Emmanuelle Riva

Personal Info

Birthday

February 24, 1927

Day of Death

2017-01-27

(89 years old)

Place of Birth

Cheniménil, Vosges, France

Also Known As

Paulette Germaine Riva

Paulette Riva

Emmanuele Riva

Emmanuelle Riva

Biography

Emmanuelle Riva (February 24, 1927 – January 27, 2017) was a French actress, best known for her roles in the films Hiroshima mon amour and Amour. In 2013, Riva won the BAFTA Award and the César Award for her lead role in Michael Haneke's Amour as Anne Laurent, and was nominated for the Academy Award for the same role.[2][3] She had previously been nominated for a BAFTA Award in 1960 for Hiroshima mon amour, and had won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1962 for Thérèse Desqueyroux.

Known For

Three Colors: Blue

Amour

Hiroshima Mon Amour

Léon Morin, Priest

Ariane

La mort de l'utopie

Les Jeunes Filles

The Possessors

Filmography

2021
Trintignant by Trintignant
as Self (archive footage)
Marx Can Wait
as Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
Lost in Paris
as Martha
2013
Making of Amour
as Self
Michael H. – Profession: Director
as Self
A Greek Type of Problem
as Granny
2012
Wide-Awake
as The Superwoman
Amour
as Anne
2011
Skylab
as Mrs. Prévost
2009
A Man and His Dog
as Femme église
2008
The Great Alibi
as Geneviève Herbin
2006
My Son
as Grandmother / La grand-mère
2004
Eros Therapy
as Emma
Green Paradise
as La mère de Lucas
2001
C'est la vie
as Dominique
Médée
as Le choeur
1999
Venus Beauty Institute
as Tante Lyda
1997
XXL
as Sonia Stern
Capitaine au long cours
as Clémentine / Calypso
1995
Arthur Rimbaud, l'homme aux semelles de vent
as Vitalie Rimbaud
Éclats de famille
as Maguerite
1993
A Shadow of a Doubt
as Grandmother
Three Colors: Blue
as Mother
1992
Far from Brazil
as Juliette
1991
For Sasha
as Mrs. Malka
1990
The Passion of Bernadette
as Mother Marie-Thérèse Vauzou
1988
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
as Mother
1987
Funny Boy
as Micky's Mother
1984
Liberty at Night
as Mouche
1983
A Man of My Measure
as Lisa Leibovitch
1982
The Eyes, the Mouth
as Madre
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
as Adélaïde Tumelat
1981
The Games of Countess Dolingen
as Une invitée
1979
Les Jeunes Filles
as Andrée Hacquebaut
1976
The Devil in the Heart
as Mrs. Bouvier, the mother
1975
La mort de l'utopie
as La tragédienne
Au long de rivière Fango
as Mathilde
1974
Ariane
as Pasiphae
1973
I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse
as Madame Rey
1972
Le Cygne
as Dame Gritie
Gates of Fire
as The Baroness
1971
Proust, l'art et la douleur
as Narrator (voice)
Man of Desire
as Valentine
1970
The Modification
as Henriette
1968
La forêt noire
as Maria Richter
1967
Risky Business
as Suzanne Doucet
Disorder Is 20 Years Old
as Self
Bitter Fruit
as Soledad
1966
Le Coup de grâce
as Sophie
L’Or et le plomb
as World's woman
1965
Thomas the Impostor
as la princesse de Bormes
I Kill, You Kill
as Lucia Rossi Perozzi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
1964
The Big Hit
as Clémence Grandval
1963
Caterina
as Caterina
The Hours of Love
as Maretta
1962
Therese
as Thérèse Desqueyroux
Climates of Love
as Isabelle
1961
Léon Morin, Priest
as Barny
1960
Kapo
as Terese
Adua and Her Friends
as Marilina
Recourse in Grace
as Germaine Tourier
The Eighth Day
as Françoise
1959
Hiroshima Mon Amour
as Elle
1958
The Possessors
as la secrétaire de Noël