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. Source: Article "Émilie Dequenne" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Known For

Astrid et Raphaëlle

as Marissa Martenot

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Fort Boyard

as Self

Survive

as Julia

Capitaine Marleau

as Véronique Rémonville

Close

as Sophie

Brotherhood of the Wolf

as Marianne de Morangias

Mr. Blake at Your Service!

as Odile

Obsession(s)

as Sarah Lisbourne

Accusé

as Cécile

See You Up There

as Madeleine Péricourt

Mystery in Paris

as Diane Barraud

Inside

as Camille Perroti

An Ordinary Man

as Anna-Rose Gagnaire

Möbius

as Sandra

Start Over

as Juliette Kharoub

L'Américain

as Nelly

To Each His Own Cinema

as The crying woman (segment "Dans l'obscurité")

Par accident

as Angélique

Marinette

as Marinette's mother