Marie Rivière
Born
December 22, 1956 (68 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
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
Just the Two of Us
Blanche’s Mother
2023
Marinaleda
2023
Down by Love
Mère Anna
2016
This Summer Feeling
Adélaïde
2015
Sex, Love & Therapy
Martine
2014
Bright Days Ahead
Jocelyne
2013
My Sense of Modesty
2013
Under the Snow
2012
Memory Lane
Aude
2010
In the Company of Éric Rohmer
Self
2010
Hideaway (Le refuge)
La femme sur la plage
2009
Le Canapé rouge
2005
Time to Leave
Mère
2005
Clandestino
La conductrice
2003
Zéro défaut
Simone
2003
The Lady and the Duke
Madame Laurent
2001
Marie-Line
Louise
2000
Girls Can't Swim
Anne-Marie
2000
A Tale of Autumn
Isabelle
1998
The Stolen Diary
Lucie
1993
A Tale of Winter
Dora
1992
Adrien's Sleep
1991
Les lutteurs immobiles
Judith
1988
Le bonheur se porte large
Isabelle
1988
The Green Ray
Delphine
1986
Folie suisse
Anna Daubigny
1985
Rosette vend des roses
Rosette's friend
1985
Raison perdue
Paula
1984
Chassé-croisé
1982
The Aviator's Wife
Anne
1981
Life the Way It Is
Florence
1978
Shreklife
Nadège
À pied d’œuvre
2026
Queen Mom
Responsable Maintenance
2025
Bonus Malus
2024
Température ambiante
2024
The Asembly Line
Robert’s mum
2023
Eva voudrait
Emmanuelle
2020
My Donkey, My Lover & I
Claire
2020
Dark Flow
2020
Féminin plurielles
Professor
2018
Courted
Marie-Laure Racine
2015
Deux rivages
2015
Madeleine and the Two Apaches
Madeleine
2014
El Turrrf
Suzanne
2013
A Castle in Italy
Nathan's Mother
2013
Washed Ashore
2011
Actresses
The costume designer
2007
Love Is in the Air
La mère de Charlotte
2005
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
Self
2005
Samia
La conseillère d'orientation
2000
Venus Beauty Institute
La cliente aux bottines fourées
1999
Muriel's Parents Are Desperate
La mere
1995
Rosette vole les voleurs
Rosette's friend
1988
La nuit du coucou
Françoise Bonnot
1987
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
L'arnaqueuse - Swindler
1987
Rosette cherche une chambre
Florence
1987
The Adventures of Rosette
1983
Rosette sort le soir
Marie
1983
Cinématon XVIII
N°172 / N°173
1982
Catherine de Heilbronn
Brigitte
1980
Heart to Heart
Une élève du cours de dactylo (uncredited)
1979
Cinématon
N°172 / N°173
1978
Médiumnité
1978
Perceval
Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin
1978