Émilie Dequenne
{{Short description|Belgian actress (1981–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Émilie Dequenne
| image = This Is Our Land - IFFR 2017 (3).jpg
| caption = Dequenne at the 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1981|08|29}}
| birth_place = Belœil, Belgium
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2025|03|16|1981|08|29}}
| death_place = Villejuif, France
| other_names = Emilie Dequenne
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1999–2023
| spouse = {{marriage|Michel Ferracci|2014}}
| partner = Alexandre Savarese
(1999–2005)
| children = 1
}}
Émilie Dequenne ({{IPA|fr|emili dəkɛn|lang}}; 29 August 1981 – 16 March 2025) was a Belgian actress. She first gained recognition for her role in the Dardenne brothers' film Rosetta (1999), which earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. The film also won the Palme d'Or at the festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5334/year/1999.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Rosetta |access-date=8 October 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status=live}}
Over her career, she appeared in a variety of films, including the period action horror Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), the drama The Girl on the Train (2009), the psychological drama Our Children (2012), and the drama Love Affair(s) (2020), for the latter she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Career
Dequenne was born in Beloeil in 1981{{cite news |last1=Gross |first1=Jenny |date=17 March 2025 |title=Émilie Dequenne, Belgian Actress Who Starred in ‘Rosetta,’ Dies at 43 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/arts/emilie-dequenne-dead.html |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=New York Times |language=en}} and her parents were Brigitte and Daniel. When she was twelve she began to attend the Académie de Musique et des Arts de la Parole in Saint-Ghislain.{{Cite news |last=Gilbey |first=Ryan |date=2025-03-28 |title=Émilie Dequenne obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/28/emilie-dequenne-obituary |access-date=2025-04-18 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
Her breakthrough role in Rosetta established her as a notable talent in European cinema. She continued to work in both mainstream and independent films, such as Christophe Gans's Brotherhood of the Wolf, which achieved significant commercial success, and Joachim Lafosse's Our Children, for which she won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |author=Cannes Film Festival |date=27 May 2012 |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2012/awardUnCertainRegard.html |title=2012 Awards: Un Certain Regard |publisher=Cannes Film Festival |access-date=27 May 2012 |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status=live}} She also received the Magritte Award for Best Actress and a Satellite Award nomination for her performance in the film.{{cite news |last=Leurquin |first=Anne-Sophie |date=2 February 2013 |title=Quatre Magritte pour 'À perdre la raison' |language=fr |work=Le Soir |url=http://www.lesoir.be/177154/article/culture/cinema/2013-02-02/quatre-magritte-pour-%C2%AB-perdre-raison-%C2%BB |access-date=3 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204060026/http://www.lesoir.be/177154/article/culture/cinema/2013-02-02/quatre-magritte-pour-%C2%AB-perdre-raison-%C2%BB |archive-date=4 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=2012 Satellite Awards Nominees |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/news/56th-annual-satellite-awards-nominees/ |website=International Press Academy |access-date=1 July 2013 |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status=live}}
Other notable films in her career include The Light (2004), the horror film The Pack (2010),{{cite web |date=7 May 2010 |title=CNC Blocks 'The Pack' From Screening at Cannes |url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20181 |website=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=10 March 2024}} the romantic comedy Not My Type (2014), and the drama This Is Our Land (2017).
Personal life and death
Dequenne had a daughter, Milla Savarese (b. 2002), with Belgian DJ Alexandre Savarese. The two were together from 1999 to 2005. In 2008, she met actor {{ill|Michel Ferracci|fr}}, whom she would marry in 2014.{{cite news |last1=Gerlinger |first1=Elisa |title=Mort d’Émilie Dequenne : que sait-on d’Alexandre Savarese, DJ et père de sa fille unique Milla ? |url=https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/mort-d-emilie-dequenne-que-sait-on-d-alexandre-savarese-dj-et-pere-de-sa-fille-unique-milla-20250317 |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=Gala |date=17 March 2025 |language=fr}}{{cite news |last1=Goodfellow |first1=Melanie |title=Émilie Dequenne Dies: Belgian Cannes Best Actress Winner Was 43 |url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/emilie-dequenne-dies-belgian-rosetta-cannes-best-actress-43-1236327958/ |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=Deadline |date=16 March 2025}}
She died at the Gustave-Roussy Hospital in Villejuif, France, on 16 March 2025, after being diagnosed with adrenocortical carcinoma. She was 43.{{cite news |title=Belgian Actress Émilie Dequenne Dies at 43 |agency=Agence France-Presse |work=France 24 |date=16 March 2025 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250316-belgian-actress-emilie-dequenne-dead-at-43-family-agent |access-date=16 March 2025}}{{cite news |title=Émilie Dequenne, Belgian actress known for 'Rosetta,' dies at 43 |newspaper=Le Monde |date=16 March 2025 |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2025/03/16/emilie-dequenne-l-actrice-belge-connue-pour-son-role-dans-rosetta-est-morte-a-43-ans_6582192_3382.html |language=fr |access-date=16 March 2025}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director ! Notes |
| rowspan=1|1999
| Rosetta | Rosetta | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress |
| rowspan=2|2001
| Marianne de Morangias |
| Yes, But...
