Catherine Jacob
84 movies · 13 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 16, 1956 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- 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.
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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. ...
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Acting (97)
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- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023 Un fil à la patte
as la baronne Duverger
- 2022 Rumba Therapy
as Patronne
- 2021 Papy fait de la résistance
as Madame Bourdelle
- 2020 Hortense
as Sophie Delalande
- 2020
- 2020 100% Organic
as Hortensia
- 2019 Murder on Reunion Island
as Juliette Gentil
- 2018
- 2018 To Each, Her Own
as Noëlle Benloulou
- 2017
- 2017 Like Mother, Like Daughter
as Irène
- 2017 This Is Our Land
as Agnès Dorgelle
- 2017 Un jour mon prince
as La Reine Titiana
- 2016 Trois mariages et un coup de foudre
as Annie
- 2016 Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous
as Mère Château
- 2016 Hidden Kisses
as Catherine
- 2015
- 2014 It's Never Too Late
as Valérie
- 2014 Lili Rose
as Pierrot's sister
- 2014 Divorce French Style
as Daphné
- 2014 Everything Goes Wild
as Sandra
- 2013
- 2013 Les Vieux Calibres
as Madame Le Bihan
- 2013
- 2013 Je vous présente ma femme
as Viviane Martin
- 2012 Bay of Algiers
as Zoé
- 2012 Ten Minutes from Naturists
as Solange Langlois
- 2011 Livid
as Wilson
- 2011 Le Client
as Viviane Fondary
- 2011 Gérald K. Gérald
as Samantha de Réglisse
- 2011 Demain, je me marie
as Karine
- 2010 Roses on Credit
as Mme Donzert
- 2010 Notre Dame des Barjots
as Lieutenant Sanchez
- 2010 Thelma, Louise et Chantal
as Chantal
- 2009 L'arbre à clous
as La Gate
- 2008 48 Hours a Day
as Laurent
- 2008 Behind the Walls
as Director
- 2008 La Maison Tellier
as Odile Tellier
- 2007 La Méthode Bourchnikov
as Sylvette Martin (voice)
- 2006 The Pink Soldier
as La Voix du Grand Magasin
- 2006 Les Aristos
as La duchesse Marie-Claude Saumur-Chantilly de Fortemure
- 2006 Dikkenek
as Sylvie
- 2006 Mes parents chéris
as Marie Amato
- 2006 L'Enfant d'une autre
as Maud Kert
- 2006
- 2005 Désiré Landru
as Mme Marchadier
- 2005 Quartier V.I.P.
as Louisette
- 2005 Louise
as Joanne Guiberry
- 2004 Qui mange quand ?
as Rose Lantier
- 2004 The First Time I Turned Twenty
as Mme Goldman, la mère
- 2003 Who Killed Bambi?
as Véronique
- 2003 Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn
as Ambiguità di Poincy (FR)
- 2003 Corto Maltese: The Guilded House of Samarkand
as Marianne (FR)
- 2003 Atlantic Island
as Chantal Seignelet
- 2003
- 2002 Qui mange quoi ?
as Rose
- 2002 La Torpille
as Dominique Dumas
- 2001 J'ai faim !!!
as Lily
- 2001 God Is Great and I'm Not
as Evelyne
- 2000 The Heart at Work
as Françoise
- 2000 Evasions
as Diane Lessing
- 1999 Qui mange qui ?
as Rose
- 1998
- 1998 Let There Be Light!
as Dieu Suzanne
- 1998 Théo et Marie
as Marcelle
- 1997 XXL
as Lorène Benguigui
- 1997 La Vie à trois
as Charlotte
- 1997 Gentlemen Children
as Yolande
- 1997 La Ballade de Titus
as Louise
- 1997 Maintenant ou jamais
as Delphine
- 1996 Oui
as Nathalie
- 1996 The Orinoco Dam
as Arlette Legrand
- 1996 Sur un air de mambo
as Arlette
- 1996 The Grand Dukes
as Carla Milo
- 1996 Let's Hope It Lasts
as Christine Ponty
- 1996 A lovely summer afternoon
as Solange
- 1995 Happiness Is in the Field
as Madame André dit « Lolotte »
- 1994 Girls with Guns
as Cécile
- 1994
- 1994 Neuf Mois
as Dominique
- 1993 The Thirst for Gold
as Fleurette, épouse d'Urbain
- 1992 The Girl in the Air
as Rose
- 1991 My Father the Hero
as Christelle
- 1991 Thank You, Life
as Evangeline Pelleveau, la mère jeune
- 1990 Auntie Danielle
as Catherine Billard
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989 The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
as Marie-Françoise Tocanier
- 1988 Life Is a Long Quiet River
as Marie-Thérèse
- 1987 Malady of Love
as Nurse
- 1986 State of Grace
as (uncredited)
- 1985 The Chicks
as Cliente gym-center
- 1980
Talk shows and appearances (11)
- 2023 Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
1 episode
- 2022 The Unexpected Getaway
1 episode
- 2015 Folie passagère
1 episode
- 2012 The Unexpected Getaway
1 episode
- 2009 Scènes de ménages
995 episodes
- 2004 Colette, une femme libre
2 episodes
- 1998 Vivement dimanche
1 episode
- 1998 Tout le monde en parle
1 episode
- 1990 Les Nuls, l'émission
1 episode
- 1985 Télématin
1 episode
- 1982 Champs-Elysées
1 episode