Catherine Jacob

Personal Info

Birthday

December 16, 1956

(68 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.

Known For

Murders in...

The New Look

Cassandre

Scènes de ménages

Julien Fontanes, magistrat

Auntie Danielle

Dieu que les femmes sont amoureuses

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Filmography

2023
Un fil à la patte
as la baronne Duverger
2022
Rumba Therapy
as Patronne
2021
Papy fait de la résistance
as Madame Bourdelle
100% Organic
as Hortensia
2020
Hortense
as Sophie Delalande
2019
Murder on Reunion Island
as Juliette Gentil
2018
To Each, Her Own
as Noëlle Benloulou
2017
Like Mother, Like Daughter
as Irène
This Is Our Land
as Agnès Dorgelle
Un jour mon prince
as La Reine Titiana
2016
Trois mariages et un coup de foudre
as Annie
Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous
as Mère Château
Hidden Kisses
as Catherine
2014
It's Never Too Late
as Valérie
Lili Rose
as Pierrot's sister
Divorce French Style
as Daphné
Everything Goes Wild
as Sandra
2013
Les Vieux Calibres
as Madame Le Bihan
Je vous présente ma femme
as Viviane Martin
2012
Bay of Algiers
as Zoé
Ten Minutes from Naturists
as Solange Langlois
2011
Livid
as Wilson
Le Client
as Viviane Fondary
Gérald K. Gérald
as Samantha de Réglisse
Demain, je me marie
as Karine
2010
Roses on Credit
as Mme Donzert
Notre Dame des Barjots
as Lieutenant Sanchez
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
as Chantal
2008
48 Hours a Day
as Laurent
Behind the Walls
as Director
La Maison Tellier
as Odile Tellier
2007
La Méthode Bourchnikov
as Sylvette Martin (voice)
2006
The Pink Soldier
as La Voix du Grand Magasin
Les Aristos
as La duchesse Marie-Claude Saumur-Chantilly de Fortemure
Dikkenek
as Sylvie
Mes parents chéris
as Marie Amato
L'enfant d'une autre
as Maud Kert
2005
Désiré Landru
as Mme Marchadier
Quartier V.I.P.
as Louisette
Louise
as Joanne Guiberry
2004
Qui mange quand ?
as Rose Lantier
The First Time I Turned Twenty
as Mme Goldman, la mère
2003
Who Killed Bambi?
as Véronique
Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn
as Ambiguità di Poincy (FR)
Corto Maltese: The Guilded House of Samarkand
as Marianne (FR)
Atlantic Island
as Chantal Seignelet
2002
Qui mange quoi ?
as Rose
La Torpille
as Dominique Dumas
2001
J'ai faim !!!
as Lily
God Is Great and I'm Not
as Evelyne
2000
The Heart at Work
as Françoise
Evasions
as Diane Lessing
1999
Qui mange qui ?
as Rose
1998
Let There Be Light!
as Dieu Suzanne
Théo et Marie
as Marcelle
1997
XXL
as Lorène Benguigui
La Vie à trois
as Charlotte
Gentlemen Children
as Yolande
La Ballade de Titus
as Louise
1996
Oui
as Nathalie
The Orinoco Dam
as Arlette Legrand
The Grand Dukes
as Carla Milo
Let's Hope It Lasts
as Christine Ponty
A lovely summer afternoon
as Solange
1995
Happiness Is in the Field
as Madame André dit « Lolotte »
1994
Girls with Guns
as Cécile
Dieu que les femmes sont amoureuses
as Anne
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
Thank You, Life
as Evangeline Pelleveau, la mère jeune
1990
Auntie Danielle
as Catherine Billard
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)