Portrait of Émilie Dequenne

Émilie Dequenne

Acting

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.

Born: August 29, 1981

Place of Birth: Belœil, Belgique

Filmography

2024
2024
Survive

as Julia

2024
Retrotherapy

as La Neurologue

2024
2023
Marinette

as Marinette's mother

2023
2023
Start Over

as Juliette Kharoub

2022
Close

as Sophie

2020
2020
An Ordinary Man

as Anna-Rose Gagnaire

2020
Astrid et Raphaëlle

as Marissa Martenot

2020
An Irrepressible Woman

as Renée, Blum's daughter-in-law

2019
La Maladroite

as Emma Saugier

2018
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
Capitaine Marleau

as Véronique Rémonville

2015
Souviens-toi

as Emilie Auclair

2015
Accusé

as Cécile

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 in Paris

as Diane Barraud

2011
Mystery at Moulin Rouge

as Diane Barraud

2010
The Pack

as Charlotte

2010
Obsession(s)

as Sarah Lisbourne

2008
Rien dans les poches

as Judith Miro

2008
Charlotte Corday

as Charlotte Corday

2007
To Each His Own Cinema

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

2007
2007
Fissures

as Charlotte

2007
Darkness

as Young woman

2007
Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross

as Cécile Thuillier

2006
The Great Meaulnes

as Valentine

2005
2005
Before You Leave

as Aurélia

2005
2004
2004
The Light

as Brigitte

2004
L'Américain

as Nelly

2003
The Very Merry Widows

as Laurence Milcaux

2002
2002
2002
2001
Yes, But...

as Eglantine Laville

2001
Brotherhood of the Wolf

as Marianne de Morangias

1999
Rosetta

as Rosetta

1990