Irène Jacob Biography

Fast Facts

• At age 3, moved with her family to Geneva, Switzerland
• Was studying at the Rue Blanche, a theatre school in Paris, when she was cast in Louis Malle's Au revoir, les enfants (1987)
• Reportedly offered the lead in Indecent Proposal, but turned it down to focus on smaller French films
• Played the title role, opposite Macaulay Culkin, in Madame Melville on London's West End in 2000
• Appeared in a stage version of Metamorphosis that had her acting opposite a robot that toured in Europe and Japan