
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.
Acting (53 movies)

A Tale of Autumn
1998

A Tale of Winter
1992

Time to Leave
2005

The Lady and the Duke
2001

The Aviator's Wife
1981

Raison perdue
1984

The Stolen Diary
1993

Girls Can't Swim
2000

Hideaway (Le refuge)
2009

Marinaleda
2023

Les lutteurs immobiles
1988

My Sense of Modesty
2013

The Green Ray
1986

Just the Two of Us
2023

Under the Snow
2012

Memory Lane
2010

Life the Way It Is
1978

Le bonheur se porte large
1988

Bright Days Ahead
2013

Le Canapé rouge
2005

Marie-Line
2000

Sex, Love & Therapy
2014

Zéro défaut
2003

Down by Love
2016

Catherine de Heilbronn
1980

This Summer Feeling
2015

Chassé-croisé
1982

Muriel's Parents Are Desperate
1995

Love Is in the Air
2005

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
1987

Madeleine and the Two Apaches
2014

Samia
2000

Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
2005

Médiumnité
1978

Féminin plurielles
2018

Courted
2015

El Turrrf
2013

Cinématon
1978

Venus Beauty Institute
1999

Dark Flow
2020

Actresses
2007

My Donkey, My Lover & I
2020

The Adventures of Rosette
1983

Perceval
1978

Eva voudrait
2020

A Castle in Italy
2013

Température ambiante
2024

Queen Mom
2025

Bonus Malus
2024

The Asembly Line
2023

Washed Ashore
2011

At Work
2026

Heart to Heart
1979
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Green Ray | 1986 | Writer |
| Le Canapé rouge | 2005 | Writer |
| In the Company of Éric Rohmer | 2010 | Writer |