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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Irène Jacob, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Maigret and the Dead Lover — Louise Maigret
• 2026The Road to Jericho
• 2025A Private Life — Vera
• 2025Golem in Pompei
• 2025La Vie Pathé-Baby — (Voix)
• Log Out — Josèphe
• 2025Why War
• 2024Hôtel Silence — Kristina
• 2024Le Voyage en pyjama — Florence
• 2024Meeting with Pol Pot — Lise Delbo
• 2024Shikun
• 2024Who by Fire — Hélène Falke
• Liaison — Sophie Saint-Roch
• Septième Ciel — Isabelle Rotanger
• Cherchez la femme ! — (voice)
• 2021Villa Caprice — Nancy Fontaine
• 2020Les Dominos — Irène
• 2020Romantic Guide to Lost Places — Brigitte
• 2019For the Ones We Loved — Eliane
• 2019Letter to Theo — Narrator (voice)
• 2019The Scientific Proof of the Existence of God — Christine
• Patrick Melrose — Jacqueline D'Alantour
• 201713 Summers Underwater
• 2017Angela Merkel, une histoire allemande — Narrator
• 2017Home Away From Home — Writer
• 2017Tales of Mexico — Ángela
• 2017Two Snails Set Off — (voice)
• 2016Eternity — Mère de Gabrielle
• The OA — Elodie
• Capitaine Marleau — Sœur Maryse, Elisa
• 2015Ella Maillart: Double Journey — Ella Maillart (voice)
• 2015Paris, Love, Cut — Chloé Artaud
• 2015Sayonara
• 2015The Easy Way Out — Mathilde
• 2014Dying of the Light — Michelle Zuberain
• 2014François Truffaut l'insoumis — Narrator (voice)
• 2014Les enfants rouges
• The Affair — Juliette Le Gall
• 2014We Love You, You Bastard — Printemps Kaminsky
• 2013The Lanzac Clan — Valérie Lanzac
• 2012La solitude du pouvoir — Laurence
• 2010Rio Sex Comedy — Irène
• 2009Déchaînées — Aurore
• 2009The French Kissers — La mère d'Aurore
• 2008Fallen Heroes — Anne
• 2008The Dust of Time — Eleni
• 2007The Inner Life of Martin Frost — Claire Martin
• 2006The Education of Fairies — Ingrid
• 2004Autumn — Michelle
• 2004Battle of the Brave — Angélique de Roquebrune
• 2004The Pornographer: A Love Story — Anna
• 2003Nés de la mère du monde — Clara Sidowski
• 2003The Legend of Princess Parva — Parva's Mother (voice)
• 2002Letter from an Unknown Woman — Rose
• 2002The Landlords — Julie
• 2001Four Play — Fiona Delgrazia
• 2000The Marcorelle Affair — Agneska
• 1999My Life So Far — Aunt Heloise
• 1999Spy Games — Natasha Scriabina / Anna Belinka
• 1999The Big Brass Ring — Cela Brandini
• 1998American Cuisine — Gabrielle Boyer
• 1998U.S. Marshals — Marie
• 1997Incognito — Prof. Marieke van den Broeck
• 1996Victory — Alma
• 1995All Men Are Mortal — Regina
• 1995Beyond the Clouds — The Girl
• 1995Othello — Desdemona
• 1995Runaways — Prune
• 1994Three Colors: Red — Valentine
• 1993Enak — Lucielle Spaak
• 1993The Prediction — Ludmila Egorova
• 1993The Secret Garden — Mary's Mother / Lilias Craven
• 1992Claude — Beatrice de Lucio
• 1992Le Moulin de Daudet — Mme Daudet
• 1991The Double Life of Véronique — Weronika / Véronique
• 1991The Secret of Sarah Tombelaine — Sarah
• 1989Errors of Youth — Anne
• 1989Gang of Four — Marine
• 1987Au Revoir les Enfants — Ms. Davenne, Piano Teacher
• Alice — Mariette Guy
• Peau d’vache
• Sans cesse mon chéri
• The Custom of the Country
• The Prominents — Janot Blum

Appearances as themselves (15)

• 2023Re-belles — Self
• 2023The Wild One — Self
• 2022Shoot to Live — Self
• 2021Marie Trintignant : Le Choix du jeu — Self
• 2021Talking Heads 2021 — Self
• 2013Love Flesh — Self
• 2013The Man Who Made Angels Fly — Self
• 2006Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski — Self
• 2005French Beauty — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Heart of the Festival — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Léaud l'unique — Self - actress
• 1995To Make a Film Is to Be Alive — Self (uncredited)
• 1994Kieślowski Cannes 94 — Self
• 1991Kieslowski: Dialogue — Self
• Spécial cinéma — Self