Emmanuelle Riva
| Emmanuelle Riva | |
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Riva in 1962
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| Born |
Paulette Germaine Riva 24 February 1927 Cheniménil, France |
| Died | 27 January 2017 (aged 89) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Resting place | Cimetière de Charonne, Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Actress, poet, photographer, artist, chanteuse |
| Years active | 1956–2017 |
Emmanuelle Riva (French pronunciation: [emanɥɛl ʁiva]; 24 February 1927 – 27 January 2017) was a French actress, best known for her roles in the films Hiroshima mon amour (1959) and Amour (2012).
Riva won the BAFTA Award and the César Award for her lead role in Michael Haneke's Amour as Anne Laurent, and was nominated for the Academy Award for the same role. She had previously been nominated for a BAFTA Award for Hiroshima mon amour, and had won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962).
Riva was born Paulette Germaine Riva on 24 February 1927 in Cheniménil, France, the daughter of Jeanne (née Nourdin), a seamstress, and Alfredo Riva, a sign painter from Italy.
Growing up in Remiremont, Riva showed an early passion for acting, performing in plays at her local theatre, but worked for several years as a seamstress. After seeing an advertisement on a local newspaper, Riva applied to an acting school in Paris. At the age of 26, she moved to the French capital to pursue a career in acting despite objections from her family. In 1954, she performed her first role on stage in a Paris production of George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man. In 1957, Riva made her onscreen acting debut in the TV series Énigmes de l'histoire.
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