
Emmanuelle Riva
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022

Trintignant by Trintignant
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Marx Can Wait
2021
as Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alma
2021

Lost in Paris
2017
as Martha

A Greek Type of Problem
2013
as Granny

Michael H. – Profession: Director
2013
as Self

Making of Amour
2013
as Self

Amour
2012
as Anne

Wide-Awake
2012
as The Superwoman

Skylab
2011
as Mrs. Prévost

A Man and His Dog
2009
as Femme église

The Great Alibi
2008
as Geneviève Herbin

My Son
2006
as Grandmother / La grand-mère

Eros Therapy
2004
as Emma

Green Paradise
2004
as La mère de Lucas

C'est la vie
2001
as Dominique

Médée
2001
as Le choeur

Venus Beauty Institute
1999
as Tante Lyda

XXL
1997
as Sonia Stern

Capitaine au long cours
1997
as Clémentine / Calypso

God, My Mother's Lover and the Butcher's Son
1995

Éclats de famille
1995
as Maguerite

Arthur Rimbaud, l'homme aux semelles de vent
1995
as Vitalie Rimbaud

A che punto è la notte
1994
as Professoressa Chaldiny

Three Colors: Blue
1993
as Mother

A Shadow of a Doubt
1993
as Grandmother

Far from Brazil
1992
as Juliette

For Sasha
1991
as Mrs. Malka

The Passion of Bernadette
1990
as Mother Marie-Thérèse Vauzou

The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
1988
as Mother

Funny Boy
1987
as Micky's Mother

Resist or the Captives of Aigues-Mortes
1985

Liberty at Night
1984
as Mouche
Un delitto
1984
as Madame Louise

A Man of My Measure
1983
as Lisa Leibovitch

The Eyes, the Mouth
1982
as Madre

Is There a Frenchman in the House?
1982
as Adélaïde Tumelat

The Games of Countess Dolingen
1981
as Une invitée

Les Jeunes Filles
1979
as Andrée Hacquebaut
Les Jeunes Filles
1978

The Devil in the Heart
1976
as Mrs. Bouvier, the mother

Au long de rivière Fango
1975
as Mathilde

La mort de l'utopie
1975
as La tragédienne

Ariane
1974
as Pasiphae

I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse
1973
as Madame Rey
Le Cygne
1972
as Dame Gritie

Gates of Fire
1972
as The Baroness

Proust, l'art et la douleur
1971
as Narrator (voice)

Man of Desire
1971
as Valentine
Samedi soir
1971
as Self

The Modification
1970
as Henriette

Safari 5000
1969

La forêt noire
1968
as Maria Richter

Risky Business
1967
as Suzanne Doucet
Disorder Is 20 Years Old
1967
as Self

Bitter Fruit
1967
as Soledad

Le Coup de grâce
1966
as Sophie
La Fin de la nuit
1966
as Thérèse Desqueyroux

L’Or et le plomb
1966
as World's woman

Thomas the Impostor
1965
as la princesse de Bormes

I Kill, You Kill
1965
as Lucia Rossi Perozzi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")

The Big Hit
1964
as Clémence Grandval

Pour le plaisir
1964
as Self

The Hours of Love
1963
as Maretta

Caterina
1963
as Caterina

Therese
1962
as Thérèse Desqueyroux

Climates of Love
1962
as Isabelle

Léon Morin, Priest
1961
as Barny

Adua and Her Friends
1960
as Marilina

Kapo
1960
as Terese

The Eighth Day
1960
as Françoise

Recourse in Grace
1960
as Germaine Tourier

Hiroshima Mon Amour
1959
as Elle

Discorama
1959
as Self

The Possessors
1958
as la secrétaire de Noël

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

Les Énigmes de l'Histoire
1956