Émilie Dequenne
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1981-08-29
Day of Death
2025-03-16 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
Belœil, Belgique
Émilie Dequenne
Biography
Émilie Dequenne (29 August 1981 – 16 March 2025) was a Belgian actress. She first gained attention for playing the title character in the film Rosetta (1999), which earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She then went on to star in many films such as Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), The Light (2004), The Girl on the Train (2009), Our Children (2012), Not My Type (2014) and This Is Our Land (2017).
Dequenne won the Best Actress award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival for her debut film performance in the Palme d'Or-winning film Rosetta. Dequenne became more well-known with worldwide audiences following her role in Brotherhood of the Wolf, a $29 million-budgeted film that grossed more than $70 million in theaters worldwide. In 2009 she played the lead in André Téchiné's La Fille du RER alongside Catherine Deneuve. She starred in the French thriller film The Pack, which premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2012, she won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film Our Children. The film also scored her a Magritte Award for Best Actress and a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Actress.
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Known For
Acting
(2024)
Survive
as Julia
(2024)
Don't Worry, I'll be Ok
as Emma's mom
(2024)
Double foyer
as Lili
(2024)
Retrotherapy
as La Neurologue
(2023)
Mr. Blake at Your Service!
as Odile
(2023)
Marinette
as Marinette's mother
(2023)
The Daughter of Albino Rodrigue
as Marga Rodrigue
(2022)
Close
as Sophie
(2020)
Love Affair(s)
as Louise
(2020)
An Irrepressible Woman
as Renée, Blum's daughter-in-law
(2019)
La Maladroite
as Emma Saugier
(2019)
My Mum, Cancer and Me
as Cathy
(2018)
Une vie après
as Marion
(2017)
The Consolation
as Flavie Flament
(2017)
See You Up There
as Madeleine Péricourt
(2017)
The Brigade
as Chief Warrant Officer Bénédicte Meursault
(2017)
This Is Our Land
as Pauline Duhez
(2016)
Mum Is Wrong
as Cyrielle
(2015)
Par accident
as Angélique
(2015)
(2015)
Souviens-toi
as Emilie Auclair
(2014)
Not My Type
as Jennifer
(2014)
Divin enfant
as Sarah
(2013)
Möbius
as Sandra
(2012)
The Crossing
as Sarah Arendt
(2012)
Our Children
as Murielle
(2011)
Mystery at Moulin Rouge
as Diane Barraud
(2010)
The Pack
as Charlotte
(2010)
I Forgot to Tell You
as Marie
(2010)
Obsession(s)
as Sarah Lisbourne
(2009)
The Girl on the Train
as Jeanne
(2008)
Charlotte Corday
as Charlotte Corday
(2008)
Rien dans les poches
as Judith Miro
(2008)
Miroir, mon beau miroir
as Marion
(2007)
La Vie d'artiste
as Cora
(2007)
To Each His Own Cinema
as The crying woman (segment "Dans l'obscurité")
(2007)
Fissures
as Charlotte
(2007)
Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross
as Cécile Thuillier
(2006)
The Great Meaulnes
as Valentine
(2005)
Before You Leave
as Aurélia
(2005)
A Song of Innocence
as Charlotte
(2005)
The United States of Albert
as Grace Carson
(2004)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Doña Clara
(2004)
The Light
as Brigitte
(2004)
L'Américain
as Nelly
(2003)
The Very Merry Widows
as Laurence Milcaux
(2002)
Jean Moulin
as Lili
(2002)
The Housekeeper
as Laura
(2001)
Brotherhood of the Wolf
as Marianne de Morangias
(2001)
Yes, But...
as Eglantine Laville
(1999)
Rosetta
as Rosetta