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French actress Nadia Farès has died aged 57 (Image: Getty)
French actress Nadia Farès has died aged 57. The star, best known for her role in the psychological thriller film The Crimson Rivers, was found unconscious in the swimming pool of a luxury Parisian gym on April 11. She had reportedly been doing laps in the high-end sports club in the Blanche and Montmartre area of the French capital when she suddenly fell unconscious.
Renowned French actress Nadia Farès has passed away at the age of 57. Best remembered for her role in the psychological thriller “The Crimson Rivers,” Farès was discovered unconscious in the swimming pool of a luxurious gym in Paris on April 11. She had been swimming laps at an upscale sports club located in the Blanche and Montmartre district of the city when she unexpectedly lost consciousness.
A fellow swimmer quickly came to her assistance, performing CPR until emergency services arrived. Farès was then transported to Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, where she was placed in a medically induced coma. Unfortunately, she suffered a cardiac arrest and did not recover. “It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of Nadia Farès this Friday,” her daughters, Cylia and Shana Chasman, shared with AFP.
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The French actress was rushed to hospital after being found unconscious in a swimming pool (Image: Getty)
“France has lost a great artist, but for us, it is above all a mother that we have just lost.”
Farès was due to direct her first film later this year. “Through hard work, questioning and stubbornness, I found a great team, we are working together on an action comedy with Studios TF1,” she told Gala in January.
“France has lost a great artist, but for us, it is above all a mother that we have just lost,” her daughters expressed.
Born in Morocco in 1968, Farès was raised in Nice before moving to Paris to pursue an artistic career.
She began acting in the 1990s, working with established directors such as Alexandre Arcady, Claude Lelouch and Bernie Bonvoisin.
Her breakthrough role came in 2000’s The Crimson Rivers (Image: Gaumont Buena Vista International)
Her breakthrough came in 2000 with The Crimson Rivers, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, in which she starred alongside Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel.
The role brought her wider recognition and led to opportunities in international productions, including English-language action films like Rogue: The Last Stand and Insane, while she continued to appear in French projects such as The Nest, L’empire du tigre and Revivre.
In 2016, she starred as Vanessa d’Abrantes in the Netflix series Marseille.
Farès met producer Steve Chasman in Normandy and they tied the knot in 2002 before welcoming two daughters.
“By following my husband to Los Angeles, I really needed to build a family of my own, to devote all my time to it,” she said.
Farès and Chasman separated four years ago and she returned to live in France.
Her final appearance came in the 2025 film, Toujours possible, where she starred as main character Gabby.