According to reports, Farès suffered cardiac arrest at a private gym on April 11 and was taken to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, where she later fell into a coma. She died on April 17. Authorities opened an investigation, with early indications suggesting no external involvement. The Moroccan-born actress had previously discussed serious health challenges, including treatment for an aneurysm and heart-related procedures.
Farès earned wider recognition in Mathieu Kassovitz’s The Crimson Rivers, then demonstrated her range in films including War and Storm Warning. Television viewers also knew her from Marseille, alongside Gérard Depardieu. She had been preparing a project for 2026 that would extend her creative work into directing and screenwriting. Her daughters, Cylia and Shana Chasman, shared their grief in a message acknowledging both the actress audiences admired and the mother they loved. Beyond the circumstances of her death, her performances and family remain central to the life she leaves behind.
For audiences, an actor’s career is often remembered through particular scenes: a performance watched years earlier, a character associated with a certain period of life, or a film that becomes part of a family’s shared memories. Those connections can remain vivid even when viewers know relatively little about the person beyond the screen.
Farès’s work moved between different kinds of projects and different audiences. The roles mentioned in the account reflect a career that was not confined to a single production or one familiar image. Film and television each offered opportunities for viewers to encounter her work, and the variety of those appearances forms part of how she will be remembered.
The unfinished creative plans add another dimension to the sadness surrounding her death. A project in development represents preparation, imagination, and a future that someone expected to continue shaping. When that work cannot be completed as intended, colleagues and admirers are left thinking about both the career already visible and the possibilities that remained ahead.
Her daughters’ grief belongs to a different, more private part of that story. Public tributes can acknowledge an actress whose performances reached many people, while the family mourns the person whose presence shaped ordinary days. Those perspectives can exist together without requiring that every detail of family life become part of the public conversation.
The investigation described in the reports addresses questions about the circumstances of her death. It cannot summarize the whole of the life that preceded it. Remembering her through her work, her relationships, and the creative interests she continued to pursue keeps attention on more than the final event.
For those who followed her career, returning to the performances may offer a familiar way to express appreciation. The films and television work remain available as records of the skill and presence she brought to them. Alongside the sorrow, that body of work gives audiences something lasting to remember.
A screen career also depends on collaboration. Directors, fellow performers, crews, and viewers each encounter a different part of the work. Looking back across those shared projects offers a broader picture of a professional life, while leaving room for the personal memories that family and friends hold most closely.