Marie Rivière

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. My Donkey, My Lover & I (2020) — Claire
2. Just the Two of Us (2023) — Blanche’s Mother
3. Sex, Love & Therapy (2014) — Martine
4. The Green Ray (1986) — Delphine
5. Courted (2015) — Marie-Laure Racine
6. Down by Love (2016) — Mère Anna
7. A Tale of Winter (1992) — Dora
8. A Tale of Autumn (1998) — Isabelle
9. Venus Beauty Institute (1999) — La cliente aux bottines fourées
10. Time to Leave (2005) — Mère
11. The Aviator's Wife (1981) — Anne
12. Love Is in the Air (2005) — La mère de Charlotte
13. Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987) — L'arnaqueuse - Swindler
14. Hideaway (Le refuge) (2009) — La femme sur la plage
15. Bright Days Ahead (2013) — Jocelyne
16. At Work (2026) — Paul's Mother
17. A Castle in Italy (2013) — Nathan's Mother
18. Perceval (1978) — Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin
19. This Summer Feeling (2015) — Adélaïde
20. The Assembly Line (2023) — Robert’s mum
21. The Lady and the Duke (2001) — Madame Laurent
22. Actresses (2007) — The costume designer
23. Girls Can't Swim (2000) — Anne-Marie
24. Life the Way It Is (1978) — Florence
25. Marie-Line (2000) — Louise
26. The Stolen Diary (1993) — Lucie
27. Heart to Heart (1979) — Une élève du cours de dactylo (uncredited)
28. Muriel's Parents Are Desperate (1995) — La mere
29. Queen Mom (2025) — Responsable Maintenance
30. Marinaleda (2023)
31. Memory Lane (2010) — Aude
32. Féminin plurielles (2018) — Professor
33. Cinématon (1978) — N°172 / N°173
34. Raison perdue (1984) — Paula
35. Samia (2000) — La conseillère d'orientation
36. El Turrrf (2013) — Suzanne
37. Catherine de Heilbronn (1980) — Brigitte
38. Chassé-croisé (1982)
39. Rosette vend des roses (1985) — Rosette's friend
40. The Adventures of Rosette (1983)

Directed

1. Le Canapé rouge (2005) — Director
2. In the Company of Éric Rohmer (2010) — Director