Cannes award-winning actress dies in 43

Award-winning Belgian actress Émilie Dequenne has died of cancer at the age of 43.

Dequenne became famous when he won Best Actress Award at the 18-year-old Cannes Film Festival The movie Rosetta in 1999.

She won another Cannes award in 2012 and won the Cannes award in 2012, and won Cesar, one of the best film honors in France, Les chose Qu’on Dit, and Les chose Qu’on Fait in 2021 (what we say, what we say).

She performed primarily in French-language films, but also appeared on police officer Laurence Realaud in the 2014 BBC TV series The Missing The Missing The Missing The Missing The Missing The Missing.

Rosetta is a poignant story about a teenager’s struggle to overcome a painful life, and is Dequenne’s first screen character.

When she was chosen for the role, she lost her job after losing her job in the food factory.

“The first day she shot in front of a real camera, she managed to bring the whole team together,” directed by Luc Dardenne with his brother Jean-Pierre. Salute to broadcaster RTBF.

“As the filming goes on, it gets better and better…she’s grand and the film is credited to her.”

In The Missing, she plays Laurence Relaud, the film starring James Nesbitt, the father of a boy who disappeared during a family holiday.

Her other films include La Fille du Rer in 2009 (Girl on the Train), Pas Son Genre in 2014 (not my type) and 2022 Cannes nominee Close.

Others paying tribute include French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, Who wrote it: “Francophone Cinema has lost a talented actress and she still has a lot to offer.”

Dequenne revealed in October 2023 that she has adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC).

In her last Instagram post, on World Cancer Day in February, She wrote: “What a tough battle! We don’t choose…”