Marie Rivière (; born 22 December 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is known for her collaborations with director

Éric Rohmer Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer (; 21 March 192011 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the Post-war, p ...

. 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'',November 2012, interview with Marie Riviere
/ref> 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 Thierry Lhermitte (; born 24 November 1952) is a French actor, director, writer and producer, best known for his comedic roles. He was a founder of the comedy troupe ''Le Splendid'' in the 1970s, along with, among others, Christian Clavier, Géra ...

, 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 The Golden Lion () is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguished prizes. In 1970, a ...

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''.

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