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Emmanuelle Riva

1927 - 2017

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Emmanuelle Riva (French pronunciation: [ɛmanɥɛl 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 was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her role in Hiroshima mon amour, and won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962). For her lead role in Michael Haneke's Amour, she won a BAFTA Award and the César Award, and was nominated for an Academy Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emmanuelle Riva is the 480th most popular actor (down from 434th in 2019), the 893rd most popular biography from France (down from 857th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Actor.

Emmanuelle Riva is most famous for her role in the film "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (1959).

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Emmanuelle Riva ranks 480 out of 13,578. Before her are Bill Bixby, Magda Schneider, Lillian Gish, Chow Yun-fat, Karl Malden, and Kenneth Branagh. After her are Jean-Pierre Cassel, Harold Ramis, Walter Matthau, Powers Boothe, Sondra Locke, and Linda Hamilton.

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Among people born in 1927, Emmanuelle Riva ranks 41. Before her are Gilbert Bécaud, Theodore Maiman, Lawrence Kohlberg, Hubert de Givenchy, Niklas Luhmann, and Harry Belafonte. After her are Raúl Alfonsín, Harry Mulisch, Juliette Gréco, Roy Cohn, Robert Ludlum, and Sydney Brenner. Among people deceased in 2017, Emmanuelle Riva ranks 42. Before her are Liu Xiaobo, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Mauno Koivisto, Tzvetan Todorov, Louise Hay, and Liliane Bettencourt. After her are Powers Boothe, Chester Bennington, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Albert Speer, Kenneth Arrow, and George A. Romero.

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In France

Among people born in France, Emmanuelle Riva ranks 893 out of 6,770. Before her are Vincent Cassel (1966), Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754), Sigismund of Burgundy (500), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), Saint Remigius (437), and Edmond de Goncourt (1822). After her are Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932), François Achille Bazaine (1811), Paul Mauriat (1925), Émile Borel (1871), and Jean-Marie Balestre (1921).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Emmanuelle Riva ranks 36. Before her are Juliette Binoche (1964), Jean-Pierre Léaud (1944), Maria Schneider (1952), Marina Vlady (1938), Mylène Demongeot (1935), and Vincent Cassel (1966). After her are Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932), Juliette Gréco (1927), Bruno Cremer (1929), Marie Laforêt (1939), Françoise Dorléac (1942), and Claudette Colbert (1903).

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