Moroccan French actress Nadia Fareswho was found unconscious in a swimming pool last week and has been in a coma since then, died yesterday at the age of 57.
His daughters confirmed his death, caused by cardiac arrest, in a statement to Agence France-Presse.
“It is with immense sadness that we announce the death this Friday of Nadia Farès. France has lost a great artist, but for us she is above all a mother that we have just lost,” wrote Cylia and Shana Chasman.
The Marrakesh-born actress is best known for her breakout role in the 2000s. The crimson riversthe acclaimed conspiracy thriller directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and in which he starred alongside Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel.
Born on December 20, 1968, Farès grew up in Nice before moving to Paris to pursue a film career. His first film role came in 1992. ma femme’s friends (My wife’s friends). His other credits include action films. War (with Jet Li and Jason Statham) and horror film Storm warning.
In 2009, she stepped away from her career and moved to the United States after marrying American producer Steve Chasman. He returned to acting in 2016 with the Netflix drama series. Marseilles. She and Chasman separated in 2022, after which she returned to France.
By the worldFarès was preparing to shoot her first feature film as a screenwriter and director in September. “Through hard work, questioning myself and persevering, I found a great team, we are working together on an action comedy with Studio TF1,” she told the French celebrity and women’s magazine. Gala in an interview published in January.
She had been open about previous health problems and revealed that she underwent brain surgery in 2007 due to an aneurysm “that was not small.” “A ticking time bomb that needed urgent treatment. And in four years, I had three heart surgeries,” he previously said.
According to the leading French newspaper The FigaroFarès was found unconscious at the bottom of a swimming pool at a private club on Rue Blanche, in the 9th arrondissement, on April 11. Witnesses came to his aid, alerted emergency services and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation. She was then treated by firefighters and transported to the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, where she was placed in an induced coma.
The Figaro He reported that an investigation has been opened into the cause of his injuries and that “no crime has been identified so far.” According to another medium, Free MidiAuthorities are reviewing CCTV footage from the sports complex.
Cylia Chasman posted a touching tribute to her mother on social media, which you can see below: