Irène Jacob
Acting
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Irène Jacob, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: July 15, 1966
Place of Birth: Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Known For
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Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker's career. Former classmates reminisce about Kieslowski's happy beginnings at the Lodz film school and how his dissatisfaction with some of his early documentaries prompted the dramatic work and stylistic experimentation that led to his monumental series of films The Decalogue (1989). Wim Wenders, Agnieszka Holland, and Juliette Binoche are among the many admirers weighing in on his hard-driving work methods and preoccupation with the ephemeral. In Polish, French, and German with subtitles.
Three Colors: Red
Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.
The Lanzac Clan
A war of inheritance in the Lanzac family, a rich industrial family from Bordeaux, against a backdrop of family secrets and the unsaid. Elisabeth Lanzac authoritatively leads an important industrial group specializing in wood. Her eldest son, Nicolas, is her named successor, but he dies in a road accident. When the will is read, the family is stunned to learn that he has left his share to Julien, his secret son...
Ella Maillart: Double Journey
Summer 1939. Ella Maillart and Annemarie Schwarzenbach leave Europe for Asia. Ella hopes to make an ethnographic film and to help Annemarie get off drugs. In Kabul she realizes to have lost all certainties and faces the difficult search for herself. For a year she travels alone in the British Indies, a keen observer of the colonial system, living from moment to moment while war ravages Europe. Letters, diaries, film footage and photographs reveal a portrait of Ella Maillart (1903-1997), one of the greatest travelers and photographers of the last century. Narrated by the voice of a great actress, Irène Jacob.
Patrick Melrose
A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.
Au Revoir les Enfants
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
The OA
Seven years after vanishing from her home, a young woman returns with mysterious new abilities and recruits five strangers for a secret mission.
The Double Life of Véronique
Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives, with Véronique embarking on an unusual romance with Alexandre Fabbri, a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues.
Filmography
as Louise Maigret
as Josèphe
as Vera
as Hélène Falke
as Lise Delbo
as Kristina
as Florence
as Self
as Self
as Sophie Saint-Roch
as Isabelle Rotanger
as (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Nancy Fontaine
as Irène
as Brigitte
as Christine
as Eliane
as Narrator (voice)
as Jacqueline D'Alantour
as Ángela
as Narrator
as (voice)
as Writer
as Elodie
as Mère de Gabrielle
as Sœur Maryse
as Elisa
as Ella Maillart (voice)
as Chloé Artaud
as Mathilde
as Michelle Zuberain
as Narrator (voice)
as Juliette Le Gall
as Printemps Kaminsky
as Self
as Valérie Lanzac
as Self
as Laurence
as Irène
as Aurore
as La mère d'Aurore
as Eleni
as Anne
as Claire Martin
as Ingrid
as Self (archive footage)
as Angélique de Roquebrune
as Michelle
as Parva's Mother (voice)
as Rose
as Julie
as Self (archive footage)
as Fiona Delgrazia
as Agneska
as Natasha Scriabina / Anna Belinka
as Aunt Heloise
as Cela Brandini
as Gabrielle Boyer
as Marie
as Prof. Marieke van den Broeck
as Alma
as Desdemona
as Regina
as The Girl
as Self (uncredited)
as Prune
as Self
as Valentine
as Lucielle Spaak
as Ludmila Egorova
as Mary's Mother / Lilias Craven
as Beatrice de Lucio
as Mme Daudet
as Sarah
as Weronika / Véronique
as Self
as Anne
as Marine
as Ms. Davenne, Piano Teacher
as Self
as Janot Blum