| Eglantine Laville | Avanca Film Festival - Best Acting |
| rowspan=2|2002
| Une femme de ménage | Laura | Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress |
| Jean Moulin
| Lili | TV movie |
| rowspan=1|2003
| Laurence Milcaux | Nominated - Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Actress |
| rowspan=4|2004
| Brigitte | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey
| Doña Clara | |
| L'américain
| Nelly | |
| Kaamelott
| Edern | TV series (1 Episode) |
| rowspan=3|2005
| The United States of Albert (Les États-Unis d'Albert) | Grace Carson | |
| Avant qu'il ne soit trop tard
| Aurélia | Laurent Dussaux | |
| La ravisseuse
| Charlotte | Antoine Santana | |
| rowspan=3|2006
| Valentine | Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | |
| Écoute le temps
| Charlotte | Alantė Kavaitė | |
| Du rouge sur la croix
| Cécile Thuillier | TV movie |
| rowspan=3|2007
| The crying woman | Dardenne brothers (2) | |
| La Vie d'artiste
| Cora | |
| Confidences
| | Laurent Dussaux (2) | TV Mini-Series |
| rowspan=3|2008
| Rien dans les poches | Judith Miro | TV movie |
| Charlotte Corday
| Henri Helman | TV movie |
| Miroir, mon beau miroir
| Marion | Serge Meynard | TV movie |
| rowspan=3|2009
| Jeanne Fabre | Taormina International Film Festival - Best Acting Performance |
| J'ai oublié de te dire
| Marie | Laurent Vinas-Raymond | |
| Obsession(s)
| Sarah Lisbourne | Frédéric Tellier | TV movie |
| rowspan=1|2010
| The Pack | Charlotte Massot | Franck Richard |
| rowspan=1|2011
| Mystère au Moulin Rouge | Diane Barraud | Stéphane Kappes | TV movie |
| rowspan=2|2012
| Murielle | Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard - Best Actress |
| La traversée
| Sarah Arendt | Jérôme Cornuau | |
| rowspan=1|2013
| Möbius | Sandra | |
| rowspan=3|2014
| Jennifer | Magritte Award for Best Actress |
| Divin Enfant
| Sarah | Olivier Doran | |
| The Missing
| Laurence Relaud | TV series (8 Episodes) |
| rowspan=2|2015
| Par accident | Angélique | Camille Fontaine | |
| Souviens-toi
| Emilie Auclair | Philippe Venault | TV movie |
| rowspan=2|2016
| Cyrielle | Marc Fitoussi (2) | |
| Accusé
| | | TV series (1 Episode) |
| rowspan=3|2017
| Madeleine Péricourt | |
| Les Hommes du feu
| Bénédicte | |
| This Is Our Land
| Pauline Duhez | Lucas Belvaux (2) |
| 2020
| Louise | César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2022
| Close | Sophie | |
| rowspan="2"| 2023
|Juliette Kharoub |{{Ill|Olivier Barma|fr}} | TV series (4 episodes) |
| Mr. Blake At Your Service!
| Odile |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Association ! Category ! Work ! Result ! Citations |
| rowspan="2" | 1999
|Best Actress | rowspan="2" | Rosetta |{{won}} |
| European Film Awards
| European Actress | {{nom}} | |
| rowspan="3" | 2000
|Most Promising Actress | rowspan="3" | Rosetta | {{nom}} | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
|Most Promising Actress |{{won}} | |
| Joseph Plateau Awards
|Best Belgian Actress |{{won}} | |
| 2001
|Cabourg Romantic Film Festival |Best new actress |{{won}} | |
| 2002
|Avanca Film Festival |Best acting |{{won}} | |
| 2003
|Most Promising Actress |{{nom}} | |
| 2004
|Best Belgian Actress |{{nom}} | |
| 2005
|Best Supporting Actress |{{nom}} | |
| 2009
|Best Acting Performance |{{won}} | |
| 2010
|New York City Horror Film Festival |Best Actress |{{won}} | |
| rowspan="3" |2012
|Best Actress | rowspan="3" |Our Children | {{won}} |
| European Film Awards
|European Actress |{{nom}} | |
| Satellite Awards
|Best Actress in a Motion Picture |{{nom}} | |
| rowspan="5" |2013
|Palm Springs International Film Festival |Best Actress | rowspan="5" |Our Children | {{won}} | |
| Magritte Awards
|Best Actress | {{won}} | |
| Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
|Best Actress |{{nom}} | |
| Globes de Cristal Awards
|Best Actress |{{nom}} |
| Trophees Francophones du Cinema
|Best Actress |{{nom}} | |
| 2014
|Cabourg Romantic Film Festival |Best Actress |{{won}} | |
| rowspan="5" |2015
|Best Actress | rowspan="5" |Pas son genre |{{nom}} | |
| Magritte Awards
|Best Actress | {{won}} | |
| Globes de Cristal Awards
|Best Actress |{{nom}} | |
| Trophees Francophones du Cinema
|Best Actress |{{nom}} | |
| Lumière Awards
|Best Actress |{{nom}} | |
| 2018
|Best Actress | {{won}} |
| 2021
|Best Supporting Actress |{{won}} |
| 2022
|Best Supporting Actress | {{nom}} | |
| rowspan="2" |2023
|Best Supporting Actress | rowspan="2" |Close | {{won}} | |
| Ostend Film Festival
|Best Supporting Performance | {{nom}} | |
| rowspan="2" |2024
| rowspan="2" |CinEuphoria Awards |Best Ensemble | rowspan="2" |Close | {{nom}} | |
| Best Supporting Actress
| {{nom}} | |
Theater
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| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Author ! Director |
| 2003
| Natacha Gerritsen |
| 2006
| Didier Long |
| 2010
| Mon Tibet | Michel Lengliney | Didier Long (2) |
References
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Category:Belgian film actresses
Category:Magritte Award winners
Category:20th-century Belgian actresses
Category:21st-century Belgian actresses
Category:Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winners
Category:Best Supporting Actress César Award winners
Category:Deaths from adrenocortical cancer