The funeral of Nadia Fares will take place this Friday, April 24, 2026, at 3:30 pm in Paris. The ceremony is being held at the Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre church, located at 19 Rue des Abbesses in the 18th arrondissement of the Capital. Among the notable figures present, her daughter Shana Chasman arrived with a sad expression, welcomed by Laeticia Hallyday. Antoine Dulery, Jonathan Cohen, François Berléand, Elsa Zylberstein, Pascal Elbé, as well as Guillaume Canet and Samuel Le Bihan were seen in the morning at the ceremony in honor of Laura Smet’s mother this Friday.
Nadia Fares’ funeral was announced earlier this week through an obituary signed by her mother, Micheline Tchemberdji, her daughters Cylia and Shana Chasman, her husband Steven Chasman, and appeared in Le Figaro. The family specified that the ceremony would be open to the public and that white flowers could be laid there. Claude Lelouch was one of the first to pay tribute to her memory. “After America, Nadia had chosen to come and live near us in Paris. She was joy, she was generosity. The last time I saw her, she was at the height of happiness,” he said.
The atmosphere was heavy, almost suspended, as family, friends, and strangers gathered around the Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre church on Friday, April 24. Emotions ran high as Nadia Fares was accompanied for the last time in a silence filled with sadness. François Vincentelli, Jonathan Cohen, and Yannick Samot were among those who carried the coffin upon entering the church, intensifying the moment.
According to Ici Paris, Nadia Fares’ family faced a particularly difficult decision on April 17. A final scan revealed that the brain injuries caused by oxygen deprivation were irreversible. “In agreement with the doctors, her family decided to disconnect her.” The actress, known for films like Demons of Jesus and The Crimson Rivers, passed away surrounded by her loved ones, including her two daughters, a tremendously difficult moment for them.
In an Instagram tribute to her mother on Sunday, April 19, 2026, Shana Chasman recounted their last moments in the hospital. “Seeing you on this hospital bed, hands on your head, kissing your face, praying for any sign of awakening. I still feel your warmth. We begged you to hold on,” she wrote. These words, filled with love and pain, resonate today as a poignant testament to the unbreakable bond between a mother and her daughters and to the fact that, until her last breath, Nadia Fares remained deeply present in the hearts of her loved ones.
