Catherine Jacob

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Born: December 16, 1956
From: Paris, France

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. After obtaining a diploma in architecture, Catherine Jacob moved to Paris. From 1978 to 1980, she studied acting at the Cours Florent, then located on Saint Louis Island. She started to act in the early 1980s as an extra in movies like Swann in Love by Volker Schlöndorff (1984), Les Nanas by Annick Lanoë (1985), State of Grace by Jacques Rouffio (1986) and Malady of Love by Jacques Deray (1987). She also appeared in TV movies and TV series like Dickie-roi by Guy Lefranc, Toutes griffes dehors by Michel Boisrond, Julien Fontanes, magistrat, Marie Pervenche, Sentiments and Qui c'est ce garçon? by Nadine Trintignant in minor roles. In 1985, she wrote and starred in her first one-woman show called Welcome to the Club, directed by Rémi Chenylle, drawing eleven portraits of characters. She appeared in several festivals with her show and toured with it the following year. In 1988 she played Marie-Thérèse in the cult film Life Is a Long Quiet River by Étienne Chatiliez. The movie was a huge success, and Jacob won the César Award for Most Promising Actress. She also played in the TV miniseries Le vent des moissons alongside Annie Girardot. That same year, she and Jacques Bonnaffé also had a huge success with the play Paris-Nord - Attractions pour noces et banquets. It was planned to be shown only for 10 nights, but due to the success, the play continued for three years. In 1989, she continued her tour with the play Paris-Nord - Attractions pour noces et banquets. She got a supporting role in Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants by Pascal Thomas, with Jean-François Stévenin and Michel Robin. She starred in two TV movies: L'été de la révolution with Bruno Cremer and Brigitte Fossey and Le vagabond de la Bastille by Michel Andrieu. She also appeared in an episode of the TV series Imogène with Dominique Lavanant. In 1990, she ended her tour with the play Paris-Nord - Attractions pour noces et banquets after three years. She appeared in the second movie of the director Étienne Chatiliez, Tatie Danielle with Tsilla Chelton, Isabelle Nanty and Karin Viard. It was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. The movie was again a big success at the box office, well received by the critics and became a cult movie. Jacob was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress. ... Source: Article "Catherine Jacob (actress)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Works

84 films

Désiré Landru

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This Is Our Land

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Like Mother, Like Daughter

20175.7

XXL

19974.6

Rumba Therapy

20226.1

Girls with Guns

19944.3

Hidden Kisses

20167.5

The Chicks

19853.7

Livid

20115.9

Thank You, Life

19916.2

My Father the Hero

19915.7

Dikkenek

20066.7

Oui

19963.2

Les Vieux Calibres

20135.0

The Heart at Work

20004.2

Thelma, Louise et Chantal

20105.5

Ten Minutes from Naturists

20124.8

Life Is a Long Quiet River

19886.7

Who Killed Bambi?

20036.0

The Pink Soldier

20065.5

Everything Goes Wild

20146.0

La Méthode Bourchnikov

20077.5

To Each, Her Own

20185.1

Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous

20165.8

The Thirst for Gold

19935.5

Qui mange quand ?

20047.0

Auntie Danielle

19906.5

Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn

20036.9

God Is Great and I'm Not

20014.6

Malady of Love

19875.1

The Orinoco Dam

19966.7

Happiness Is in the Field

19956.8

Atlantic Island

20035.3

Maintenant ou jamais

1997

Théo et Marie

19986.7

Génération plastique

2026

Let There Be Light!

19986.5

Neuf Mois

19945.7

Jeudi 12

19987.0

L'arbre à clous

2009

La Ballade de Titus

19979.0

Evasions

20007.3

Josèphe

2026

The Grand Dukes

19966.1

Les Aristos

20064.3

La Vie à trois

19978.0

100% Organic

20205.2

Papy fait de la résistance

20216.0

J'ai faim !!!

20015.0

Quartier V.I.P.

20054.5

Roses on Credit

20104.6

The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers

19895.1

Mes parents chéris

2006

Demain, je me marie

20115.0

The First Time I Turned Twenty

20045.8

State of Grace

19864.0

Qui mange quoi ?

20027.7

Divorce French Style

20145.0

Gentlemen Children

19975.2

Bay of Algiers

20123.4

Corto Maltese: The Guilded House of Samarkand

20037.3

Gérald K. Gérald

20115.2

Je vous présente ma femme

20135.0

Behind the Walls

20086.1

The Girl in the Air

19926.6

Hortense

20206.6

48 Hours a Day

20085.3

Un jour mon prince

20173.7

Trois mariages et un coup de foudre

20164.5

Let's Hope It Lasts

19963.8

Lili Rose

20144.0

Murder on Reunion Island

20195.6

Dieu que les femmes sont amoureuses

19948.0

L'Enfant d'une autre

2006

Le Client

20113.8

It's Never Too Late

20146.2

Louise

200510.0

Qui mange qui ?

19996.9

A lovely summer afternoon

19968.0

Notre Dame des Barjots

20106.0

Sur un air de mambo

19968.0

La Maison Tellier

2008

Un fil à la patte

20236.0

La Torpille

20026.3