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This beautiful, dark-haired French actress made a hit with a supporting role in her first film, as the piano teacher in Louis Malle's "Au revoir, les enfants" (1987). Educated in London and Geneva, and a Paris resident since the age of 18, Jacob became a promising starlet with her Malle success and followed up with another small role in Jacques Rivette's "La bande des quatre/The Gang of Four" (1989). 5Stardom (and a Cannes Film Festival Best Actress award) arrived with Jacob's dual role as two women whose lives are mysteriously linked in Krzysztof Kieslowski's psychological drama "The Double Life of Veronique" (1991). She ventured to the US for a ronantic comedy, "Trusting Beatrice" (1991), fittingly, about a young French woman's arrival in the US. After the small film "The Van Gogh Wake" (1993), she played the ill-fated mother in Agnieszka Holland's touching and acclaimed "The Secret Garden" (1993). Several more small French films followed, but it took a reunion with Kieslowski to jump-start Jacob's career again. In his "Red/Rouge" (1994), the final segment of his "Three Colors" trilogy (and his swan song), Jacob starred as a Swiss fashion model who meets a cynical aging ex-judge (played by Jean-Louis Trintignant) after she runs over his dog. In the film, she served as an emotional and spiritual curative for the old man; the second time, Kieslowski employed Jacob as a woman who offers a man consolation and mystery. Jacob followed up as a religious devotee in Michaelango Antonioni's episodic "Beyond the Clouds/Par-dela les nuages" (1995), then ventured to England to play Desdemona to Laurence Fishburne's "Othello" (also 1995). Jacob has several foreign-made films in the can which have not yet been released in the US: she plays an East Indian beauty with Willem Defoe and Sam Neill in "Victory" (filmed in 1994), an ill-fated vacationer in "Fugueuses/Runaway" and a French actress in 1948 who befriends a mysterious tramp (Stephen Rea) in "All Men Are Mortal" (both shown at Cannes in 1995).

Leos Carax made several short films and also wrote film criticism, then at the age of 24 years made a very strong first feature Boy Meets Girl (1984). The film played at the 1984 Cannes film festival and was a critical triumph. It paved the way for Carax's second feature Bad Blood (1986) (Bad Blood). That film was a giant step forward in the same direction that he was going in with his first film. Both films were visually stunning and focused on young love and also alienation. With his reputation and talent at its peak, he set out to make what seemed it seemed like would be another triumph. The Lovers on the Bridge (1991) (The Lovers on the Bridge) was the result of three long years of very difficult production; Carax spent a fortune building some of the sets and filming some mind-blowing sequences. Unfortunately, neither critics nor audiences favored what was a truly grand vision of the themes he dealt with in his first two films. Carax went into an a 8 year long exile, but finally returned with Pola X (1999). It was a departure from his other films and another critical flop.

Géraldine Nakache was born on 16 February 1980 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is an actress and director, known for All That Glitters (2010), J'irai où tu iras (2019) and Nous York (2012). She was previously married to Manu Payet.

Julie Gayet was born on 3 June 1972 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is an actress and producer, known for Raw (2016), 8 fois debout (2009) and Sélect Hôtel (1996). She has been married to François Hollande since 4 June 2022. She was previously married to Santiago Amigorena.

Olivier Nakache was born on 15 April 1973 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is a writer and producer, known for The Intouchables (2011), The Specials (2019) and C'est la vie! (2017).

Michaël Youn was born on 2 December 1973 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Divorce Club (2020), Around the World in 80 Days (2004) and BDE (2023).

Blanche Gardin was born on 3 April 1977 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is an actress and writer, known for La meilleure version de moi-même (2021), Delete History (2020) and Problemos (2017).

Catherine Ringer was born on 18 October 1957 in Suresnes, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. She is an actress and composer.

Olivia Côte was born on 12 November 1974 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is a writer and actress, known for Vous les femmes (2007), My Donkey, My Lover & I (2020) and Peplum (2015).

Eric Elmosnino was born on 2 May 1964 in Suresnes, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. He is an actor, known for Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010), The Bélier Family (2014) and Mike (2011).

Elsa Kikoïne was born on 2 March 1977 in Suresnes, Hauts de Seine, France. She is an actress, known for Vidocq (2001), David Nolande (2006) and Blind Man (2012).

Simon de La Brosse was born on 9 October 1965 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was an actor, known for Les arcandiers (1991), Pauline at the Beach (1983) and Betty Blue (1986). He died on 17 April 1998 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Grégoire Bonnet was born on 12 April 1966 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor, known for The Take (2016), District 13: Ultimatum (2009) and Point Blank (2010).

Elisabeth Etienne was born on 6 June 1957 in Suresnes, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. She is an actress, known for The City of Lost Children (1995), Femmes de personne (1984) and The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes (1982). She was previously married to Johnny Hallyday.

Rémi Laurent was born on 12 October 1957 in Suresnes, France. He was an actor and composer, known for La Cage aux Folles (1978), The Plouffe Family (1981) and Tous vedettes! (1980). He was married to Emöke Masznyik. He died on 14 November 1989 in Paris, France.

Alexandre Moors was born in 1972 in Suresnes, France. He is a director and writer, known for Blue Caprice (2013), Miley Cyrus: Mother's Daughter (2019) and The Yellow Birds (2017).

Adrien Jolivet was born on 20 December 1981 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and composer, known for Le rouge à levres (2013), Zim and Co. (2005) and In the Arms of My Enemy (2007).

Karine Ferri was born Karine Jalabert in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, in the suburb of Paris. She has an older brother David who is six years older. After obtaining her high school final exam and studying modern literature at the university, she began her career as a model, and was elected Miss Paris in 1999. She then began in 2004 a television presenting career on M6. In July 2010, she left the M6 Group to present on Direct 8. In 2012, she joined TF1 to co-host with Nikos Aliagas the second season of the French version of The Voice (2011), replacing Virginie de Clausade. She also replaced Victoria Silvstedt to present on the same channel the entertainment program "Le Grand Bêtisier".

Béatrice Arnac was born on 23 April 1931 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was an actress, known for Frou-Frou (1955), Last Known Address (1970) and Hunter Nights. She was married to Alain Saury. She died on 5 October 2020 in Castels et Bézenac, Dordogne, France.

Frédéric Krivine was born on 10 July 1959 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is a writer and producer, known for Un village français (2009), Une belle histoire (2019) and P.J. (1997).

Benjamin Boda was born on 11 June 1953 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was an actor, known for Le chevalier de Maison Rouge (1963), Les diamants de Palinos (1964) and Judex (1963). He died on 8 August 1993 in Narbonne, Aude, France.

Philippe Gluckman was born on 18 June 1965 in Suresnes, France. He is known for Batman & Robin (1997), Antz (1998) and Rise of the Guardians (2012).

Cyriac Auriol was born on 1 July 1966 in Suresnes, France. He is a producer and director, known for Bab'Aziz: The Prince That Contemplated His Soul (2005), The Things You Kill and Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (1998).

Fabrice Trojani was born on 20 January 1978 in Suresnes, Hauts de Seine, France. He is an actor, known for Days Gone (2019), Dice (2012) and Apex Legends (2019).

François-Eudes Chanfrault was born on 2 December 1974 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was a composer and actor, known for The Hills Have Eyes (2006), High Tension (2003) and Inside (2007). He was married to Lauranne. He died on 11 March 2016 in Paris, France.