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Emmanuelle Riva

Emmanuelle Riva

Actor · 1927–2017 · Cheniménil, Vosges, France

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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.

Acted in 64

2020s

  1. 2022

    Belmondo: The Incorrigible

    Movie

  2. 2021

    Marx Can Wait

    Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)

  3. Alma

    Movie

2010s

  1. 2017

    Lost in Paris

    Martha

  2. 2013

    A Greek Type of Problem

    Granny

  3. 2012
  4. 2011

    Skylab

    Mrs. Prévost

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2008

    The Great Alibi

    Geneviève Herbin

  3. 2006

    My Son

    Grandmother / La grand-mère

  4. 2004
  5. Green Paradise

    La mère de Lucas

  6. 2001

    C'est la vie

    Dominique

  7. Médée

    Le choeur

1990s

  1. 1999

    Venus Beauty Institute

    Tante Lyda

  2. 1997

    XXL

    Sonia Stern

  3. Capitaine au long cours

    Clémentine / Calypso

  4. 1995

    Arthur Rimbaud, l'homme aux semelles de vent

    Vitalie Rimbaud

  5. Éclats de famille

    Maguerite

  6. God, My Mother's Lover and the Butcher's Son

    Movie

  7. 1994

    A che punto è la notte

    Professoressa Chaldiny · 2 episodes

  8. 1993

    A Shadow of a Doubt

    Grandmother

  9. 1992

    Far from Brazil

    Juliette

  10. 1991
  11. 1990

    The Passion of Bernadette

    Mother Marie-Thérèse Vauzou

1980s

  1. 1988

    The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober

    Mother

  2. 1987

    Funny Boy

    Micky's Mother

  3. 1985

    Resist or the Captives of Aigues-Mortes

    Movie

  4. 1984

    Liberty at Night

    Mouche

  5. 1983

    A Man of My Measure

    Lisa Leibovitch

  6. 1982

    The Eyes, the Mouth

    Madre

  7. Is There a Frenchman in the House?

    Adélaïde Tumelat

  8. 1981

    The Games of Countess Dolingen

    Une invitée

1970s

  1. 1976

    The Devil in the Heart

    Mrs. Bouvier, the mother

  2. 1975

    La mort de l'utopie

    La tragédienne

  3. Au long de rivière Fango

    Mathilde

  4. 1974

    Ariane

    Pasiphae

  5. 1973

    I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse

    Madame Rey

  6. 1972

    Gates of Fire

    The Baroness

  7. 1971

    Man of Desire

    Valentine

  8. 1970

1960s

  1. 1969

    Safari 5000

    Anna Leduc

  2. 1968

    La forêt noire

    Maria Richter

  3. 1967

    Risky Business

    Suzanne Doucet

  4. Bitter Fruit

    Soledad

  5. 1966

    Le Coup de grâce

    Sophie

  6. L’Or et le plomb

    World's woman

  7. 1965

    Thomas the Impostor

    la princesse de Bormes

  8. I Kill, You Kill

    Lucia Rossi Perozzi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")

  9. 1964

    The Big Hit

    Clémence Grandval

  10. 1963

    Caterina

    Caterina

  11. The Hours of Love

    Maretta

  12. 1962

    Therese

    Thérèse Desqueyroux

  13. Climates of Love

    Isabelle

  14. 1961

    Léon Morin, Priest

    Barny

  15. 1960

    Kapo

    Terese

  16. Adua and Her Friends

    Marilina

  17. Recourse in Grace

    Germaine Tourier

  18. The Eighth Day

    Françoise

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1958

    The Possessors

    la secrétaire de Noël

  3. 1956

    Les Énigmes de l'Histoire

    TV

Appearances7

2020s

  1. 2021

    Trintignant by Trintignant

    Self (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2013

    Making of Amour

    Self

1970s

  1. 1971

    Proust, l'art et la douleur

    Narrator (voice)

1960s

  1. 1964

    Pour le plaisir

    Self · 1 episode