Marie Rivière

Marie Rivière

Born 1956-12-22 (age 69) Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
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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.

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Known For

The Green Ray
The Green Ray

1986

as Delphine

Médiumnité
Down by Love
Down by Love

2016

as Mère Anna

The Diary of a Chambermaid
The Diary of a Chambermaid

2026

as Madame Anne

Les lutteurs immobiles
Bright Days Ahead
Bright Days Ahead

2013

as Jocelyne

Sex, Love & Therapy
Sex, Love & Therapy

2014

as Martine

The Aviator's Wife
Dark Flow
Féminin plurielles
Féminin plurielles

2018

as Professor

Le Canapé rouge
At Work
At Work

2026

as Paul's Mother

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Folie suisse

1985

as Anna Daubigny

A Tale of Winter
A Tale of Winter

1992

as Dora

Venus Beauty Institute
Venus Beauty Institute

1999

as La cliente aux bottines fourées

A Tale of Autumn
A Tale of Autumn

1998

as Isabelle

Time to Leave
Time to Leave

2005

as Mère

My Donkey, My Lover & I
Perceval
Perceval

1978

as Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin