Catherine Jacob
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. ...
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Josèphe
2027 · Jeannette
Génération plastique
2026
Un fil à la patte
2023 · la baronne Duverger
Rumba Therapy
2022 · Patronne
Papy fait de la résistance
2021 · Madame Bourdelle
Obsessed
2020 · Sophie Delalande
100% Organic
2020 · Hortensia
Murder on Reunion Island
2019 · Juliette Gentil
To Each, Her Own
2018 · Noëlle Benloulou
Like Mother, Like Daughter
2017 · Irène
This Is Our Land
2017 · Agnès Dorgelle
Un jour mon prince
2017 · La Reine Titiana
Trois mariages et un coup de foudre
2016 · Annie
Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous
2016 · Mère Château
Hidden Kisses
2016 · Catherine
It's Never Too Late
2014 · Valérie
Lili Rose
2014 · Pierrot's sister
Divorce French Style
2014 · Daphné
Everything Goes Wild
2014 · Sandra
Les Vieux Calibres
2013 · Madame Le Bihan
Je vous présente ma femme
2013 · Viviane Martin
Bay of Algiers
2012 · Zoé
Ten Minutes from Naturists
2012 · Solange Langlois
Livid
2011 · Wilson
Le Client
2011 · Viviane Fondary
Gérald K. Gérald
2011 · Samantha de Réglisse
Demain, je me marie
2011 · Karine
Roses on Credit
2010 · Mme Donzert
Notre Dame des Barjots
2010 · Lieutenant Sanchez
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
2010 · Chantal
L'arbre à clous
2009 · La Gate
48 Hours a Day
2008 · Laurent
Behind the Walls
2008 · Director
La Maison Tellier
2008 · Odile Tellier
La Méthode Bourchnikov
2007 · Sylvette Martin (voice)
The Pink Soldier
2006 · La Voix du Grand Magasin
Les Aristos
2006 · La duchesse Marie-Claude Saumur-Chantilly de Fortemure
Dikkenek
2006 · Sylvie
Mes parents chéris
2006 · Marie Amato
L'Enfant d'une autre
2006 · Maud Kert
Désiré Landru
2005 · Mme Marchadier
Quartier V.I.P.
2005 · Louisette
Louise
2005 · Joanne Guiberry
Qui mange quand ?
2004 · Rose Lantier
The First Time I Turned Twenty
2004 · Mme Goldman, la mère
Who Killed Bambi?
2003 · Véronique
Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn
2003 · Ambiguità di Poincy (voice)
Corto Maltese: The Guilded House of Samarkand
2003 · Marianne (voice)
Atlantic Island
2003 · Chantal Seignelet
Qui mange quoi ?
2002 · Rose
La Torpille
2002 · Dominique Dumas
J'ai faim !!!
2001 · Lily
God Is Great and I'm Not
2001 · Evelyne
The Heart at Work
2000 · Françoise
Evasions
2000 · Diane Lessing
Qui mange qui ?
1999 · Rose
Jeudi 12
1998
Let There Be Light!
1998 · Dieu Suzanne
Théo et Marie
1998 · Marcelle
XXL
1997 · Lorène Benguigui
La Vie à trois
1997 · Charlotte
Gentlemen Children
1997 · Yolande
La Ballade de Titus
1997 · Louise
Maintenant ou jamais
1997 · Delphine
Oui
1996 · Nathalie
The Orinoco Dam
1996 · Arlette Legrand
Sur un air de mambo
1996 · Arlette
The Grand Dukes
1996 · Carla Milo
Let's Hope It Lasts
1996 · Christine Ponty
A lovely summer afternoon
1996 · Solange
Happiness Is in the Field
1995 · Madame André dit « Lolotte »
Girls with Guns
1994 · Cécile
Dieu que les femmes sont amoureuses
1994 · Anne
Neuf Mois
1994 · Dominique
The Thirst for Gold
1993 · Fleurette, épouse d'Urbain
The Girl in the Air
1992 · Rose
My Father the Hero
1991 · Christelle
Thank You, Life
1991 · Evangeline Pelleveau, la mère jeune
Auntie Danielle
1990 · Catherine Billard
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
1989 · Marie-Françoise Tocanier
Life Is a Long Quiet River
1988 · Marie-Thérèse
Malady of Love
1987 · Nurse
State of Grace
1986 · (uncredited)
The Chicks
1985 · Cliente gym-center
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Rendez-vous chez Cyril Lignac
2025
The New Look
2024 · The Baroness
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023 · Self - Guest
The Unexpected Getaway
2022 · Self
Les Copains d'abord
2020 · Annie
Les Impatientes
2018 · La Baronne
The Art of Crime
2017 · Michele Dompierre
Cassandre
2015 · Nicole
Folie passagère
2015 · Self
La Famille Katz
2013 · Lisette Katz
Murders in...
2013 · Laurence Ravel
The Unexpected Getaway
2012 · Self
Scènes de ménages
2009 · Caroline, la fille d'Huguette et Raymond
Le Cri
2006 · Renée Panaud
Colette, une femme libre
2004 · Mathilde de Morny dite « Missy »
L'Adieu
2003 · Georgette
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
Tout le monde en parle
1998 · Self
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990 · Self - Guest
Les Jupons de la révolution
1989 · Rose Bertin
L'Été de la Révolution
1989 · Madame Lecoeur
Télématin
1985 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Julien Fontanes, magistrat
1980 · Dany