- French actor Nadia Farès has died at the age of 57, a week after being found unconscious in a swimming pool in Paris.
- She had been in a coma since the incident, which reportedly occurred at a private club in the 9th arrondissement on 11 April.
- Her daughters confirmed her passing on Friday, 17 April, saying: “France has lost a great artist, but for us, it is above all a mother we have just lost.”
- Farès rose to prominence with her breakthrough role in Les Rivières pourpres in 2000 and also starred in films like War and the Netflix series Marseille.
- She had previously undergone brain surgery in 2007 for an aneurysm and three heart operations over four years.
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French film star Nadia Farès dies aged 57 after being found unconscious in Paris swimming pool
