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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.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1956-12-16
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- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 5.1
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6.1
Who Killed Bambi?
2003-12-24
6.2
Rumba Therapy
2022-08-24
6.8
Life Is a Long Quiet River
1988-02-03
5.6
My Father the Hero
1991-10-23
6.5
Auntie Danielle
1990-04-04
6.7
Dikkenek
2006-06-21
6.2
Thank You, Life
1991-03-13
0
Jeudi 12
1998-12-22
4.5
God Is Great and I'm Not
2001-09-26
5.8
The First Time I Turned Twenty
2004-10-06
7.1
Corto Maltese: The Guilded House of Samarkand
2003-11-14
6.9
Happiness Is in the Field
1995-12-06
5.9
Neuf mois
1994-02-02
4.6
48 Hours a Day
2008-06-04
5.3
Gentlemen Children
1997-10-01
5.5
The Pink Soldier
2006-12-24
6
The Grand Dukes
1996-02-21
6.5
Behind the Walls
2008-04-30
0
Un fil à la patte
2023-04-21
3
State of Grace
1986-12-24
4.5
Les Aristos
2006-09-20
6
Evasions
2000-06-06
4.9
J'ai faim !!!
2001-11-07
5.9
Livid
2011-12-06
5.7
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
2010-03-03
5
Atlantic Island
2003-07-01
4.3
Quartier V.I.P.
2005-05-25
3.8
Le Client
2011-09-26
3.9
Bay of Algiers
2012-06-26
7
La Méthode Bourchnikov
2007-04-04
4.2
Girls with Guns
1994-06-22
6.4
The Girl in the Air
1992-05-26
4.5
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
1989-01-04
2
Oui
1996-12-04
6
Notre Dame des Barjots
2010-04-02
5
Je vous présente ma femme
2013-04-12
6
Everything Goes Wild
2014-03-07
6
Let There Be Light!
1998-07-08
5
Les Vieux Calibres
2013-04-30
5
Divorce French Style
2014-06-25
5.2
Gérald K. Gérald
2011-03-18
5.5
The Thirst for Gold
1993-08-31
4.8
Roses à crédit
2010-09-09
0
La Vie à trois
1997-12-08
0
La Ballade de Titus
1997-07-17
4
XXL
1997-12-10
4.6
The Heart at Work
2000-07-12
0
A lovely summer afternoon
7
Dieu que les femmes sont amoureuses
1994-06-01
6.1
La Torpille
2002-04-16
6.9
Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn
2003-11-19
7.6
Hidden Kisses
2016-02-04
5.8
Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous
2016-02-10
0
L'enfant d'une autre
2006-03-14
3.7
Un jour mon prince
2017-01-17
5.8
This Is Our Land
2017-01-25
5.7
Like Mother, Like Daughter
2017-03-29
6
The Orinoco Dam
1996-09-14
6.5
Qui mange qui ?
1999-05-20
0
La Maison Tellier
2008-04-29
5
Malady of Love
1987-09-30
5.8
Désiré Landru
2005-09-19
5
Demain, je me marie
2011-02-09
5.1
To Each, Her Own
2018-06-24
6.2
It's Never Too Late
2014-11-11
2
Let's Hope It Lasts
1996-02-07
5.7
Murder on Reunion Island
2019-09-21
5
Qui mange quand ?
2004-10-20
6.5
Qui mange quoi ?
2002-12-10
4.5
Trois mariages et un coup de foudre
2016-12-31
4.9
Ten Minutes from Naturists
2012-03-04
5.3
100% Organic
2021-01-05
6.1
Hortense
2020-12-14
4.5
Lili Rose
2014-10-22
6
Papy fait de la résistance
2021-06-01
0
Louise
2005-01-18
6
Théo et Marie
1998-04-16
0
L'Été de la Révolution
1989-04-26
5.1
Tout le monde en parle
1998-09-19
4.5
Télématin
1985-01-10
6.5
Cassandre
2015-11-28
8.5
La Parenthèse inattendue
2012-10-31
0
L'Adieu
2003-04-28
4.7
Our dear neighbors
2012-06-04
6.3
Scènes de ménages
2009-11-09
7.2
Murders in...
2013-04-23
6
Folie passagère
2015-11-04
0
La Famille Katz
2013-11-27
6
Les Impatientes
2018-09-26
10
Colette, une femme libre
2004-01-25
1
Les Jupons de la révolution
1989-07-19
7.5
The New Look
2024-02-13
8.4
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990-10-13
0
Le Cri
2006-02-27
0
Julien Fontanes, magistrat
1980-01-27
6.2
Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16
5
Les Copains d'abord
2020-07-30
3.2
Vivement dimanche
1998-09-20