Émilie Dequenne

Émilie Dequenne (French pronunciation: ​[emili dəkɛn], born 29 August 1981) is 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).

Émilie Dequenne
Dequenne at the 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam
Born	(1981-08-29) 29 August 1981 (age 41) Belœil, Wallonia, Belgium
Other names	Emilie Dequenne
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Michel Ferracci ​ (m. 2014)​
Partner(s)	Alexandre Savarese (1999–2005)
Children	1

Life and career

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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4] The film also scored her a Magritte Award for Best Actress and a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Actress.^[5][6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1999	Rosetta	Rosetta	Dardenne brothers	Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Actress Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated - European Film Award for Best Actress
2001	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Marianne de Morangias	Christophe Gans	Cabourg Romantic Film Festival - Best New Actress
	Yes, But...	Eglantine Laville	Yves Lavandier	Avanca Film Festival - Best Acting
2002	Une femme de ménage	Laura	Claude Berri	Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress
	Jean Moulin	Lili	Yves Boisset	TV Movie
2003	The Very Merry Widows	Laurence Milcaux	Catherine Corsini	Nominated - Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Actress
2004	The Light	Brigitte	Philippe Lioret	Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress
	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Doña Clara	Mary McGuckian
	L'américain	Nelly	Patrick Timsit
	Kaamelott	Edern	Alexandre Astier	TV Series (1 Episode)
2005	The United States of Albert (Les États-Unis d'Albert)	Grace Carson	André Forcier
	Avant qu'il ne soit trop tard	Aurélia	Laurent Dussaux
	La ravisseuse	Charlotte	Antoine Santana
2006	Le Grand Meaulnes	Valentine	Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
	Écoute le temps	Charlotte	Alantė Kavaitė
	Du rouge sur la croix	Cécile Thuillier	Dominique Othenin-Girard	TV Movie
2007	To Each His Own Cinema	The crying woman	Dardenne brothers (2)
	La Vie d'artiste	Cora	Marc Fitoussi
	Confidences		Laurent Dussaux (2)	TV Mini-Series
2008	Rien dans les poches	Judith Miro	Marion Vernoux	TV Movie
	Charlotte Corday	Charlotte Corday	Henri Helman	TV Movie
	Miroir, mon beau miroir	Marion	Serge Meynard	TV Movie
2009	The Girl on the Train	Jeanne Fabre	André Téchiné	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
2010	The Pack	Charlotte Massot	Franck Richard	New York City Horror Film Festival - Best Actress
2011	Mystère au Moulin Rouge	Diane Barraud	Stéphane Kappes	TV Movie
2012	Our Children	Murielle	Joachim Lafosse	Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard - Best Actress Magritte Award for Best Actress Palm Springs International Film Festival - Best Actress Nominated - European Film Award for Best Actress Nominated - Dublin Film Critics' Circle - Best Actress Nominated - Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture
	La traversée	Sarah Arendt	Jérôme Cornuau
2013	Möbius	Sandra	Éric Rochant
2014	Not My Type	Jennifer	Lucas Belvaux	Magritte Award for Best Actress Cabourg Romantic Film Festival - Best Actress Nominated - César Award for Best Actress Nominated - Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Actress Nominated - Trophees Francophones du Cinema - Best Actress
	Divin Enfant	Sarah	Olivier Doran
	The Missing	Laurence Relaud	Tom Shankland	TV Series (8 Episodes)
2015	Par accident	Angélique	Camille Fontaine
	Souviens-toi	Emilie Auclair	Philippe Venault	TV Movie
2016	Trainee Day	Cyrielle	Marc Fitoussi (2)
	Accusé			TV Series (1 Episode)
2017	See You Up There	Madeleine Péricourt	Albert Dupontel
	Les Hommes du feu	Bénédicte	Pierre Jolivet
	This Is Our Land	Pauline Duhez	Lucas Belvaux (2)	Magritte Award for Best Actress
2020	Love Affair(s)	Louise	Emmanuel Mouret	Nominated - Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actress
2022	Close		Lukas Dhont

Theater

Year	Title	Author	Director
2003	Lysistrata	Aristophanes	Natacha Gerritsen
2006	Miss Julie	August Strindberg	Didier Long
2010	Mon Tibet	Michel Lengliney	Didier Long (2)

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Rosetta". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
2. Émilie Dequenne at Actrices Francaises Fan Site 25 May 2005 at the Wayback Machine
3. CNC Blocks 'The Pack' From Screening at Cannes!
4. Cannes (27 May 2012). "Awards 2012". festival-cannes.fr. Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
5. Leurquin, Anne-Sophie (2 February 2013). . Le Soir (in French). Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
6. "Entertainment".

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