Emmanuelle Riva Net Worth

Emmanuelle Riva Net Worth is
$1.7 Million

Emmanuelle Riva Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Emmanuelle Riva (French pronunciation: ?[eman??l ?iva], born Paulette Germaine Riva; 24 February 1927) is a French actress, best known for her roles in the films Hiroshima mon amour (1959), and Amour (2012). In 2013, Riva won the BAFTA Award and the César Award for her role in Michael Haneke's Amour as Anne Laurent, and was nominated for an Academy Award for the same role. She is the oldest actress ever to have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She had previously been nominated for a BAFTA Award in 1960 for her role in Hiroshima mon amour and won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1962 for Thérèse Desqueyroux.

Date Of BirthFebruary 24, 1927
Place Of BirthCheniménil, Vosges, France
Height5' 5½" (1.66 m)
ProfessionActress
NationalityFrench
Star SignPisces
#Trademark
1Excellent diction
2Heroines whose inner process is followed thoroughly during a movie, often through their own voice-over
3Heartbreaking performances
4Often appears in alternative, anti-mainstream movies
5Often played mothers and grandmothers in the second half of her career
6Naturalistic acting style
#Quote
1[on the death of Alain Resnais] I was really stunned. I'd grown to believe that he would live forever.
2[on re-watching her Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) performance in 2014] It's as though I were watching somebody else. We each have many lives. And Hiroshima is in another life for me.
3[on being directed by Alain Resnais in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)] [He] would come up close, talk with each of us intimately, and quietly tell us what he hoped to achieve in the scene.
4[on working with Eiji Okada in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)] He learned all his lines phonetically... His work was just amazing and he has a magnificent presence in the film.
5[on Marguerite Duras] Marguerite has her own rhythm. There's a precise, childlike quality in her writing that you can't ignore. You can't escape it, but it's actually a pleasure. Not long ago, I was listening to some old interviews and I heard Alain Robbe-Grillet talking about Hiroshima. He said that Marguerite Duras had sent out cassettes of the text. I must have listened to them -and there was nothing left for me to do but mimic her. And he laughed and laughed. Well, I never heard these cassettes. It's totally untrue. And I'm very glad to have the chance to tell you this! I didn't have to imitate. That doesn't interest me at all. I like to create.
6[on her character in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)] I was very pleased with the role because it will always be modern. Her freedom exists naturally within her.
7[on the shooting of Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)] I can still feel the happiness of those days, it hasn't left me. It was so extraordinary to live that adventure.
8[on working with Michael Haneke on the set of Amour (2012)] I understood right away. No sentimentality. So that becomes really very interesting to perform. Because there is a restraint, a distance that is a pleasure to experience.
9[on being Oscar-nominated for Amour (2012)] I am truly happy, touched, and honored to receive, today in New York, a nomination for the role of Anne in Amour by Michael Haneke. For me, it is an immense gift, at this stage of my life, to be chosen by my sisters and brothers, for what I do as an actress. I never thought, while working throughout the years in Europe and France, that one day, i would cross the Atlantic Ocean, come to the United States, and be nominated. It is quite surreal for me. Shooting Amour with Michael Haneke was a complete joy for me, as I felt an absolute trust in him and we were in complete synch. Michael is the very music of his own film.
10If I hadn't succeeded, I'd have died. I didn't have another second to lose. I had dozens of marriage proposals, I refused them all. Why would I tie myself down with a husband and children? It's very difficult to make a couple succeed. Are you married? Do you have children?
11I refused as many offers as I accepted. I refused commercial roles. But it was wrong, I have been too extreme, and I don't say it was good.
12I wanted to live another life and many lives at once. Acting makes you live plenty of lives.
13I've never wanted to be a star, never. I tried to do things that pleased me, and I needed to do various things. It is dreadful to see actors reproducing the same image constantly.
#Fact
1She won the 2014 Prix Beaumarchais for her stage performance in "Savannah Bay".
2For her performance in Amour (2012), she's one of only four French actresses to have won the NSFC (National Society of Film Critics) Award for Best Actress (in 2013) . The other three are: Sylvie in La vieille dame indigne (1965) (in 1967), Isabelle Adjani in The Story of Adele H (1975) (in 1975) and Marion Cotillard in Deux jours, une nuit (2014) and The Immigrant (2013) (in 2015).
