Véronique Rivière was born in Suresnes on February 5, 1959. Daughter of television director Alexandre Tarta, she was introduced to the cinema at an early age, starting out as a dubbing actress in the animated films Sinbad le marin (1962) and Le Chat botté (1969), before appearing in the TV film Les Filles d'Adam (1980) and the feature films T'inquiète pas ça se soigne (1980) and Les Matous sont romantiques (1981), before concentrating on singing. Romain Bouteille wrote lyrics for her, which she performed at the Café de la Gare in 1982. Between other TV roles and dubbing for TV series, the singer recorded two singles, the first for Virgin, "Si seulement tu voulais monter" (1985), then produced a first album with Dominique Blanc-Francard, published by Philips, Et Vice Verseau... (1987), featuring musicians Manu Katché, Michel Aumont, Kamil Rustam and Joe Hammer. She went on to sign with Polydor for her next album, Untitled, released in 1989, featuring Michael Jones, Michel Bernholc, Gérard Bikialo and Patrick Bourgoin. One track in particular caught the public's attention, "Capitaine", which proved a hit alongside other pop-rock-tinged singles such as "Tout court" and "Vague à l'âme". In 1990, Véronique Rivière opened for Eddy Mitchell at the Casino de Paris and Le Zénith, then went on to record her 3rd album Mojave (1992), which included the singles "Michaël " and "Au p'tit bonheur la chance". In 1996, his successor En Vert et Contre Tout was awarded the Prix de l'Académie Charles-Cros. After the album Éponyme (2005), she took over from Diane Tell in Laurent Ruquier's musical Je m'voyais déjà (2009), featuring songs by Charles Aznavour, before returning to the studio for the album Aquatinte (2011).
