Catherine Jacob (actress)
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Catherine Jacob at the Lumières Awards 2015 ceremony
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16 December 1956 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Catherine Jacob (born 16 December 1956) is a César Award-winning French film and theatrical actress.
She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress 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 won one César Award on four nominations. She had 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 high school Pierre d'Ailly. Her father was a dental surgeon and her mother orthodontist.
After obtaining a diploma in architecture, Catherine Jacob moved to Paris. From 1978 to 1980, she studied acting at the Ecole Florent François, then located on Saint Louis Island ...
She start to act in the early 80's as an extra in movies like Swann in Love by Volker Schlöndorff (1984), Les Nanas by Annick Lanoë (1985), State of Grace by Jacques Rouffio (1986) and Malady of Love by Jacques Deray (1987). She also appeared on TV Movies ans TV Series like Dickie-roi by Guy Lefranc, Toutes griffes dehors by Michel Boisrond, Julien Fontanes, magistrat, Marie Pervenche, La tricheuse and Qui c'est ce garçon ? by Nadine Trintignant in supporting parts.
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