French actress Nadia Farès, best known for her role in The Crimson Rivers and a decades-long career across French and international film, has died at the age of 57. She was found unconscious in a Paris swimming pool on April 11 and died days later on April 17 after suffering cardiac arrest following a coma.
“It is with immense sadness that we announce the death this Friday of Nadia Farès,” her daughters shared in a statement with Agence France-Presse. “France has lost a great artist, but for us, it is above all a mother that we have just lost.”
Learn more about her below.
Farès was born in Marrakesh, Morocco, on December 20, 1968, and moved to France at a young age, where she was raised. She later relocated to Paris to pursue acting, launching her career in the early 1990s.
Farès worked in film and television for more than three decades, beginning with her 1992 debut My Wife’s Girlfriends. She rose to fame with The Crimson Rivers and went on to appear in international projects like War alongside Jet Li and Jason Statham, as well as the horror film Storm Warning. She also starred in the Netflix series Marseille from 2016 to 2018.
Farès married American film producer Steve Chasman in 2002 and later moved to the United States during their marriage. The couple separated in 2022, after which she returned to live in France.
Farès was the mother of two daughters, Cylia and Shana, who have paid tribute to her following her death.
