United Kingdom, April 19 -- Nadia Fares has died at the age of 57.

The Crimson River actress was found unconscious in a swimming pool in Paris last weekend and her family have now confirmed that the French star passed away a few days later.

Nadia's daughters, Cylia and Shana Chasman, told AFP in a written statement: "It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of Nadia Fares this Friday.

"France has lost a great artist, but for us, it is above all a mother we have just lost."

According to France's Le Monde newspaper, Nadia had been pulled from the pool at a private gym last Sunday (11.04.26) and went into a coma after suffering a cardiac arrest.

She never regained consciousness and died at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital o...