Irène Jacob
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."
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Acting History
2026
Maigret and the Dead Lover as Louise Maigret
2025Log Out as Josèphe
2025Golem in Pompei
2025A Private Life as Vera
2025Why War
2024Who by Fire as Hélène Falke
2024Meeting with Pol Pot as Lise Delbo
2024Hôtel Silence as Kristina
2024Shikun
2024Le Voyage en pyjama as Florence
2023Re-belles as Self
2023The Wild One as Self
2023Liaison as Sophie Saint-Roch
2023Septième Ciel as Isabelle Rotanger
2022Cherchez la femme ! as (voice)
2022Shoot to Live as Self
2021Talking Heads 2021 as Self
2021Marie Trintignant : Le Choix du jeu as Self
2021Villa Caprice as Nancy Fontaine
2020Les Dominos as Irène
2020Romantic Guide to Lost Places as Brigitte
2019The Scientific Proof of the Existence of God as Christine
2019À cause des filles…? as Eliane
2019Letter to Theo as Narrator (voice)
2018Black Baby as Valentine (archive footage)
2018Patrick Melrose as Jacqueline D'Alantour
2017Tales of Mexico as Ángela
2017Angela Merkel, une histoire allemande as Narrator
201713 Summers Underwater
2017Two Snails Set Off as (voice)
2017Home Away From Home as Writer
2016The OA as Elodie
2016Eternity as Mère de Gabrielle
2015Sayonara
2015Capitaine Marleau as Sœur Maryse
2015Capitaine Marleau as Elisa
2015Ella Maillart: Double Journey as Ella Maillart (voice)
2015Paris, Love, Cut as Chloé Artaud
2015The Easy Way Out as Mathilde
2014Dying of the Light as Michelle Zuberain
2014François Truffaut l'insoumis as Narrator (voice)
2014The Affair as Juliette Le Gall
2014We Love You, You Bastard as Printemps Kaminsky
2014Les enfants rouges
2013The Man Who Made Angels Fly as Self
2013The Lanzac Clan as Valérie Lanzac
2013Love Flesh as Self
2012La solitude du pouvoir as Laurence
2010Rio Sex Comedy as Irène
2009Déchaînées as Aurore
2009The French Kissers as La mère d'Aurore
2008The Dust of Time as Eleni
2008Fallen Heroes as Anne
2007The Inner Life of Martin Frost as Claire Martin
2006The Education of Fairies as Ingrid
2005French Beauty as Self (archive footage)
2005Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski as Self
2004Battle of the Brave as Angélique de Roquebrune
2004Autumn as Michelle
2004The Pornographer: A Love Story as Anna
2003Nés de la mère du monde as Clara Sidowski
2003The Legend of Princess Parva as Parva's Mother (voice)
2002Letter from an Unknown Woman as Rose
2002The Landlords as Julie
2001Four Play as Fiona Delgrazia
2000The Marcorelle Affair as Agneska
1999Spy Games as Natasha Scriabina / Anna Belinka
1999My Life So Far as Aunt Heloise
1999The Big Brass Ring as Cela Brandini
1998American Cuisine as Gabrielle Boyer
1998U.S. Marshals as Marie
1997Incognito as Prof. Marieke van den Broeck
1996Victory as Alma
1995Othello as Desdemona
1995All Men Are Mortal as Regina
1995Beyond the Clouds as The Girl
1995To Make a Film Is to Be Alive as Self (uncredited)
1995Runaways as Prune
1994Kieślowski Cannes 94 as Self
1994Three Colors: Red as Valentine
1993Enak as Lucielle Spaak
1993The Prediction as Ludmila Egorova
1993The Secret Garden as Mary's Mother / Lilias Craven
1992Claude as Beatrice de Lucio
1992Le Moulin de Daudet as Mme Daudet
1991The Secret of Sarah Tombelaine as Sarah
1991The Double Life of Véronique as Weronika / Véronique
1991Kieslowski: Dialogue as Self
1989Errors of Youth as Anne
1989Gang of Four as Marine
1987Au Revoir les Enfants as Ms. Davenne, Piano Teacher
1974Spécial cinéma as Self
—The Prominents as Janot Blum
—Alice as Mariette Guy
—Sans cesse mon chéri