Marie Rivière
Known For
Acting
Born
1956-12-22 in Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Biography
Marie Rivière (born 22 December 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is known for her collaborations with director Éric Rohmer. From a working-class background, Marie Rivière grew up on a housing estate/project in Montreuil before working as a schoolteacher, then as a shop assistant. At 21, having seen L'Amour l'après-midi, she sent a letter and photo to Éric Rohmer. He saw her in his office at Les films du losange, in the presence of Arielle Dombasle and Thierry Lhermitte, and offered her a small role in Perceval le Gallois. Two years later she appeared in Rohmer's The Aviator's Wife, the first in the Comédies et Proverbes series. The Green Ray, in which she played the fragile dreamer Delphine, was a critical and popular success, and won the Golden Lion at Venice. In 1998 she appeared again for Rohmer in Conte d'automne (Autumn Tale), alongside another Rohmer muse, Béatrice Romand. She co-directed her first film in 1993, with Marc Rivière, La Règle du Silence.
Most Known For
Médiumnité
Dark Flow
Bonus Malus
A Tale of Autumn
as Isabelle
Folie suisse
as Anna Daubigny
Féminin plurielles
as Professor
The Green Ray
as Delphine
At Work
as Paul's Mother
Rosette sort le soir
as Marie
Down by Love
as Mère Anna
Sex, Love & Therapy
as Martine
Time to Leave
as Mère
Love Is in the Air
as La mère de Charlotte
The Lady and the Duke
as Madame Laurent
Just the Two of Us
as Blanche’s Mother
My Donkey, My Lover & I
as Claire
This Summer Feeling
as Adélaïde
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
as L'arnaqueuse - Swindler
A Tale of Winter
as Dora
The Aviator's Wife
as Anne