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 Rou...
Dieu que les femmes sont amoureuses
1994
My Father the Hero
1991
God Is Great and I'm Not
2001
Happiness Is in the Field
1995
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
1989
Behind the Walls
2008
To Each, Her Own
2018
Let There Be Light!
1998
It's Never Too Late
2014
Corto Maltese: The Guilded House of Samarkand
2003
Un fil à la patte
2023
L'enfant d'une autre
2006
The Grand Dukes
1996
Qui mange qui ?
1999
Ten Minutes from Naturists
2012
48 Hours a Day
2008
Hidden Kisses
2016
Rumba Therapy
2022
Let's Hope It Lasts
1996
Life Is a Long Quiet River
1988
La Torpille
2002
State of Grace
1986
Auntie Danielle
1990
XXL
1997
Je vous présente ma femme
2013
Roses on Credit
2010
Dikkenek
2006
Livid
2011
Neuf mois
1994
Malady of Love
1987
La Maison Tellier
2008
Quartier V.I.P.
2005
Trois mariages et un coup de foudre
2016
This Is Our Land
2017
J'ai faim !!!
2001
Girls with Guns
1994
The Girl in the Air
1992