Nadia Farès, the Moroccan-French actress who starred in “The Crimson Rivers,” died on Friday. She was 57.
Farès was found unconscious in a swimming pool last week and had been in a coma after. Her daughters confirmed she died of cardiac arrest in a statement to Agence France-Presse.
“It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of Nadia Farès this Friday. France has lost a great artist, but for us, it is above all a mother whom we have just lost,” Cylia and Shana Chasman said, originally in French.
Farès made her film debut in 1992 with “My Wife’s Girlfriends” and rose to fame for her role in the 2000 police thriller “The Crimson Rivers,” where she starred opposite Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel and was directed by Mathieu Kassovitz.
She later appeared as Agent Jade Kinler in the 2007 action-thriller “War,” and as Pia in the 2007 horror film “Storm Warning.”
Born Dec. 20, 1968, in Marrakesh, Farès grew up in Nice before moving to Paris to pursue a career in film.
In 2009, Farès stepped away from her career and moved to the U.S. after marrying Los-Angeles-based producer Steve Chasman. She returned to acting in 2016 with Netflix’s drama series Marseille. She and Chasman had two daughters together and eventually separated in 2022, and Farès moved back to France.
On 11 April, 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 on April 17.
The French newspaper Le Figaro reported that an investigation had been opened into the cause of her injuries and that “no offense has been identified at this stage.”
Farès is survived by her two daughters, Cylia and Shana Chasman.
