Irene Jacob

Nationality:
Swiss
Birthdate:
07/15/1966
Birthplace:
Geneva, Switzerland
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biography
This beautiful, dark-haired Swiss actress made a hit with a supporting role in her first film, as the piano teacher in Louis Malle's "Au Revoir, les enfants" (1987). Educated in London and Geneva, and a Paris resident since the age of 18, Jacob became a promising starlet with her Malle success and followed up with another small role in Jacques Rivette's "La Bande des quatre/The Gang of Four" (1989).

Stardom (and a Cannes Film Festival Best Actress award) arrived with Jacob's dual role as two women whose lives are mysteriously linked in Krzysztof Kieslowski's psychological drama "The Double Life Continued

Credits
Claire Martin
2007
Michelle
2006
The Girl
1999
Heloise
1999
Marie
1998
Veronique/Veronika
1991
Lilias Craven--Mary's Mother
Angelique de Roquebrune
Gabrielle
Alma
Marieke Van Den Broeck
Prune
Beatrice de Lucio
Desdemona
Natasha Scriobina
Valentine
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Geneva
1984 
Moved to Paris (date approximate)
1987 
Film debut, "Au Revoir, les enfants", directed by Louis Malle
1991 
First starring role, "The Double Life of Veronique"; first of two films with director Krzysztof Kieslowski
1991 
First US film, "Trusting Beatrice"
Continued