3Her poems were released in three collections: 'Juste derrière le sifflet des trains' (1969), 'Le Feu des miroirs' (1975) and 'L'Otage du désir' (1982).
4Autobiography 'C'est délit-cieux! : Entrer dans la confidence' was published on the 30 October 2014.
5She was awarded the 2015 Prix Henri-Langlois for her body of work [30 March 2015].
6Her first acting experience was in a school production of Antigone on her father's wishes (he otherwise never approved of her acting dreams).
7When she visited New York for the first time in her life in January 2012, she asked Sony executives if someone could bring her to see the Statue of Liberty.
8Michael Haneke stated that, had she still been alive, he would have likely cast his frequent collaborator Annie Girardot as the female lead in Amour (2012), but he also added that- thinking retrospectively about the whole thing- it's unlikely that she would have been as believable as Emmanuelle as the screen wife of Jean-Louis Trintignant.
9She doesn't own a TV set, a computer nor a cellphone.
10She's been credited as either Emmanuelle or Emmanuèle Riva through most of her film career. Within the years, she signed autographs using both names as well.
11When she was Oscar-nominated for her portrayal of Anne in Michael Haneke's Amour (2012), one of her fellow nominees was Naomi Watts for The Impossible (2012). Watts had previously played Ann in Haneke's Funny Games (2007) (the director uses variations of the same name for all his female protagonists).
12Back in the 60's, she mentioned Charlotte Corday, Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Mrs.Dalloway as dream roles she would have liked to play.
13One of her professional regrets is not to have been offered enough comedy roles in her career, largely because of her strict association with the tragic heroine of Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959).
14She loves ballet and classical music.
15Her friends nicknamed her 'Hiroshima' after her star-making movie, Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959).
16She starred in 3 movies that were nominated for the Best Picture César: Three Colors: Blue (1993), Vénus beauté (institut) (1999) and Amour (2012). The last two won.
17She was one of Georges Franju's three muses, the other two being Edith Scob and Francine Bergé.
18Before the start of the shooting of Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), she would wait for Marguerite Duras to pass on to her Alain Resnais's instructions about how to play her role. The first message Resnais sent her was that she had to shave her legs for the part.
19When initially approached to direct Mademoiselle (1966), Georges Franju introduced her to screenwriter Jean Genet as his ideal pick for the title role. Genet was very enthusiastic about the idea and when Franju mentioned fellow candidate Romy Schneider, the writer stated: 'You've shown me a jewel, I won't swop it against a false pearl, and German at that'. This collaboration never saw the day and Franju later remarked that he would have made the movie straight away had he agreed to Romy's casting, but he had also been partial to Emmanuelle. The film was eventually directed by Tony Richardson and starred Jeanne Moreau.
20She's one of only three French actresses to win the Best Actress BAFTA since the integration of Best British Actress and Best Foreign Actress to one category: the other two are Stéphane Audran for Just Before Nightfall (1971) and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) (in 1974) and Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose (2007) (in 2008).
21Both Emmanuelle and Anouk Aimée received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for playing opposite Jean-Louis Trintignant: coincidentally, both actresses were playing a character named Anne.
22After the success of Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), she was offered many roles in the English language, but, since she didn't speak it, she couldn't perform them.
23She was originally slated to star in the U.S. premiere of Didier Bezace's stage production of 'Savannah Bay' at the Kennedy Center, but eventually backed out of the project due to medical recommendations that prevent her from traveling overseas. Geneviève Mnich replaced her.
24She was awarded the "Victoire du Cinéma Français" for her performance in Therese (1962).
25She won the "Prix du Cinéma Français" for her film work.
26She won the Best Actress Award at Acapulco Film Festival for her performance in Therese (1962).
27She and Marion Cotillard are the only actors to win both a BAFTA and a César award for the same performance. Cotillard won both awards in 2008 for La Vie en Rose (2007) and Riva won in 2013 for Amour (2012).
