Irène Jacob

Born: 1966-07-15, Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Biography

Irène Marie Jacob (born 15 July 1966) is a French-born Swiss actress considered one of the preeminent French actresses of her generation. Jacob gained international recognition and acclaim through her work with Polish film director Krzysztof Kieslowski, who cast her in the lead role of The Double Life of Véronique and Three Colors: Red. She came to represent an image of European sophistication, through her "classic beauty and thoughtful, almost melancholic style of acting."

Filmography

• The OA (2016)
• Liaison (2023)
• Patrick Melrose (2018)
• U.S. Marshals (1998)
• Capitaine Marleau (2015)
• Vie privée (2025)
• Maigret et le mort amoureux (2026)
• The Secret Garden (1993)
• Trois couleurs : Rouge (1994)
• Au revoir les enfants (1987)
• Mille millièmes (2002)
• Dying of the Light (2014)
• Η Σκόνη του Χρόνου (2008)
• Al di là delle nuvole (1995)
• My Life So Far (1999)
• Éternité (2016)
• Déchaînées (2009)
• Nouvelle-France (2004)
• Cuisine américaine (1998)
• Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot (2024)
• The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007)
• Salaud, on t'aime (2014)
• Rio Sex Comedy (2010)
• Les Dominos (2020)
• 13 Powrotów (2017)
• Automne (2004)
• Le Voyage en pyjama (2024)
• さようなら (2015)
• Why War (2025)
• Villa Caprice (2021)