Emmanuelle Riva

Emmanuelle Riva's biography

Emmanuelle Riva is 90 years old actor born at Cheniménil. She was born on Thursday 24th of February 1927. According to year of birth 1927 she belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 24th of February means she is Pisces. Pisces is a Watery Sign. They are very intuitive people. They are empathic, emotional and highly spiritual in nature.

She is native french speaker. She is citizen of France. Her primary profession is to be actor. You can know her also as photographer, poet, stage actor, film actor. She is recently known as writer.

Emmanuelle Riva's career

Her main focus is to be actor and poetry. You could see her also in Thérèse Desqueyroux, Amour.

How did Emmanuelle Riva die

She died on on Friday 27th of January 2017 when he was 90 years old at 16th arrondissement of Paris. Emmanuelle Rivas death was caused by cancer. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Emmanuelle Riva's Awards

• She received award for Volpi Cup for Best Actress for work Thérèse Desqueyroux in 1962
• She received award for Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for work Amour in 2012
• She received award for Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for work Amour in 2012
• She received award for New York Film Critics Online for work Amour in 2012
• She received award for National Society of Film Critics for work Amour in 2013
• She received award for Lumières Award for Best Actress for work Amour in 2013
• She received award for London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year for work Amour in 2013
• She received award for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for work Amour in 2013
• She received award for European Film Award for Best Actress for work Amour in 2012
• She received award for César Award for Best Actress for work Amour in 2013

Emmanuelle Riva's Nominations

• She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work Amour in 2012
• She was nominated for César Award for Best Actress for work Amour in 2013
• She was nominated for European Film Award for Best Actress for work Amour in 2012

What Emmanuelle Riva has done for a first time

• When 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.
• Her first acting experience was in a school production of Antigone on her father's wishes (he otherwise never approved of her acting dreams).

Emmanuelle Riva's quotes

• I'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.
• I wanted to live another life and many lives at once. Acting makes you live plenty of lives.
• I 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.
• [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.
• [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.
• [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.
• [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.
• [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.
• [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.
• [on the death of Alain Resnais] I was really stunned. I'd grown to believe that he would live forever.
• [on starring in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) and Amour (2012)] For me, these were the two illuminating points in my life.
• [making a comparison between Michael Haneke and Krzysztof Kieslowski] I think Haneke is more happy, more smiley. Kieslowski did not strike me as a very happy man.
• [on acting in old age] It's as if a distillation of what is essential seeps out of us, a sort of intimate solution that we share with the audience.
• One is very happy when one surpasses the director's expectations.
• [on the themes of Amour (2012)] The subject is important to all of us. It spares no one. Some people couldn't watch the film because they feared it would be too traumatic. Others said it gave them strength. I received mountains of letters.
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Emmanuelle Riva's body shape

Lets describe how Emmanuelle Riva looks. We will focus on her body shape. Body build is average.