28She was one of the two French actresses who starred in French-language films to be nominated for a BAFTA award for Best Leading Actress in 2013 with her performance in Amour (2012), the other was Marion Cotillard for her performance in Rust and Bone (2012). It was the first time in the history of BAFTA that two French-language performances were nominated for the Best Actress category.
29Mother Jeanne Fernande Nourdin (b.1908) was a seamstress. Father René Alfred (Alfredo) Riva (b.1906) was a sign painter.
30She lives in the Latin Quarter of Paris.
31She unanimously won the "Prix du syndicat de la critique" for Best Actress in 1966 (1965/1966 season) for her stage performance in "L'Opéra du monde".
32Both Emmanuelle and Delphine Seyrig played an unnamed heroine nicknamed 'Elle' in a movie penned by Marguerite Duras: Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) and La musica (1967) respectively.
33She's a skilled photographer. When she was in Japan to shoot Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), she bought a Ricohflex and began to take photos of people. All the material she took was eventually published in a book called "Tu n'as rien vu à Hiroshima".
34She used to practice archery. She took an interest in the sport by watching a Japanese sensei when she was in Hiroshima to shoot Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959). She later bought a bow and arrows to take lessons in Paris.
35She keeps in shape through dancing and walking over six miles a day. During the shooting of Amour (2012), she used to turn on her radio at the end of her daily work and do some Andalusian dances.
36In 2012 she became the eleventh recipient of the Prix Marguerite Duras for her body of work.
37She slept in her dressing room during the whole shooting of Amour (2012).
38Jean-Pierre Melville stated that he wouldn't have done Léon Morin, Priest (1961) had Emmanuelle or Jean-Paul Belmondo declined their roles.
39She enjoys to do film and stage work in equal measure.
40Georges Franju wanted Emmanuelle to play the role of Lady Beltham in his long-craved version of Fantomas, but he eventually died before the project could see the light of the day. Emmanuelle stated that not playing that part is one of her big regrets.
41Both her BAFTA nominations were for movies which had the word Amour in the title : Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) and Amour (2012).
42Is one of 12 French actresses to have received an Academy Award nomination. The others in chronological order are: Claudette Colbert, Colette Marchand, Leslie Caron, Simone Signoret, Anouk Aimée, Isabelle Adjani, Marie-Christine Barrault, Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard and Bérénice Bejo.
43She was very good friends with singer and actor Jacques Brel. The two appeared in a movie together, Les risques du métier (1967).
44For her performance in Amour (2012), she became the oldest Oscar nominee for Best Actress at age 85. Coincidentally, her fellow nominee Quvenzhané Wallis became the youngest one ever at 9 for her performance in Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012).
45Both Emmanuelle and her Amour (2012) co-star, Jean-Louis Trintignant, were part of Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy. She appeared in Three Colors: Blue (1993) while he played the leading male role in Three Colors: Red (1994).
46Hobbies include traveling, cooking, biking and collecting exotic items.
47Favourite movies include L'Avventura (1960), Wild Strawberries (1957), Jules and Jim (1962), La Notte (1961), Electra (1962), Over There, 1914-18 (1963).
48Her paternal grandfather was Italian, and her other grandparents were French. Her grandfather, Alfred (Alfredo) Riva (b.1877), was born in Monvalle, Lombardy, on the side of Lake Maggiore. Her other grandparents came from Vosges families (Nourdin, Hacquard, Hollard).
