Irene Jacob

A French actress, Irène Jacob spent her childhood in Geneva.  She intensively learned drama from 18, when she was back in Paris in a national drama school. She made herself known from the general public with Au revoir les Enfants, a film directed by Louis Malle in which she played a piano teacher. In 1991, she was the heroine of Krzisztof Kielowski's The Double Life of Veronique, and won the Best Actress Award at Cannes Film Festival. Two years later, she played in Red, the final part of Three Colors. On top of an international career with renowned directors like Michelangelo Antonioni, Paul Auster, Hugh Hudson, Agnieszka Holland, Theo Angelopoulos, Claude Lelouch and recently Paul Schrader, Tran Anh Hung, an eclectic filmography, Irène Jacob has concurrently always pursued her drama activities, in France and internationally with directors like Irina Brook, Oriza Hirata, David Lescot, Philippe Calvario.