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Baye began her career in the arts as a dancer, and came to New York at age 17 to study classical ballet and modern dance. She toured the U.S. with a dance company before returning to France, where she turned her attention to acting. Her first major film was Truffaut's 1973 classic, Day For Night. Baye worked with the director again on The Man Who Loved Women (1977) and The Green Room (1978); she also appeared in 1993's Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1983). In 1979, she starred in Godard's Sauve qui peut (La Vie)/Every Man for Himself, for which she won her first César Award for Best Actress; she also acted in Godard's 1984 film Détective.
Baye earned a second César, for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in the 1981 Une Étrange Affaire. She won the César for Best Actress the following year for Bob Swaim's La Balance. Among Baye's most well known films are Bertrand Blier's Beau-Père and Notre Histoire; Bertrand Tavernier's A Week's Vacation (Une Semaine de Vacances); Diane Kurys' C'est la Vie; I Married a Dead Man (J'ai épousé une ombre); and Nicole Garcia's Every Other Weekend (Un week-end sur deux). She was also featured in Roger Spottiswode's And the Band Played On.
Nathalie Baye Facts
| Birth Name | Judith Mesnil |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Birthday | July 6, 1948 (59) |
| Sign | Cancer |
| Birthplace | Mainneville, France |
| Height | 5' 6" (1m68) |