Emmanuelle Riva

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

February 24, 1927

died

January 27, 2017

place of birth

Cheniménil, Vosges, France

also known as

Paulette Germaine Riva · Paulette Riva · Emmanuele Riva

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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Three Colors: Blue
7.6

Three Colors: Blue

1993as Mother
Amour
7.8

Amour

2012as Anne
Hiroshima Mon Amour
7.7

Hiroshima Mon Amour

1959as Elle
For Sasha
6.0

For Sasha

1991as Mrs. Malka
My Son
6.6

My Son

2006as Grandmother / La grand-mère
Kapo
6.9

Kapo

1960as Terese
Skylab
6.0

Skylab

2011as Mrs. Prévost
The Great Alibi
5.3

The Great Alibi

2008as Geneviève Herbin
Lost in Paris
6.0

Lost in Paris

2017as Martha
The Eyes, the Mouth
5.5

The Eyes, the Mouth

1982as Madre
Wide-Awake
5.8

Wide-Awake

2012as The Superwoman
The Games of Countess Dolingen
3.3

The Games of Countess Dolingen

1981as Une invitée
Safari 5000
7.3

Safari 5000

1969
Venus Beauty Institute
5.9

Venus Beauty Institute

1999as Tante Lyda
Léon Morin, Priest
7.1

Léon Morin, Priest

1961as Barny
XXL
4.6

XXL

1997as Sonia Stern
Adua and Her Friends
7.3

Adua and Her Friends

1960as Marilina
Trintignant by Trintignant
6.8

Trintignant by Trintignant

2021as Self (archive footage)
A Man and His Dog
5.8

A Man and His Dog

2009as Femme église
The Possessors
6.9

The Possessors

1958as la secrétaire de Noël
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
5.3

Is There a Frenchman in the House?

1982as Adélaïde Tumelat
Marx Can Wait
7.3

Marx Can Wait

2021as Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse
7.0

I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse

1973as Madame Rey
Eros Therapy
4.3

Eros Therapy

2004as Emma
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
8.2

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

2022
I Kill, You Kill
4.6

I Kill, You Kill

1965as Lucia Rossi Perozzi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
Risky Business
7.4

Risky Business

1967as Suzanne Doucet
Funny Boy
3.8

Funny Boy

1987as Micky's Mother
The Passion of Bernadette
7.5

The Passion of Bernadette

1990as Mother Marie-Thérèse Vauzou
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
6.6

The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober

1988as Mother
A Shadow of a Doubt
6.8

A Shadow of a Doubt

1993as Grandmother
La forêt noire
10.0

La forêt noire

1968as Maria Richter
Michael H. – Profession: Director
6.2

Michael H. – Profession: Director

2013as Self
Au long de rivière Fango
6.5

Au long de rivière Fango

1975as Mathilde
C'est la vie
7.1

C'est la vie

2001as Dominique
Bitter Fruit
9.0

Bitter Fruit

1967as Soledad
Recourse in Grace
4.5

Recourse in Grace

1960as Germaine Tourier
A Man of My Measure
7.0

A Man of My Measure

1983as Lisa Leibovitch
Climates of Love
10.0

Climates of Love

1962as Isabelle
Thomas the Impostor
6.5

Thomas the Impostor

1965as la princesse de Bormes
Gates of Fire
7.5

Gates of Fire

1972as The Baroness
The Modification
8.0

The Modification

1970as Henriette
Therese
6.7

Therese

1962as Thérèse Desqueyroux
The Hours of Love
5.0

The Hours of Love

1963as Maretta
The Big Hit
6.5

The Big Hit

1964as Clémence Grandval
God, My Mother's Lover and the Butcher's Son
5.3

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

1995
Arthur Rimbaud, l'homme aux semelles de vent
10.0

Arthur Rimbaud, l'homme aux semelles de vent

1995as Vitalie Rimbaud
A Greek Type of Problem
5.8

A Greek Type of Problem

2013as Granny
Green Paradise
9.0

Green Paradise

2004as La mère de Lucas
Médée
8.0

Médée

2001as Le choeur