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Emmanuelle Riva

Name in Native Language: "Paulette Riva" (French/FR)
Actress / Photographer / Poet / Stage Actress / Film Actress / Penwoman | * 02/24/1927 († 89, 01/27/2017) | Cheniménil (France)
Emmanuelle Riva (French pronunciation: [ɛmanɥɛl ʁiva]; 24 February 1927 – 27 January 2017) was a French actress, best known for her roles in the films Hiroshima mon Amour (1959) and Amour (2012). Riva was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her role in Hiroshima mon Amour, and won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962). For her lead role in Michael Haneke's Amour, she won a BAFTA Award and the César Award, and was nominated for an Academy Award. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hirosh ...

Hiroshima Mon Amour

Certification unknown

1959 | 3.9/5 | 1h 32min
Drama, History, Romance / Love
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Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's ...

Amour

PG-13

2012 | 3.9/5 | 2h 7min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Thérèse is living in a provincial town, unhappily married to Bernard, a dull, pompous man whose only interest is preserving his family name and property. They live in an isolated country mansion sur ...

Therese

Certification unknown

1962 | 3.3/5 | 1h 49min
Drama
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In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attra ...

Léon Morin, Priest

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1961 | 3.5/5 | 2h 10min
Romance / Love, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Emmanuelle Riva

Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ Volpi Cup for Best Actress Prix Marguerite Duras Film Fest Gent Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Online National Society of Film Critics Lumières Award for Best Actress London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actress of the Year BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role European Film Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress European Film Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Emmanuelle Riva as Actress(60)

2023 Résister ou les captives d'Aigues-Mortes
as Thérèse Desqueyroux2023 La fin de la nuit
2021 Alma
as Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)2021 Marx Can Wait
as Self (archive footage)2021 Trintignant by Trintignant
as Martha2017 Lost in Paris
as herself2013 Michael H. – Profession: Director
as Granny2013 A Greek Type of Problem
as Anne Laurent2012 Amour
as Jean dit Jacquot2011 Skylab
as Femme église2009 A Man and His Dog
as Geneviève Herbin2008 The Great Alibi
as Grandmother / La grand-mère2006 My Son
as La mère de Lucas2004 Green Paradise
as Dominique2001 C'est la vie
as Le choeur2001 Médée
as Tante Lyda1999 Venus Beauty Institute
as Sonia Stern1997 XXL
as Maguerite1995 Éclats de famille
1995 God, My Mother's Lover and the Butcher's Son
as Professoressa Chaldiny1994 A che punto è la notte
as Mother1993 Three Colors: Blue
as Grandmother1993 A Shadow of a Doubt
as Juliette1992 Far from Brazil
as Mrs. Malka1991 For Sasha
as Mère Marie-Thérèse Vauzou1990 The Passion of Bernadette
as matka1988 The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
as Micky's Mother1987 Funny Boy
as Mouche1984 Liberty at Night
as Adélaïde Tumelat1982 Is There a Frenchman in the House?
as Madre1982 The Eyes, the Mouth
as Une invitée1981 The Games of Countess Dolingen
as Andrée Hacquebaut1979 Les jeunes filles
as Mrs. Bouvier, the mother1976 The Devil in the Heart
as Mathilde1975 Au long de rivière Fango
as Pasiphae1974 Ariane
as Madame Rey1973 I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse
as Dame Gritie1972 Le cygne
as The Baroness1972 Gates of Fire
as Valentine1971 Man of Desire
as Henriette1970 The Modification
1969 Safari 5000
as Maria Richter1968 La Forêt noire
as Suzanne Doucet1967 Risky Business
as Soledad1967 Bitter Fruit
as Sophie1966 Le coup de grâce
as Lucia Rossi Perozzi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")1965 I Kill, You Kill
as la princesse de Bormes1965 Thomas the Impostor
as Clémence Grandval1964 Le gros coup
as Caterina1963 Caterina
as Maretta1963 The Hours of Love
as Thérèse Desqueyroux1962 Therese
as Isabelle1962 Climates of Love
as Barny1961 Léon Morin, Priest
as Terese1960 Kapo
as Germaine Tourier1960 Recourse in Grace
as Françoise1960 The Eighth Day
as Marilina1960 Adua and Her Friends
as Elle1959 Hiroshima Mon Amour
as la secrétaire de Noël1958 The Possessors

TV Shows/Series with Emmanuelle Riva as Actress(4)

as herself1995 Kulturzeit
as herself1971 Samedi soir
as herself1959 Discorama
as herself1956 Cinépanorama

Citizenship: France
Born: Thursday, 02/24 1927 (February) in Cheniménil (France)
Died: Friday, 01/27 2017 (January) in 16th arrondissement of Paris (aged: 89)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: French (FR, native language)
Member of: Comité des intellectuels pour l'Europe des libertés
Other names for Emmanuelle Riva (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Paulette Germaine Riva"
"Paulette Riva"
Emmanuelle Riva frequently works together with these people:
Marco Bellocchio (6x, Crew)
Aline Issermann (6x, Crew)
Michel Piccoli (4x, Actor)
Julie Delpy (4x, Actress)
Jean-Louis Trintignant (4x, Actor)
Michael Haneke (4x, Crew)
Francis Huster (4x, Actor)
Georges Franju (4x, Crew)
Jean-Pierre Mocky (4x, Crew)
Frédéric Rossif (4x, Crew)
Jean-Pierre Darras (4x, Actor)
Colette Deréal (4x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:51895, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024