Moroccan French actress Nadia Farès, who last week was found unconscious in a swimming pool and has been in a coma ever since, died yesterday at the age of 57.
Her daughters confirmed her death, caused by cardiac arrest, in a statement to Agence France-Presse.
“It is with immense sadness that we announce the death this Friday of Nadia Farès. France has lost a great artist, but for us, it is above all a mother that we have just lost,” Cylia and Shana Chasman wrote.
The Marrakesh-born actress is best known for her breakout role in 2000’s The Crimson Rivers, the acclaimed Mathieu Kassovitz-directed conspiracy thriller in which she starred opposite Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel.
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Born Dec. 20, 1968, Farès grew up in Nice before moving to Paris to pursue a career in film. Her first movie role
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