One of France's most celebrated film stars, Nathalie Baye, has died aged 77, French media report.
President Emmanuel Macron said the much-loved stalwart of French cinema had been an actress with whom we loved, dreamed, and grew up.
A four-time acting winner at the Césars - France's equivalent of the Oscars - Baye starred in some 80 films in her lifetime after breakout roles in the early 1970s.
Her family told the French news agency AFP she had died at her home in Paris on Friday evening from a form of dementia.
Born into a bohemian family of artists in Normandy in 1948, she began her career as a dancer before turning to acting.
Baye got her break in François Truffaut's 1973 comedy La Nuit Américaine, titled Day for Night in English.
She went on to become one of France's most decorated actresses over a career spanning five decades.
She won her first César in 1981 for her supporting role in Jean-Luc Godard's dark comedy Sauve qui peut (la vie).
She was again named best supporting actress in 1982 and best actress the following year for Une Étrange Affaire (Strange Affair) and La Balance.
Baye was named best actress at the 1999 Venice Film Festival for Une Liaison Pornographique.
Later in her career, she appeared in high-profile international projects, such as Steven Spielberg's 2002 film Catch Me if You Can.
More recently, she played a parody of herself in the acclaimed series Call My Agent! alongside her daughter, actress Laura Smet.
Away from acting, French media reported that Baye publicly supported action to tackle climate change and reform French assisted dying legislation.
Among those paying tribute was one of Baye's earliest co-stars - Isabelle Adjani, who called her an actress of dazzling spontaneity.
Macron, meanwhile, wrote: With her voice, her smile and her grace, she has been a constant presence in French cinema over the past few decades... Our thoughts are with her family and loved ones.
Her family said she had died following a diagnosis of Lewy body dementia, a neurodegenerative disease.
