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Emmanuelle Riva is a Actor French born on 24 february 1927 at Cheniménil (France)

Emmanuelle Riva

Emmanuelle Riva
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Birth name Paulette Riva
Nationality France
Birth 24 february 1927 at Cheniménil (France)
Death 27 january 2017 (at 89 years)

Emmanuelle Riva ([emanɥɛl ʁiva]; born 24 February 1927) is 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. 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.

Biography

She was born Paulette Germaine Riva in Cheniménil, France. She grew up in Remiremont. Riva was the only child of Jeanne (née Nourdin) who descended from a family of Lorrainian and Alsatian farmers and Alfredo Riva, an Italian sign painter from Lombardy.

Riva moved to Paris at the age of 26 in 1953 from her home in rural France to become an actress, despite opposition from her family. She started her acting career on the Paris stage after having trained as a seamstress. She never married and has no children. She lives in Paris. She speaks French and some Italian but not English and has never performed in English.

Best films

Amour (2012)
(Actress)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
(Actress)
Risky Business (1967)
(Actress)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Emmanuelle Riva (60 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2017Lost in ParisActressMartha
2016Marie and the MisfitsActress
2013A Greek Type of ProblemActressGranny
2013Michael H. – Profession: DirectorActressSelf
2012AmourActressAnne Laurent
2011SkylabActressMrs. Prévost
2009A Man and His DogActressFemme église
2008The Great AlibiActressGeneviève Herbin
2006My SonActressGrandmother / La grand-mère
2004Green ParadiseActressLa mère de Lucas
2001C'est la vieActressDominique
2001MédéeActressLe choeur
1999Venus Beauty InstituteActressTante Lyda
1997XXLActressSonia Stern
1995God, My Mother's Lover and the Butcher's SonActress
1994Éclats de familleActressMaguerite
1993A Shadow of a DoubtActressGrandmother
1993Three Colors: BlueActressMother
1992Far from BrazilActressJuliette
1991For SashaActressMrs. Malka
1990The Passion of BernadetteActressMère Marie-Thérèse Vauzou
1988The Tribulations of Balthazar KoberActressMother
1988The Tribulations of Balthazar KoberActressMother
1987Funny BoyActressMicky's Mother
1984Liberty at NightActressMouche
1983A Man of My MeasureActress
1982The Eyes, the MouthActressMadre
1982Is There a Frenchman in the House?ActressAdélaïde Tumelat
1981The Games of Countess DolingenActressUne invitée
1980Le règlement intérieurActress
1977Les Jeunes FillesActressAndrée Hacquebaut
1976The Devil in the HeartActressMrs. Bouvier, the mother
1975Au long de rivière FangoActressMathilde
1973I Will Walk Like a Crazy HorseActressMadame Rey
1972Gates of FireActressThe Baroness
1972Le CygneActressDame Gritie
1971Man of DesireActressValentine
1970Proust, l'art et la douleurActressNarrator (voice)
1970The ModificationActressHenriette
1967Disorder Is 20 Years OldActressSelf
1967Bitter FruitActressSoledad
1967Risky BusinessActressSuzanne Doucet
1966Le Coup de grâceActressSophie
1966L’or et le plombActress
1966Voilà l'ordreActress
1965I Kill, You KillActressLucia Rossi Perozzi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
1965Thomas the ImpostorActressLa princesse de Bormes
1964Le Gros CoupActressClémence Grandval
1963The Hours of LoveActressMaretta
1963The Hours of LoveActressMaretta
1963CaterinaActressCaterina
1962Climates of LoveActressIsabelle
1962ThereseActressThérèse Desqueyroux
1961Léon Morin, PriestActressBarny
1960Adua and Her FriendsActressMarilina
1960The Eighth DayActressFrançoise
1960Recourse in GraceActressGermaine Tourier
1960KapoActressTerese
1959Hiroshima Mon AmourActressElle
1958The PossessorsActressLa secrétaire de Noël