Marie Rivière
Known for Acting · 67 credits
- Born
- 1956-12-22 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- 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.
Known For
Movies (67)
At Work
2026
as Paul's Mother
Cinématon
1978
as N°172 / N°173
Down by Love
2016
as Mère Anna
Courted
2015
as Marie-Laure Racine
Hideaway (Le refuge)
2009
as La femme sur la plage
Bright Days Ahead
2013
as Jocelyne
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
1987
as L'arnaqueuse - Swindler
The Green Ray
1986
as Delphine
El Turrrf
2013
as Suzanne
Sex, Love & Therapy
2014
as Martine
Actresses
2007
as The costume designer
A Tale of Winter
1992
as Dora
Time to Leave
2005
as Mère
Venus Beauty Institute
1999
as La cliente aux bottines fourées
A Tale of Autumn
1998
as Isabelle
My Donkey, My Lover & I
2020
as Claire
Just the Two of Us
2023
as Blanche’s Mother
The Lady and the Duke
2001
as Madame Laurent
Queen Mom
2025
as Responsable Maintenance
Love Is in the Air
2005
as La mère de Charlotte
A Castle in Italy
2013
as Nathan's Mother
Perceval
1978
as Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin
Memory Lane
2010
as Aude
This Summer Feeling
2015
as Adélaïde
The Adventures of Rosette
1983
The Diary of a Chambermaid
2027
as Madame Anne
Heart to Heart
1979
as Une élève du cours de dactylo (uncredited)
Le Canapé rouge
2005
The Aviator's Wife
1981
as Anne
The Stolen Diary
1993
as Lucie
Chassé-croisé
1982
Zéro défaut
2003
as Simone
Girls Can't Swim
2000
as Anne-Marie
Dark Flow
2020
Catherine de Heilbronn
1980
as Brigitte
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
2005
as Self
Clandestino
2003
as La conductrice
Rosette vend des roses
1985
as Rosette's friend
Life the Way It Is
1978
as Florence
Washed Ashore
2011
Folie suisse
1985
as Anna Daubigny
The Assembly Line
2023
as Robert’s mum
Cinématon XVIII
1982
as N°172 / N°173
Rosette sort le soir
1983
as Marie
Féminin plurielles
2018
as Professor
Under the Snow
2012
La nuit du coucou
1987
as Françoise Bonnot
Marie-Line
2000
as Louise
Shreklife
2026
as Nadège
Bonus Malus
2024
Rosette cherche une chambre
1987
as Florence
Température ambiante
2024
Raison perdue
1984
as Paula
Le bonheur se porte large
1988
as Isabelle
Les lutteurs immobiles
1988
as Judith
Rosette vole les voleurs
1988
as Rosette's friend
Eva voudrait
2020
as Emmanuelle
Médiumnité
1978
Adrien's Sleep
1991
Deux rivages
2015
My Sense of Modesty
2013
Madeleine and the Two Apaches
2014
as Madeleine
Marinaleda
2023
Les Plus beaux gratte-ciel de Paris
2026
In the Company of Éric Rohmer
2010
as Self
Muriel's Parents Are Desperate
1995
as La mere
Samia
2000
as La conseillère d'orientation
About Marie Rivière
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… With 67 credits spanning from 1978 to 2027, Marie Rivière has appeared in 67 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Marie Rivière Movies
- At Work (2026) — as Paul's Mother
- Cinématon (1978) — as N°172 / N°173
- Down by Love (2016) — as Mère Anna
- Courted (2015) — as Marie-Laure Racine
- Hideaway (Le refuge) (2009) — as La femme sur la plage
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