
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

Down by Love
2016
as Mère Anna

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
1987
as L'arnaqueuse - Swindler

Cinématon
1978
as N°172 / N°173

El Turrrf
2013
as Suzanne

Venus Beauty Institute
1999
as La cliente aux bottines fourées

The Green Ray
1986
as Delphine

A Tale of Winter
1992
as Dora

Actresses
2007
as The costume designer

My Donkey, My Lover & I
2020
as Claire

Bright Days Ahead
2013
as Jocelyne

Time to Leave
2005
as Mère

Courted
2015
as Marie-Laure Racine

Sex, Love & Therapy
2014
as Martine

Hideaway (Le refuge)
2009
as La femme sur la plage

Just the Two of Us
2023
as Blanche’s Mother

The Lady and the Duke
2001
as Madame Laurent

A Castle in Italy
2013
as Nathan's Mother

Love Is in the Air
2005
as La mère de Charlotte

Queen Mom
2025
as Responsable Maintenance

A Tale of Autumn
1998
as Isabelle

The Diary of a Chambermaid
2027
as Madame Anne

Heart to Heart
1979
as Une élève du cours de dactylo (uncredited)

This Summer Feeling
2015
as Adélaïde

Perceval
1978
as Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin

The Stolen Diary
1993
as Lucie

Girls Can't Swim
2000
as Anne-Marie

Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
2005
as Self

Memory Lane
2010
as Aude

The Aviator's Wife
1981
as Anne

Catherine de Heilbronn
1980
as Brigitte

Chassé-croisé
1982

Le Canapé rouge
2005

The Adventures of Rosette
1983
Cinématon XVIII
1982
as N°172 / N°173
Rosette vend des roses
1985
as Rosette's friend

Zéro défaut
2003
as Simone

Life the Way It Is
1978
as Florence

Dark Flow
2020
Rosette sort le soir
1983
as Marie
Folie suisse
1985
as Anna Daubigny

Féminin plurielles
2018
as Professor
Rosette cherche une chambre
1987
as Florence
Clandestino
2003
as La conductrice

Shreklife
2026
as Nadège

Bonus Malus
2024

Marie-Line
2000
as Louise

The Assembly Line
2023
as Robert’s mum
Deux rivages
2015

Température ambiante
2024

Raison perdue
1984
as Paula

Eva voudrait
2020
as Emmanuelle

Les lutteurs immobiles
1988
as Judith

My Sense of Modesty
2013
La nuit du coucou
1987
as Françoise Bonnot
Adrien's Sleep
1991

Madeleine and the Two Apaches
2014
as Madeleine
Rosette vole les voleurs
1988
as Rosette's friend

Washed Ashore
2011

Le bonheur se porte large
1988
as Isabelle

Les Plus beaux gratte-ciel de Paris
2026

Muriel's Parents Are Desperate
1995
as La mere

Médiumnité
1978

Marinaleda
2023

Under the Snow
2012

Samia
2000
as La conseillère d'orientation
In the Company of Éric Rohmer
2010
as Self
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
- Down by Love (2016) — as Mère Anna
- Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987) — as L'arnaqueuse - Swindler
- Cinématon (1978) — as N°172 / N°173
- El Turrrf (2013) — as Suzanne
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