Nadia Fares, the French actress who played the title role Crimson riversHe died on Sunday. She was 57 years old.
Fares was found unconscious in a swimming pool in Paris last week, and she has been in a coma since then, and suffering from a cardiac arrest, her two daughters told AFP.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Nadia Fares on Friday,” Celia and Shanna Chasman shared in a statement with the outlet. “France has lost a great artist, but for us, she is above all the mother we have just lost.”
Celia shared a tribute to her mother on Instagram, writing: “This is a heartbreak I will never get over. Every day I wake up and pray that this is a nightmare and that you are still with us. I know you fought so hard for your children. Thank you. Thank you for fighting, thank you for giving me life, thank you for every memory, thank you for the laughs and screams.”
She began her acting career in 1990, appearing in one episode of the television series Navarro. Fares made her debut two years later My wife’s friends. Her additional credits include Tell me yes… (1995), Crimson rivers (2000), war (2007), Marseille (2016-2018), Luther (2021) and Toujours is possible (2025) and others.
Fares married producer Steve Chasman in 2002, then took a break from acting in 2009 when she moved with her husband to the United States. She is scheduled to film her first feature film next September as a director and screenwriter.
“Through hard work, self-doubt, and perseverance, I found a great team, and together we are working on an action comedy with Studios TF1,” Faris said in a January profile. Party.
Faris is survived by her daughters, Celia and Shanna Chasman.
