Irène Jacob

Actor Jul 15 (age 59) Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France 1974–2026 (52 year career)

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Biography

Irène Marie Jacob (born 15 July 1966) is a French-born Swiss actress considered one of the preeminent French actresses of her generation. Jacob gained international recognition and acclaim through her work with Polish film director Krzysztof Kieslowski, who cast her in the lead role of The Double Life of Véronique and Three Colors: Red. She came to represent an image of European sophistication, through her "classic beauty and thoughtful, almost melancholic style of acting." Description above fr…

Known For

Film

Three Colors: Red

Valentine

Film

The Secret Garden

Mary's Mother / Lilias Craven

Film

The Double Life of Véronique

Weronika / Véronique

Film

Au Revoir les Enfants

Ms. Davenne, Piano Teacher

Film

U.S. Marshals

Marie

Film

The Affair

Juliette Le Gall

Film

The French Kissers

La mère d'Aurore

Film

Othello

Desdemona

Filmography

Acting (96)

Movies (86)

Maigret and the Dead Lover

as Louise Maigret

A Private Life

as Vera

Golem in Pompei

Why War

La Vie Pathé-Baby

as (Voix)

Meeting with Pol Pot

as Lise Delbo

Hôtel Silence

as Kristina

Who by Fire

as Hélène Falke

Shikun

Le Voyage en pyjama

as Florence

The Wild One

as Self

Re-belles

as Self

Shoot to Live

as Self

Talking Heads 2021

as Self

Marie Trintignant : Le Choix du jeu

as Self

Villa Caprice

as Nancy Fontaine

Les Dominos

as Irène

Romantic Guide to Lost Places

as Brigitte

À cause des filles…?

as Eliane

The Scientific Proof of the Existence of God

2019

as Christine

7.5

Letter to Theo

2019

as Narrator (voice)

Angela Merkel, une histoire allemande

2017

as Narrator

Tales of Mexico

2017

as Ángela

5.0

Home Away From Home

2017

as Writer

13 Summers Underwater

Two Snails Set Off

as (voice)

Eternity

as Mère de Gabrielle

Ella Maillart: Double Journey

2015

as Ella Maillart (voice)

Sayonara

The Easy Way Out

as Mathilde

Paris, Love, Cut

as Chloé Artaud

Dying of the Light

as Michelle Zuberain

We Love You, You Bastard

2014

as Printemps Kaminsky

5.6

François Truffaut l'insoumis

as Narrator (voice)

Les enfants rouges

The Man Who Made Angels Fly

as Self

Love Flesh

as Self

The Lanzac Clan

as Valérie Lanzac

La solitude du pouvoir

as Laurence

Rio Sex Comedy

as Irène

The French Kissers

as La mère d'Aurore

Déchaînées

as Aurore

The Dust of Time

as Eleni

Fallen Heroes

as Anne

The Inner Life of Martin Frost

2007

as Claire Martin

4.3

The Education of Fairies

2006

as Ingrid

6.2

Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

2006

as Self

8.5

French Beauty

2005

as Self (archive footage)

The Pornographer: A Love Story

as Anna

Autumn

as Michelle

Battle of the Brave

as Angélique de Roquebrune

6.1

The Legend of Princess Parva

2003

as Parva's Mother (voice)

6.5

Nés de la mère du monde

2003

as Clara Sidowski

The Landlords

2002

as Julie

4.3

Letter from an Unknown Woman

2002

as Rose

4.9

Heart of the Festival

2002

as Self (archive footage)

4.0

Four Play

2001

as Fiona Delgrazia

3.5

The Marcorelle Affair

2000

as Agneska

4.3

Spy Games

1999

as Natasha Scriabina / Anna Belinka

My Life So Far

as Aunt Heloise

The Big Brass Ring

as Cela Brandini

U.S. Marshals

as Marie

American Cuisine

as Gabrielle Boyer

Incognito

as Prof. Marieke van den Broeck

Victory

as Alma

Beyond the Clouds

as The Girl

Othello

as Desdemona

Runaways

as Prune

To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

1995

as Self (uncredited)

All Men Are Mortal

as Regina

Three Colors: Red

as Valentine

Kieślowski Cannes 94

as Self

The Secret Garden

1993

as Mary's Mother / Lilias Craven

Enak

as Lucielle Spaak

The Prediction

as Ludmila Egorova

Claude

as Beatrice de Lucio

Le Moulin de Daudet

as Mme Daudet

The Secret of Sarah Tombelaine

1991

as Sarah

The Double Life of Véronique

1991

as Weronika / Véronique

Kieslowski: Dialogue

as Self

Gang of Four

as Marine

Errors of Youth

as Anne

Au Revoir les Enfants

1987

as Ms. Davenne, Piano Teacher

7.5

Custom of the Country

The Prominents

as Janot Blum

Sans cesse mon chéri

Television (10)

Log Out

2025

as Josèphe

Liaison

2023

as Sophie Saint-Roch

6.3

Septième Ciel

2023

as Isabelle Rotanger

Cherchez la femme !

2022

as (voice)

9.0

Patrick Melrose

2018

as Jacqueline D'Alantour

The OA

as Elodie

Capitaine Marleau

as Sœur Maryse

The Affair

as Juliette Le Gall

Spécial cinéma

as Self

Alice

as Mariette Guy