christine Delumet

4.8
Acting

In this drama, a provincial girl goes to Paris in search of her fortune. Although she finds the City of Light to be quite different from what she'd im...

Every Man for Himself

Every Man for Himself

1980

as Denise Rimbaud

6.2
Acting

A look at the sexual and professional lives of three people — a television director, his ex-girlfriend, and a sex worker.

A Week's Vacation

A Week's Vacation

1980

as Laurence Cuers

6.0
Acting

On the verge of an emotional collapse, schoolteacher Laurence takes a week off from work to figure out her life. She reconnects with friends and famil...

Rat Race

Rat Race

1980

as Brigitte Ozendron

5.2
Acting

Young dynamic executive, married and father of two children, Jérôme Ozendron dreams of writing and escaping a life he considers mediocre. The meeting ...

Madame Sourdis

1979

as Adèle Sourdis

Acting
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'

Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'

1979

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Jean-Luc Godard proposes a diary of his creative process. Looking at photos of three actors, Jacques Dutronc, Isabelle Huppert, and Miou-Miou, who wer...

Mon premier amour

1978

as Fabienne

8.0
Acting

This sentimental drama is the story of the relationship between a lovely mother and her 20-year-old son who never really knew her. When he learns that...

The Green Room

The Green Room

1978

as Cecilia Mandel

6.6
Acting

A WWI veteran decides to build a memorial to all of the people who have mattered to him but are now dead.

Monsieur Papa

Monsieur Papa

1977

as Janine

3.5
Acting

In this family comedy, Papa has no end of trouble getting his young son to accept his new girlfriend.

The Man Who Loved Women

The Man Who Loved Women

1977

as Martine Desdoits

7.2
Acting

At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand's life and love affairs are told by...

Solemn Communion

Solemn Communion

1977

as Jeanne Vanderberghe

4.5
Acting

In this complex chronicle of the evolution of a provincial family's life, the story follows three generations of at least two neighboring families fro...

Mado

Mado

1976

as Catherine

6.5
Acting

A middle-aged businessman faces bankruptcy after his partner's suicide and a rival's unscrupulous offer to buy his company. Determined to avoid the tr...

The Honeymoon Trip

The Honeymoon Trip

1976

as Sophie

3.5
Acting

Paul and Sarah form a happy couple with no problems. But when Sarah sees Paul wrapped in the arms of a young woman her peaceful happiness collapses. S...

The Last Woman

The Last Woman

1976

as la fille aux cerises

6.1
Acting

Psychological drama of the compelling relationship between a young French engineer and the girl he takes into his home after his wife has left him wit...

Fill 'er Up with Super

Fill 'er Up with Super

1976

as Charlotte

6.4
Acting

When a young auto salesman is forced to give up a vacation with his wife in order to drive a big American car to its new owner who lives on the Rivier...

Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous

1975

as Fabienne Veyrier, the young woman

Acting
Un jour, la fête

Un jour, la fête

1975

as Julie

5.8
Acting

Michel returns from a trip. He meets up with his friends from the H.L.M. housing estate. Together, they have set up a meeting place. The developer has...

The Slap

The Slap

1974

as Christine Abeillé

6.7
Acting

A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.

The Mouth Agape

The Mouth Agape

1974

as Nathalie

6.5
Acting

Monique is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband carries on with life, her son rema...

L'Inconnu

L'Inconnu

1973

Acting

The descent into hell begins for Edouard, a disillusioned marginal, when he loses his job, and his wife leaves with his son. His meeting with a myster...

Day for Night

Day for Night

1973

as Joelle, the Script Girl

7.8
Acting

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

Faustine and the Beautiful Summer

Faustine and the Beautiful Summer

1972

as Giselle

6.1
Acting

Faustine suffers the wounds of first love. During a summer when she is staying with her grandmother, she comes to know the nearby neighbors. Two broth...