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Emmanuelle Riva

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French actress (1927-2017)

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Emmanuelle Riva was a French actress who had a long career in film and theater spanning several decades until her death in 2017. She is remembered as a significant figure in French cinema, though specific details about her most notable roles and achievements would require additional sources to describe accurately.

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Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • L'otage du désir

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Film & TV

Acting · Cheniménil, Vosges, France

Emmanuelle Riva (February 24, 1927 – January 27, 2017) was a French actress, best known for her roles in the films Hiroshima mon amour and Amour. In 2013, Riva won the BAFTA Award and the César Award for her lead role in Michael Haneke's Amour as Anne Laurent, and was nominated for the Academy Award for the same role.[2][3] She had previously been nominated for a BAFTA Award in 1960 for…

Known for

  • Belmondo: The Incorrigible2022
  • Trintignant by Trintignant — Self (archive footage)2021
  • Marx Can Wait — Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)2021
  • Alma2021
  • Lost in Paris — Martha2017
  • A Greek Type of Problem — Granny2013
  • Michael H. – Profession: Director — Self2013
  • Making of Amour — Self2013
  • Amour — Anne2012
  • Wide-Awake — The Superwoman2012

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Netherlands
Active from
1927
Active to
2017
house

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
154
Total plays
503

Emmanuelle Riva (French pronunciation: ​[emanɥɛl ʁiva]; born 24 February 1927) is a French actress, best known for her roles in the films" Hiroshima mon amour" (1959), and "Amour" (2012). In 2013, Riva won the BAFTA Award and the Cesar Award for her role in Michael Haneke's "Amour" as Anne Laurent, and was nominated for an Academy Award for the same role. She is the oldest actress ever to have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Emmanuelle+Ri

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Key facts

Born
Paulette Germaine Riva , ( 1927-02-24 ) 24 February 1927, Cheniménil , France
Died
27 January 2017 (2017-01-27) (aged 89), Paris , France
Resting place
Cimetière de Charonne, Paris
Occupations
Actress poet photographer artist chanteuse
Years active
1956–2017

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Encyclopedic overview

Emmanuelle Riva ( French pronunciation: [ɛmanɥɛl ʁiva]; 24 February 1927 – 27 January 2017) was a French actress, best known for her roles in the films Hiroshima mon amour (1959) and Amour (2012).

Riva was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her role in Hiroshima mon amour, and won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962). For her lead role in Michael Haneke's Amour, she won a BAFTA Award and the César Award, and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emmanuelle Riva” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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