Josephine Jacob

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Josephine Jacob
Born (1981-09-30) 30 September 1981 (age 42)
OccupationActress
Partner Roger Cross
Children2
Parent Katerina Jacob
Relatives Ellen Schwiers (grandmother)

Josephine Jacob (born 30 September 1981) is a German actress.

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Life

Jacob is the daughter of actress Katerina Jacob and director Oswald Döpke and the granddaughter of actress Ellen Schwiers. [1] She attended the New York Film Academy and Mastery Workshops in Vancouver, where she was trained by Ty Olsson and Linda Darfow and received voice training from Trish Allen. [2]

Since 1998, she has played a number of roles in German television production and films, such as the 2001 movie comedy Mädchen, Mädchen , where, in addition to Diana Amft, Felicitas Woll and Karoline Herfurth played one of the girls. In the same year she appeared in the romantic action comedy Painful Welcome in the lead role of Ariane Schlagzu.

A supporting role as Pretty Girl in 2002 was her first engagement in Hollywood in the action crime film Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever , in which Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu played the lead roles. In the US television series The L Word , she starred in an episode in 2005. [1] Under the direction of her grandmother Ellen Schwiers, Jacob played a minor role at the Burgfest in Jagsthausen in the plays The Knight of Miracle and The Taming of the Shrew . [2]

Jacob is in a long term relationship with actor Roger Cross. They have two sons, [1] including Gabriel Jacob-Cross, who is known for his roles on Snowpiercer (2020), Legion (2017), The Man in the High Castle (2015) and the Hallmark film A Christmas Miracle (2019). [3] [4]

Filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Fast 35 Jahre nach ihrer Geburt: Katerina Jacob verrät, wer der Vater ihrer Tochter ist s.S. t-online.de
  2. 1 2 Josephine Jacob Archived 2017-11-24 at the Wayback Machine s.S. mr-management.de
  3. "PART ONE: Tamera's "A Christmas Miracle" Co-Stars Brooks Darnell & Gabriel Jacob-Cross" via www.youtube.com.
  4. "PART TWO: Tamera's "A Christmas Miracle" Co-Stars Brooks Darnell and Gabriel Jacob-Cross" via www.youtube.com.