Emmanuelle Riva
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Three Colors: Blue
as Mother
1993
The Great Alibi
as Geneviève Herbin
2008
Risky Business
as Suzanne Doucet
1967
Hiroshima Mon Amour
as Elle
1959
XXL
as Sonia Stern
1997
Venus Beauty Institute
as Tante Lyda
1999
A Man and His Dog
as Femme église
2009
The Possessors
as la secrétaire de Noël
1958
Adua and Her Friends
as Marilina
1960
Léon Morin, Priest
as Barny
1961
Kapo
as Terese
1960
Le Coup de grâce
as Sophie
1966
Trintignant by Trintignant
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Therese
as Thérèse Desqueyroux
1962
Skylab
as Mrs. Prévost
2011
My Son
as Grandmother / La grand-mère
2006
Amour
as Anne
2012
C'est la vie
as Dominique
2001
For Sasha
as Mrs. Malka
1991
Thomas the Impostor
as la princesse de Bormes
1965
