Catherine Jacob

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1956-12-16 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Catherine Jacob

Biography

Catherine Jacob (born 16 December 1956) is a French film and theatrical actress who has won a César Award for her role in Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988), and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Tatie Danielle (1990), Merci la vie (1991) and Neuf mois (1994). She has been two-time president of the Lumières Award. She is known for her voice and her charisma. Born in Paris on 16 December 1956, Catherine Jacob spent part of her childhood and adolescence in Compiègne, where she was educated at primary school and then Pierre d'Ailly High School. Her father was a dental surgeon and her mother an orthodontist. She has a younger brother. ...

Acting

2003

Who Killed Bambi?

as Véronique

2022

Rumba Therapy

as Patronne

1988

Life Is a Long Quiet River

as Marie-Thérèse

1991

My Father the Hero

as Christelle

1990

Auntie Danielle

as Catherine Billard

2006

Dikkenek

as Sylvie

1991

Thank You, Life

as Evangeline Pelleveau, la mère jeune

2004

The First Time I Turned Twenty

as Mme Goldman, la mère

1995

Happiness Is in the Field

as Madame André dit « Lolotte »

1994

Neuf mois

as Dominique

2008

48 Hours a Day

as Laurent

1997

2006

The Pink Soldier

as La Voix du Grand Magasin

1996

The Grand Dukes

as Carla Milo

2008

Behind the Walls

as Director

2023

Un fil à la patte

as la baronne Duverger

1986

State of Grace

as (uncredited)

2006

Les Aristos

as La duchesse Marie-Claude Saumur-Chantilly de Fortemure

2000

Evasions

as Diane Lessing

2001

2011

Livid

as Wilson

2003

Atlantic Island

as Chantal Seignelet

2005

Quartier V.I.P.

as Louisette

2011

Le Client

as Viviane Fondary

2012

2007

La Méthode Bourchnikov

as Sylvette Martin (voice)

1994

Girls with Guns

as Cécile

1989

The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers

as Marie-Françoise Tocanier

1996

Oui

as Nathalie

2010

Notre Dame des Barjots

as Lieutenant Sanchez

2013

1998

Let There Be Light!

as Dieu Suzanne

2013

Les Vieux Calibres

as Madame Le Bihan

2014

2011

Gérald K. Gérald

as Samantha de Réglisse

1993

The Thirst for Gold

as Fleurette, épouse d'Urbain

2010

Roses on Credit

as Mme Donzert

1997

La Vie à trois

as Charlotte

1997

1997

XXL

as Lorène Benguigui

2000

The Heart at Work

as Françoise

2002

La Torpille

as Dominique Dumas

2003

Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn

as Ambiguità di Poincy (FR)

2016

Hidden Kisses

as Catherine

2016

2006

2017

Un jour mon prince

as La Reine Titiana

2017

This Is Our Land

as Agnès Dorgelle

1996

The Orinoco Dam

as Arlette Legrand

1999

2008

La Maison Tellier

as Odile Tellier

1987

2005

Désiré Landru

as Mme Marchadier

2011

2018

To Each, Her Own

as Noëlle Benloulou

2014

1996

Let's Hope It Lasts

as Christine Ponty

2019

Murder on Reunion Island

as Juliette Gentil

2002

2004

Qui mange quand ?

as Rose Lantier

2012

Ten Minutes from Naturists

as Solange Langlois

2021

100% Organic

as Hortensia

2020

Hortense

as Sophie Delalande

2014

Lili Rose

as Pierrot's sister

2021

Papy fait de la résistance

as Madame Bourdelle

2005

Louise

as Joanne Guiberry

1998

Théo et Marie

as Marcelle

2006

Mes parents chéris

as Marie Amato

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