
Actor
Marie Rivière
Born 1956 · Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
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.
Acting

The Green Ray
Delphine · 1986

Just the Two of Us
Blanche’s Mother · 2023

My Donkey, My Lover & I
Claire · 2020

A Tale of Winter
Dora · 1992

A Tale of Autumn
Isabelle · 1998

The Aviator's Wife
Anne · 1981

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

Courted
Marie-Laure Racine · 2015

Time to Leave
Mère · 2005

Down by Love
Mère Anna · 2016

Sex, Love & Therapy
Martine · 2014

Perceval
Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin · 1978

Love Is in the Air
La mère de Charlotte · 2005

Venus Beauty Institute
La cliente aux bottines fourées · 1999

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

At Work
Paul's Mother · 2026

Bright Days Ahead
Jocelyne · 2013

The Assembly Line
Robert’s mum · 2023

The Lady and the Duke
Madame Laurent · 2001

Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
Self · 2005
Rosette sort le soir
Marie · 1983

A Castle in Italy
Nathan's Mother · 2013

This Summer Feeling
Adélaïde · 2015
Clandestino
La conductrice · 2003