49She's also a poet.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Alma2017post-production
LE Vacances2016pre-production
Les Vacancespre-production
Paris pieds nus2016Martha
Marie et les naufragés2016Suzanne
Tu honoreras ta mère et ta mère2012Granny
Amour2012Anne
Le Skylab2011Mme Prévost dite Mémé - la mère d'Anna
Je ne dis pas non2009Mme Revison
Un homme et son chien2008Femme église
Le grand alibi2008Geneviève Herbin
Mon fils à moi2006La grand mère
Venus and Apollo2005TV SeriesMme Galinet
Je suis votre homme2004Emma
Vert paradis2003La mère de Lucas
C'est la vie2001Dominique
Médée2001TV MovieLe choeur
Vénus beauté (institut)1999Tante Lyda
XXL1997Sonia Stern
Capitaine au long cours1997Clémentine / Calypso
L'homme aux semelles de vent1995TV MovieLa mère de Rimbaud
Dieu, l'amant de ma mère et le fils du charcutier1995
A che punto è la notte1994TV MovieProfessoressa Chaldiny
Éclats de famille1994TV MovieMarguerite
L'ombre du doute1993Grandmother
Three Colors: Blue1993La mère
Langer Samstag1992Frau Dünskoven
Loin du Brésil1992Juliette
For Sasha1991Mrs. Malka
Grand beau1990TV MovieLa Piou
La passion de Bernadette1989Mère Marie-Thérèse Vauzou
Les dossiers de l'écran1989TV SeriesJeanne d'Albert
Chinoise à deux voix ou Hommage à Carpeaux1988Short
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober1988La mère
Funny Boy1987Micky's mother
Résister ou les captives d'Aigues-Mortes1985TV Movie
Un delitto1984TV Movie
Liberté, la nuit1984Mouche, the wife
Un homme à ma taille1983Lisa Leibovitch
L'exile1983TV MovieGeneviève De Presles
Die Erbtöchter1982
The Eyes, the Mouth1982Mother
Ralentir école1982TV MovieL'institutrice
Y a-t-il un Français dans la salle?1982Adélaïde Tumelat
Le piano des songes1982TV MovieLa mère de Claire
Le roman du samedi: Un prêtre marié1981TV MovieMalgaigne
The Games of Countess Dolingen1981Une invitée
Le règlement intérieur1980La prof de journalisme
Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 21980TV Series
Les jeunes filles1979TV MovieAndrée Hacquebaut
Madame Ex1977TV MovieAline
Au théâtre ce soir1976TV SeriesNatalia
The Devil in the Heart1976Madame Bouvier, la mère
Léopold le bien-aimé1975TV MovieMarie-Thérèse
La mort de l'utopie1975
La dame de l'aube1975TV MovieLa pèlerine
Au long de rivière Fango1975Mathilde
La mort du pantin1975TV MovieMarianne Morel
Ariane1974Pasiphae
I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse1973La mère (Madame Rey)
Le cygne1972TV MovieDame Gritie
Les portes de feu1972La baronne
L'homme de désir1971Valentine
La modification1970Henriette
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Je voudrais parler à monsieur Moratti1969TV MovieJosette
La forêt noire1968TV MovieMaria Richter
Les risques du métier1967Suzanne Doucet
Fruits amers - Soledad1967Soledad
Voilà l'ordre1966Short
La fin de la nuit1966TV MovieThérèse Desqueyroux
L'or et le plomb1966La femme du monde
Le coup de grâce1965Sophie
Thomas l'imposteur1965La princesse de Bormes
Io uccido, tu uccidi1965Lucia Rossi Perozzi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
Le gros coup1964Clémence Grandval
Caterina1963TV MovieCaterina
The Hours of Love1963Maretta
Therese1962Thérèse Desqueyroux (as Emmanuele Riva)
Climats1962Isabelle
Léon Morin, Priest1961Barny (as Emmanuele Riva)
Kapò1960Terese
Adua e le compagne1960Marilina (as Emmanuele Riva)
Recours en grâce1960Germaine Tourier
Le huitième jour1960Françoise
Hiroshima Mon Amour1959Elle (as Emmanuele Riva)
La Confession1959TV MovieSylvia
The Possessors1958La secrétaire (uncredited)
Énigmes de l'histoire1957TV SeriesSophie Charlotte

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
C à vous2014TV SeriesHerself
Michael H. Profession: Director2013DocumentaryHerself
The 85th Annual Academy Awards2013TV SpecialHerself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
La nuit des Césars2013TV Series documentaryHerself - César de la meilleure actrice
Cinema 32012-2013TV SeriesHerself
The 2012 European Film Awards2012TV SpecialHerself - Award Recipient
Kulturzeit2012TV SeriesHerself
Un siècle d'écrivains1998TV Series documentaryRécitante / Narrator
Un comédien lit un auteur1979TV SeriesHerself
Chili: Les arpilleras de la colère1978Documentary shortRécitante / Narrator (voice)
Samedi soir1971TV SeriesHerself
Disorder Is 20 Years Old1967DocumentaryHerself
Cinépanorama1959-1964TV Series documentaryHerself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Die Öscars2016TV Mini-Series documentaryHerself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2014Critics AwardSESC Film Festival, BrazilBest Foreign Actress (Melhor Atriz Estrangeira)Amour (2012)
