Biography
Irène Marie Jacob is a French-Swiss actress known for her work with Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. She won the 1991 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for the Kieślowski film The Double Life of Veronique, and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her 1994 film Three Colours: Red. Her other film appearances include The Secret Garden (1993), Beyond the Clouds (1995), U.S. Marshals (1998), and Eternity (2016).
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Awards & recognition
- Officer of Arts and Letters · 2022
- Officer of the National Order of Merit · 2019
- Knight of the National Order of Merit · 2009
- Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actress · 1991
- César Award — Best Actress · 1995 · nominated
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- César Award — Best Actress · 1992 · nominated
Filmography27 titles
Re-belles
Three Colors: Red
Patrick Melrose
The OA
The Double Life of Véronique
Au Revoir Les Enfants
The Secret Garden
The Gang of Four
The Affair
Who by Fire
U.S. Marshals
Liaison
Othello
Paris, Love, Cut
The Education of Fairies
Battle of the Brave
Captain Marleau
Meeting with Pol Pot
The French Kissers
Incognito
A Private Life
My Life So Far
Tales of Mexico
American Cuisine
Dying of the Light
The Big Brass Ring
The Inner Life of Martin Frost