Catherine Nay

Catherine Nay

Born: January 1, 1943
in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Catherine Nay (born 1 January 1943 in Tours) is a French political columnist and commentator.

After she attended primary and secondary schools in Périgueux, Nay started studying law but dropped in license year to become a journalist. In 1968, at the age of 25, she was hired by the political service of the newspaper L'Express led by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, where she covered right-wing politics. From 1975, Nay made a major part of her career at radio station Europe 1.

In 2005, she became an advisor to Europe 1's chairman Jean-Pierre Elkabbach. In 2008–9, she appeared several times in Le Grand Journal (Canal+) as a political commentator along with Alain Duhamel, Philippe Val and Jean-Michel Aphatie.

Since 2007, Nay has appeared regularly in Les grandes voix d'Europe 1 on Saturdays. Since 2011, she has been a cast member of Il n'y en a pas deux comme Elle hosted by Marion Ruggieri on Europe 1. In April 2012, she was a jury member of Qui veut devenir président? broadcast by France 4.

Upon the commemoration of the May 1958 and May 1968 events, Nay's first documentary film was broadcast by France 3 in prime time at the end of May 2018.

For a long time Nay lived with politician and Elf Aquitaine's former leader Albin Chalandon, whom she had met at the political convention of the UNR party. Chalandon married Nay in 2016, after the death of his wife Salomé from whom he had not divorced.

Nay was made an Officier of the National Order of Merit.

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La Revanche de Bernadette Chirac
Title: La Revanche de Bernadette Chirac
Character: Self - Journalist
Released: October 8, 2023
Type: Movie
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De Gaulle et Pompidou : jusqu'à la rupture
Title: De Gaulle et Pompidou : jusqu'à la rupture
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: May 23, 2018
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Mazarine Pingeot - Une vie au secret
Title: Mazarine Pingeot - Une vie au secret
Character: Catherine Nay
Released: October 10, 2012
Type: Movie
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Title: Salut les Terriens !
Character: Self (guest)
Released: November 4, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Apostrophes
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 1975
Type: TV
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.