Acting · Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France · Born December 22, 1956
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.
MovieThe Diary of a Chambermaid
2026
as Madame Anne
MovieLes Plus beaux gratte-ciel de Paris
2026
MovieShreklife
2026
as Nadège
MovieAt Work
2026
as Paul's Mother
MovieQueen Mom
2025
as Responsable Maintenance
MovieBonus Malus
2024
MovieTempérature ambiante
2024
MovieJust the Two of Us
2023
as Blanche’s Mother
MovieThe Assembly Line
2023
as Robert’s mum
MovieMarinaleda
2023
MovieEva voudrait
2020
as Emmanuelle
MovieMy Donkey, My Lover & I
2020
as Claire
MovieDark Flow
2020
MovieFéminin plurielles
2018
as Professor
MovieDown by Love
2016
as Mère Anna
MovieCourted
2015
as Marie-Laure Racine
MovieThis Summer Feeling
2015
as Adélaïde
Deux rivages
2015
MovieSex, Love & Therapy
2014
as Martine
MovieMadeleine and the Two Apaches
2014
as Madeleine
MovieEl Turrrf
2013
as Suzanne
MovieA Castle in Italy
2013
as Nathan's Mother
MovieBright Days Ahead
2013
as Jocelyne
MovieMy Sense of Modesty
2013
MovieUnder the Snow
2012
MovieWashed Ashore
2011
MovieMemory Lane
2010
as Aude
In the Company of Éric Rohmer
2010
as Self
MovieHideaway (Le refuge)
2009
as La femme sur la plage
MovieActresses
2007
as The costume designer
MovieLe Canapé rouge
2005
MovieLove Is in the Air
2005
as La mère de Charlotte
MovieTime to Leave
2005
as Mère
MovieLes Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
2005
as Self
Clandestino
2003
as La conductrice
MovieZéro défaut
2003
as Simone
MovieThe Lady and the Duke
2001
as Madame Laurent
MovieMarie-Line
2000
as Louise
MovieSamia
2000
as La conseillère d'orientation
MovieGirls Can't Swim
2000
as Anne-Marie
MovieVenus Beauty Institute
1999
as La cliente aux bottines fourées
MovieA Tale of Autumn
1998
as Isabelle
MovieMuriel's Parents Are Desperate
1995
as La mere
MovieThe Stolen Diary
1993
as Lucie
MovieA Tale of Winter
1992
as Dora
Adrien's Sleep
1991
MovieLes lutteurs immobiles
1988
as Judith
MovieLe bonheur se porte large
1988
as Isabelle
Rosette vole les voleurs
1988
as Rosette's friend
La nuit du coucou
1987
as Françoise Bonnot
MovieFour Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
1987
as L'arnaqueuse - Swindler
Rosette cherche une chambre
1987
as Florence
MovieThe Green Ray
1986
as Delphine
Folie suisse
1985
as Anna Daubigny
Rosette vend des roses
1985
as Rosette's friend
MovieRaison perdue
1984
as Paula
MovieThe Adventures of Rosette
1983
Rosette sort le soir
1983
as Marie
Cinématon XVIII
1982
as N°172 / N°173
MovieChassé-croisé
1982
MovieThe Aviator's Wife
1981
as Anne
MovieCatherine de Heilbronn
1980
as Brigitte
MovieHeart to Heart
1979
as Une élève du cours de dactylo (uncredited)
MovieCinématon
1978
as N°172 / N°173
MovieMédiumnité
1978
MoviePerceval
1978
as Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin
MovieLife the Way It Is
1978
as Florence
