Nadia Farès

Nadia Farès (20 December 1968 – 17 April 2026) was a Moroccan-French actress. She made her film debut in 1992, with My Wife's Girlfriends.

She rose to fame with the police thriller The Crimson Rivers. She appeared as Agent Jade Kinler in the 2007 action/thriller War, and as Pia in the 2007 horror film Storm Warning.

Personal life

Farès married Los Angeles-based producer Steve Chasman, in 2002. The couple had two daughters. They separated in 2022, and she returned to live in France.

Death

On 11 April 2026, Farès was found unconscious in a gym swimming pool at the private sports complex of Blanche in Paris. She was rescued by a fellow swimmer who attempted to revive her by administering CPR, before being taken to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital where she was put into an artificially induced coma until she suffered cardiac arrest.

Farès died at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital on 17 April at the age of 57. Her two daughters announced her death in a statement to Agence France-Presse.

Filmography

• 1992: My Wife's Girlfriends (by Didier Van Cauwelaert) – Béatrice de Mennoux
• 1994: Elles n'oublient jamais (by Christopher Frank) – Angela
• 1995: Policemen (by Giulio Base) – Stella
• 1995: Dis-moi oui... (by Alexandre Arcady) – Florence
• 1996: Hommes, femmes : mode d'emploi [fr] (by Claude Lelouch) – The new secretary of Blanc
• 1997: Les Démons de Jésus (by Bernie Bonvoisin) – Marie
• 1997: Sous les pieds des femmes (by Rachida Krim) – Fouzia
• 1999: Les Grandes Bouches (by Bernie Bonvoisin) – Esther
• 1999: A Monkey's Tale (Le Château des singes) (by Jean-François Laguionie) – voice of Gina
• 2000: The Crimson Rivers (Les Rivières pourpres) (Mathieu Kassovitz) – Fanny Ferreira
• 2001: Coup franc indirect (by Youcef Hamidi)
• 2002: The Nest (Nid de guêpes) (by Florent Emilio Siri) – Hélène Laborie
• 2002: Le Mal de vivre (by Jean-Michel Pascal) – Sandrine
• 2004: Pour le plaisir (by Dominique Deruddere) – Julie, François' wife
• 2005: L'Ex-femme de ma vie (by Josiane Balasko) – Ariane
• 2007: Insane (by Jamie Blanks)
• 2007: Storm Warning (by Jamie Blanks) – Pia
• 2007: Rogue: L'Ultime Affrontement (War) (by Philip G. Atwell) – Agent Jade Kinler
• 2017: Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction (by Claude Lelouch)
• 2019: Lucky Day (by Roger Avary)
• 2022: On the Line (2022 film) (by Romuald Boulanger) - Sam Dubois
• 2025: Tojours possible – Gaby