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Home/People/Emmanuelle Riva
Emmanuelle Riva profile photo
Born
Feb 24, 1927Died: Jan 27, 2017
Lived 89 years
Place of Birth
Cheniménil, Vosges, France
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

71
Movies
6
TV Shows
Also Known As
Paulette Germaine Riva
Paulette Riva
Emmanuele Riva
IMDb Profile

Emmanuelle Riva

Acting

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.
Belmondo: The Incorrigible poster

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

Cast
2022
Trintignant by Trintignant poster

Trintignant by Trintignant

as Self (archive footage)
2021
Marx Can Wait poster

Marx Can Wait

as Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Alma poster

Alma

Cast
2021
Lost in Paris poster

Lost in Paris

as Martha
2017
Making of Amour poster

Making of Amour

as Self
2013
Michael H. – Profession: Director poster

Michael H. – Profession: Director

as Self
2013
A Greek Type of Problem poster

A Greek Type of Problem

as Granny
2013
Wide-Awake poster

Wide-Awake

as The Superwoman
2012
Amour poster

Amour

as Anne
2012
Skylab poster

Skylab

as Mrs. Prévost
2011
A Man and His Dog poster

A Man and His Dog

as Femme église
2009
The Great Alibi poster

The Great Alibi

as Geneviève Herbin
2008
My Son poster

My Son

as Grandmother / La grand-mère
2006
Eros Therapy poster

Eros Therapy

as Emma
2004
Green Paradise poster

Green Paradise

as La mère de Lucas
2004
C'est la vie poster

C'est la vie

as Dominique
2001
Médée poster

Médée

as Le choeur
2001
Venus Beauty Institute poster

Venus Beauty Institute

as Tante Lyda
1999
XXL poster

XXL

as Sonia Stern
1997