Nathalie Baye during a photo call at the Cannes Festival in 2016. (Credit: AFP)
The dressing rooms at the Théâtre du Châtelet are bustling. Valérie Lemercier, in a three-piece tuxedo, greets Carole Bouquet, president of the evening, with a kiss. Further down, Kristin Scott Thomas reels off a series of quick interviews in front of a group of exhausted reporters, while the duo Kad Merad and Olivier Baroux try to coax a smile from Nicole Garcia. The 31st César Awards ceremony has barely ended, yet the star of the night has already slipped away. On Feb. 25, 2006, Nathalie Baye does not want to be seen, nor to comment on a unanimously celebrated fourth win. She had previously been honored three years in a row, from 1981 to 1983.Awarded best actress for her role in "Le Petit Lieutenant," a thriller directed by Xavier Beauvois in which she plays a police captain marked by loss and alcoholism trying to rebuild a...
The dressing rooms at the Théâtre du Châtelet are bustling. Valérie Lemercier, in a three-piece tuxedo, greets Carole Bouquet, president of the evening, with a kiss. Further down, Kristin Scott Thomas reels off a series of quick interviews in front of a group of exhausted reporters, while the duo Kad Merad and Olivier Baroux try to coax a smile from Nicole Garcia. The 31st César Awards ceremony has barely ended, yet the star of the night has already slipped away. On Feb. 25, 2006, Nathalie Baye does not want to be seen, nor to comment on a unanimously celebrated fourth win. She had previously been honored three years in a row, from 1981 to 1983.Awarded best actress for her role in "Le Petit Lieutenant," a thriller directed by Xavier Beauvois in which she plays a police captain marked by loss and alcoholism trying to...
