Weronika / Véronique — The Double Life of Véronique Character Profile

About Weronika / Véronique

The dual protagonist. Weronika is a Polish choir singer who dies of cardiac arrest during a performance. Her French double, Véronique, experiences inexplicable emotional and physical connections to her, eventually discovering the link through photographs and Alexandre's marionettes, which leads her to quit singing.

Weronika / Véronique — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Irène Jacob

Appears in

The Double Life of Véronique (1991)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (10)

• Weronika / Véronique — father — Weronika's Father (Władysław Kowalski)
• Weronika / Véronique — Professional Contact — Lawyer (Janusz Sterninski)

  The Lawyer has professional dealings with Véronique

• Weronika / Véronique — Romantic Admirer — Antek (Jerzy Gudejko)

  Antek admires Weronika

• Weronika / Véronique — Professional Mentor — Conductor (Aleksander Bardini)

  The Conductor mentors Weronika in her musical career

• Weronika / Véronique — Unknown Mysterious Figure — Crazy Woman (Kalina Jędrusik)

  The Crazy Woman has a mysterious connection to Véronique

• Weronika / Véronique — Social Friend — Serge (Guillaume de Tonquédec)

  Serge is a friend to Véronique

• Weronika / Véronique — Romantic Love Interest — Alexandre Fabbri (Philippe Volter)

  Véronique develops a romantic relationship with Alexandre

• Weronika / Véronique — Meta Double — Weronika / Véronique (Irène Jacob)

  The same actress plays two characters who are doubles of each other

• Weronika / Véronique — Family Father — Weronika's Father (Władysław Kowalski)

  Weronika's father has a relationship with her

• Weronika / Véronique — Family Guardian — Auntie (Halina Gryglaszewska)

  Auntie serves as a guardian figure to Weronika

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More characters from The Double Life of Véronique

• Auntie (Halina Gryglaszewska)
• Alexandre Fabbri (Philippe Volter)
• Serge (Guillaume de Tonquédec)
• Professor (Louis Ducreux)
• Crazy Woman (Kalina Jędrusik)
• Claude (Lorraine Evanoff)
• Man in the Gray Coat (Jacques Potin)
• Woman with the Hat (Bogusława Schubert)
• Nicole (Nausicaa Rampony)
• Receptionist (Chantal Neuwirth)
• Professor (Thierry de Carbonnières)
• Cheminot (Youssef Hamid)