Marie Rivière
Acting
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
Acting67
movieThe Diary of a Chambermaid
2026
Madame Anne
movieShreklife
2026
Nadège
movieAt Work
2026
Paul's Mother
movieQueen Mom
2025
Responsable Maintenance
movieJust the Two of Us
2023
Blanche’s Mother
movieThe Assembly Line
2023
Robert’s mum
movieEva voudrait
2020
Emmanuelle
movieFéminin plurielles
2018
Professor
movieDown by Love
2016
Mère Anna
movieCourted
2015
Marie-Laure Racine
movieThis Summer Feeling
2015
Adélaïde
movieSex, Love & Therapy
2014
Martine
movieEl Turrrf
2013
Suzanne
movieA Castle in Italy
2013
Nathan's Mother
movieBright Days Ahead
2013
Jocelyne
movieHideaway (Le refuge)
2009
La femme sur la plage
movieActresses
2007
The costume designer
movieLove Is in the Air
2005
La mère de Charlotte
Clandestino
2003
La conductrice
movieZéro défaut
2003
Simone
movieThe Lady and the Duke
2001
Madame Laurent
movieMarie-Line
2000
Louise
movieSamia
2000
La conseillère d'orientation
movieGirls Can't Swim
2000
Anne-Marie
movieVenus Beauty Institute
1999
La cliente aux bottines fourées
movieA Tale of Autumn
1998
Isabelle
Rosette vole les voleurs
1988
Rosette's friend
La nuit du coucou
1987
Françoise Bonnot
movieFour Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
1987
L'arnaqueuse - Swindler
movieThe Green Ray
1986
Delphine
Folie suisse
1985
Anna Daubigny
Rosette vend des roses
1985
Rosette's friend
Cinématon XVIII
1982
N°172 / N°173
movieCatherine de Heilbronn
1980
Brigitte
movieHeart to Heart
1979
Une élève du cours de dactylo (uncredited)
movieCinématon
1978
N°172 / N°173
moviePerceval
1978
Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin
movieLife the Way It Is
1978
Florence
Writing3
Directing2
Camera1
In the Company of Éric Rohmer
2010
Director of Photography