Emilie DEQUENNE

Actress

Belgium

Emilie DEQUENNE © Delphine Ghosarossian

First gaining attention in the Dardenne brothers’ Rosetta, Palme d’or at the Festival de Cannes, earning her the Best Actress Award in 1999, she then distinguished herself in different contexts with Brotherhood of the Wolf directed by Christophe Gans (2001), A Housekeeper by Claude Berri (2002), The Very Merry Widows by Catherine Corsini (2003) and The Girl on the Train by André Téchiné (2009). In 2010, she returned to the Festival de Cannes with Franck Richard’s The Pack, a Special Screening. In 2012, she awed Cannes in Joachim Lafosse’s Our Children, selected for Un Certain Regard, which won her the Best Actress Award. After Emmanuel Mouret’s Love Affair(s) (2020 Official Selection), she returned in the critically acclaimed Close by Lukas Dhont, Grand Prix at the 2022 Festival de Cannes.

Jury attendance

  • Member Un Certain Regard, 2023

Feature films

LE PACTE DES LOUPS

Cinéma de la Plage, 2022Actress

CLOSE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2022Actress

À PERDRE LA RAISON

Un Certain Regard, 2012Actress

LA MEUTE

Special Screenings, 2010Actress

ROSETTA

In Competition - Feature Films, 1999Actress

Awards

À PERDRE LA RAISON

Un Certain Regard, 2012
2012 Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress (Ex-Aequo)
Actress

ROSETTA

In Competition - Feature Films, 1999
1999 Palme d'or (Remis à l'unanimité)1999 Award for Best Actress (Ex-Aequo)
Actress