2013BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Leading ActressAmour (2012)
2013Cinema Bloggers AwardCinema Bloggers Awards, PortugalBest Actress - International CompetitionAmour (2012)
2013CCOPCríticos de Cinema Online Portugueses AwardsBest Actress (Melhor Atriz)Amour (2012)
2013CésarCésar Awards, FranceBest Actress (Meilleure actrice)Amour (2012)
2013ICS AwardInternational Cinephile Society AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)
2013INOCAInternational Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)Best ActressAmour (2012)
2013IOMAItalian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)Best Actress (Miglior attrice protagonista)Amour (2012)
2013ALFS AwardLondon Critics Circle Film AwardsActress of the YearAmour (2012)
2013Lumiere AwardLumiere Awards, FranceBest Actress (Meilleure comédienne)Amour (2012)
2013NSFC AwardNational Society of Film Critics Awards, USABest ActressAmour (2012)
2012BSFC AwardBoston Society of Film Critics AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)
2012DFCCDublin Film Critics Circle AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)
2012European Film AwardEuropean Film AwardsEuropean ActressAmour (2012)
2012Joseph Plateau Honorary AwardGhent International Film Festival
2012LAFCA AwardLos Angeles Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)
2012NYFCO AwardNew York Film Critics, OnlineBest ActressAmour (2012)
2012SFFCC AwardSan Francisco Film Critics CircleBest ActressAmour (2012)
1964Silver GoddessMexican Cinema JournalistsBest Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera)Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962)
1962Volpi CupVenice Film FestivalBest ActressThérèse Desqueyroux (1962)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2013OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Performance by an Actress in a Leading RoleAmour (2012)
2013Movies for Grownups AwardAARP Movies for Grownups AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)
2013EDA AwardAlliance of Women Film JournalistsBest ActressAmour (2012)
2013EDA Female Focus AwardAlliance of Women Film JournalistsActress Defying Age and AgeismAmour (2012)
2013AACTA International AwardAustralian Film InstituteBest ActressAmour (2012)
2013Critics Choice AwardBroadcast Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)
2013CinEuphoriaCinEuphoria AwardsBest Actress - International CompetitionAmour (2012)
2013CinEuphoriaCinEuphoria AwardsBest Duo - International CompetitionAmour (2012)
2013Dorian AwardGay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA)Film Performance of the Year - ActressAmour (2012)
2013GFCA AwardGeorgia Film Critics Association (GFCA)Best ActressAmour (2012)
2013Globe de CristalGlobes de Cristal Awards, FranceBest Actress (Meilleure actrice)Amour (2012)
2013Gold Derby AwardGold Derby AwardsLead ActressAmour (2012)
2013IFC AwardIowa Film Critics AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)
2013IFTA AwardIrish Film and Television AwardsBest International ActressAmour (2012)
2013OFTA Film AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest ActressAmour (2012)
2013OFCS AwardOnline Film Critics Society AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)
2013TFCA AwardToronto Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)
2012ACCAAwards Circuit Community AwardsBest Actress in a Leading RoleAmour (2012)
2012CFCA AwardChicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)
2012DFWFCA AwardDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)
2012HFCS AwardHouston Film Critics Society AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)
2012ICP AwardIndiewire Critics' PollBest Lead PerformanceAmour (2012)
2012Satellite AwardSatellite AwardsBest Actress in a Motion PictureAmour (2012)
2012WAFCA AwardWashington DC Area Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)
1961BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Foreign ActressHiroshima mon amour (1959)

2nd Place Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2012VVFP AwardVillage Voice Film PollBest ActressAmour (2012)

3rd Place Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2012NYFCC AwardNew York Film Critics Circle AwardsBest ActressAmour (2012)

Known for movies

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