Nadia Farès (Arabic نادية فارس) (20 December 1968 – 17 April 2026) was a Moroccan-French actress and singer.
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Biography
Early life
Nadia Farès was born in 1968 in Marrakesh in Morocco, to a Moroccan father and an Armenian mother.
At a young age, she moved to Nice with her parents. To pursue her acting career, she moved to Paris where, at 18, she worked various odd jobs while continuing to audition.
Career
In 1989, two of her songs were released in the French music scene, "Et Moi J'Veux" and "Rien Ne Vaut La Vie". Farès began her career in television, with Navarro and The Exile, an international co-production by CBS and M6 in 1993.
Farès made her film debut in 1992, with My Wife's Girlfriends. Later, she appeared in the French thriller Elles n'oublient (They Never Forget) in 1994, directed by Christopher Frank. In 1999, she returned to music with two of her songs from the French film Les Grandes Bouches, of which she was a cast member. Following this, she released two songs, "Follow Me" and "Perfection", in the single/EP Follow Me.
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. In 2011, she had an album of ten songs called Momentum.
Personal life
Farès married Los Angeles-based producer Steve Chasman, in 2002. Farès was candid about the brain surgery she underwent in 2007, and the three heart operations in four years. The couple had two daughters and separated in 2022, Farès returned to live in France.
Death
On 11 April 2026, Farès was found unresponsive in a Paris gym swimming pool, at the private sports complex of Rue Blanche. A fellow swimmer attempted to revive her by administering CPR. Farès was then transported to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. She was placed into a medically-induced coma, subsequently suffering a cardiac arrest. Farès died on 17 April at the age of 57. In a joint statement, her daughters released details of her death to Agence France-Presse.