![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: July 15, 1966 in Paris, France Biography:An actress whose classic beauty and thoughtful, almost melancholic style of acting have established her as a cinematic representative of European sophistication, "Irène Jacob" is one of the preeminent French actresses of her generation. First becoming known through her association with Polish director "Krzysztof Kieslowski", who cast her as his heroine in both "La Double Vie de Véronique" and "Trois Couleurs: Rouge", Jacob has gone on to work with a number of well-known directors on both sides of the Atlantic.
Born in Paris on July 15, 1966, Jacob moved to Geneva with her family when she was three years old. The daughter of a psychologist mother and physicist father, she made her stage debut in Switzerland at the age of 11. She went on to study drama at the Geneva Conservatoire and the prestigious Rue Blanche (the French national drama academy) in Paris and also trained for a time in London. It was... Full Biography
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