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.

Filmography

• 2026Josèphe
• Rendez-vous chez Cyril Lignac
• The New Look — The Baroness
• 2023Un fil à la patte — la baronne Duverger
• 2022Rumba Therapy — Patronne
• 2021Papy fait de la résistance — Madame Bourdelle
• 2020100% Organic — Hortensia
• 2020Hortense — Sophie Delalande
• Les Copains d'abord — Annie
• 2019Murder on Reunion Island — Juliette Gentil
• Les Impatientes — La Baronne
• 2018To Each, Her Own — Noëlle Benloulou
• 2017Like Mother, Like Daughter — Irène
• The Art of Crime — Michele Dompierre
• 2017This Is Our Land — Agnès Dorgelle
• 2017Un jour mon prince — La Reine Titiana
• 2016Hidden Kisses — Catherine
• 2016Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous — Mère Château
• 2016Trois mariages et un coup de foudre — Annie
• Cassandre — Nicole
• 2014Divorce French Style — Daphné
• 2014Everything Goes Wild — Sandra
• 2014It's Never Too Late — Valérie
• 2014Lili Rose — Pierrot's sister
• 2013Je vous présente ma femme — Viviane Martin
• La Famille Katz — Lisette Katz
• 2013Les Vieux Calibres — Madame Le Bihan
• Murders in... — Laurence Ravel
• 2012Bay of Algiers — Zoé
• 2012Ten Minutes from Naturists — Solange Langlois
• 2011Demain, je me marie — Karine
• 2011Gérald K. Gérald — Samantha de Réglisse
• 2011Le Client — Viviane Fondary
• 2011Livid — Wilson
• 2010Notre Dame des Barjots — Lieutenant Sanchez
• 2010Roses on Credit — Mme Donzert
• 2010Thelma, Louise et Chantal — Chantal
• 2009L'arbre à clous — La Gate
• Scènes de ménages — Caroline, la fille d'Huguette et Raymond
• 200848 Hours a Day — Laurent
• 2008Behind the Walls — Director
• 2008La Maison Tellier — Odile Tellier
• 2007La Méthode Bourchnikov — Sylvette Martin (voice)
• 2006Dikkenek — Sylvie
• 2006L'Enfant d'une autre — Maud Kert
• Le Cri — Renée Panaud
• 2006Les Aristos — La duchesse Marie-Claude Saumur-Chantilly de Fortemure
• 2006Mes parents chéris — Marie Amato
• 2006The Pink Soldier — La Voix du Grand Magasin
• 2005Désiré Landru — Mme Marchadier
• 2005Louise — Joanne Guiberry
• 2005Quartier V.I.P. — Louisette
• Colette, une femme libre — Mathilde de Morny dite « Missy »
• 2004Qui mange quand ? — Rose Lantier
• 2004The First Time I Turned Twenty — Mme Goldman, la mère
• 2003Atlantic Island — Chantal Seignelet
• 2003Corto Maltese: The Guilded House of Samarkand — Marianne (FR)
• 2003Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn — Ambiguità di Poincy (FR)
• L'Adieu — Georgette
• 2003Who Killed Bambi? — Véronique
• 2002La Torpille — Dominique Dumas
• 2002Qui mange quoi ? — Rose
• 2001God Is Great and I'm Not — Evelyne
• 2001J'ai faim !!! — Lily
• 2000Evasions — Diane Lessing
• 2000The Heart at Work — Françoise
• 1999Qui mange qui ? — Rose
• 1998Jeudi 12
• 1998Let There Be Light! — Dieu Suzanne
• 1998Théo et Marie — Marcelle
• 1997Gentlemen Children — Yolande
• 1997La Ballade de Titus — Louise
• 1997La Vie à trois — Charlotte
• 1997Maintenant ou jamais — Delphine
• 1997XXL — Lorène Benguigui
• 1996A lovely summer afternoon — Solange
• 1996Let's Hope It Lasts — Christine Ponty
• 1996Oui — Nathalie
• 1996Sur un air de mambo — Arlette
• 1996The Grand Dukes — Carla Milo
• 1996The Orinoco Dam — Arlette Legrand
• 1995Happiness Is in the Field — Madame André dit « Lolotte »
• 1994Dieu que les femmes sont amoureuses — Anne
• 1994Girls with Guns — Cécile
• 1994Neuf Mois — Dominique
• 1993The Thirst for Gold — Fleurette, épouse d'Urbain
• 1992The Girl in the Air — Rose
• 1991My Father the Hero — Christelle
• 1991Thank You, Life — Evangeline Pelleveau, la mère jeune
• 1990Auntie Danielle — Catherine Billard
• L'Été de la Révolution — Madame Lecoeur
• Les Jupons de la révolution — Rose Bertin
• 1989The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers — Marie-Françoise Tocanier
• 1988Life Is a Long Quiet River — Marie-Thérèse
• 1987Malady of Love — Nurse
• 1986State of Grace — (uncredited)
• 1985The Chicks — Cliente gym-center
• Julien Fontanes, magistrat — Dany
• Génération plastique

Appearances as themselves (9)

• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma — Self - Guest
• The Unexpected Getaway — Self
• Folie passagère — Self
• The Unexpected Getaway — Self
• Tout le monde en parle — Self
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Les Nuls, l'émission — Self - Guest
• Télématin — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self