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Emmanuelle Riva
Riva at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, May 20
Born
Paulette Germaine Riva[1]

(1927-02-24) 24 February 1927 (age 97)
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Actress, poet
Known forHiroshima mon amour
Léon Morin, prêtre
Thérèse Desqueyroux
Les Risques du métier
Amour

Emmanuelle Riva (born Paulette Germaine Riva; 24 February, 1927) is a French actress, best known for her roles in the films Léon Morin, Priest, Hiroshima mon amour, and Amour. She was BAFTA nominated in 1960 for her role in Hiroshima mon amour, and in 2013, Riva received Academy Award and BAFTA Award nominations for her role in Amour. She is the oldest actress ever to have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.[2][3]

Life and career

Riva was born in Cheniménil, France, the daughter of Jeanne (née Nourdin) and Alfredo Riva, an Italian painter of sign letters.[4][5] Riva started her acting career on the Paris stage after having worked as a seamstress. Her best known role was as the (unnamed) female lead in Hiroshima mon amour (1959).

She has also appeared in Adua e le compagne, Léon Morin, prêtre, Thérèse Desqueyroux (for which she won the Volpi Cup for best actress at the Venice Film Festival), Thomas l'imposteur, The Eyes, the Mouth, Three Colours: Blue as the mother of Juliette Binoche's character, and Venus Beauty Institute. She has continued to act in films in the 21st century.

While filming Hiroshima mon amour, Riva photographed Hiroshima; a half-century later these photographs were exhibited at the Nikon Salon and were issued in book form in France and Japan.[6]

Riva is also a published poet.[citation needed]

Awards

Filmography

Year Title/Director Notes
1959 Hiroshima mon amour (Alain Resnais) Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress
1959 Kapò
1961 Léon Morin, Priest (Léon Morin, prêtre) (Jean-Pierre Melville)
1962 Thérèse Desqueyroux (Georges Franju) Venice Film FestivalVolpi Cup for Best Actress
1965 Thomas the Impostor (Thomas l'imposteur) (Georges Franju)
1967 Risky Business (Les risques du métier) (André Cayatte)
1993 Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu) (Krzysztof Kieślowski)
1999 Venus Beauty Institute (Vénus beauté (institut)) (Tonie Marshall)
2001 Médée
2009 A Man and His Dog (Un Homme et Son Chien)
2011 Le Skylab (Julie Delpy)
2012 Amour (Michael Haneke) Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
European Film Award for Best Actress
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Actress
Premio Cinema Ludus for Best European Actress
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Pending — Academy Award for Best Actress
Pending — AACTA International Award for Best Actress
Pending — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Pending — Dorian Award for Best Actress
Pending — London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year
Pending — Lumières de la presse étrangère Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Houston Film Critics Society for Best Actress
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated — New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

Books

  • Riva, Emmanuelle (1975). Le Feu des miroirs (in French). Paris: Éditions Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
  • Riva, Emmanuelle (1976). Juste derrière le sifflet des trains (in French). Paris: Éditions Saint-Germain-des-Prés. ISBN 2-243-00380-5.
  • Riva, Emmanuelle (1982). L'otage du désir (in French). Paris: Nouvelles Éditions latines. ISBN 2-7233-0184-2.
  • Riva, Emmanuelle (2008). Hiroshima 1958 (in Japanese). Tokyo: Inscript. ISBN 978-4-900997-22-6.
  • Riva, Emmanuelle (2009). Tu n'as rien vu à Hiroshima (in French). Paris: Gallimard. ISBN 978-2-07-012298-1.

See also

References

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