Emmanuelle Riva

French actress (1927-2017)

AI overview

Emmanuelle Riva was a French actress who had a long career in film and theater spanning several decades until her death in 2017. She is remembered as a significant figure in French cinema, though specific details about her most notable roles and achievements would require additional sources to describe accurately.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works: 0

Top works

L'otage du désir

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Cheniménil, Vosges, France

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…

Known for

Belmondo: The Incorrigible2022
Trintignant by Trintignant — Self (archive footage)2021
Marx Can Wait — Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)2021
Alma2021
Lost in Paris — Martha2017
A Greek Type of Problem — Granny2013
Michael H. – Profession: Director — Self2013
Making of Amour — Self2013
Amour — Anne2012
Wide-Awake — The Superwoman2012

via TMDB

Key facts

Born: Paulette Germaine Riva , ( 1927-02-24 ) 24 February 1927, Cheniménil , France
Died: 27 January 2017 (2017-01-27) (aged 89), Paris , France
Resting place: Cimetière de Charonne, Paris
Occupations: Actress poet photographer artist chanteuse
Years active: 1956–2017

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Cheniménil
Place of death: 16th arrondissement of Paris
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Award: César Award for Best Actress
Field of work: film
Image: Emmanuelle Riva Cannes 2012.jpg
Height: 1.66
Significant event: funeral

Show 11 more facts

date of birth: 1927-02-24
Commons category: Emmanuelle Riva
nominated for: European Film Award for Best Actress
name in native language: Paulette Riva
date of death: 2017-01-27
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: cancer
start of work period: 1952-00-00
end of work period: 2017-00-00
birth name: Paulette Germaine Riva
pseudonym: Emmanuelle Riva

Sources (12)

via Wikidata · CC0

~6 min read

Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emmanuelle Riva” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.