Émilie Dequenne
Biography
Nickname Em
Birth date August 29, 1981
Birth place Belgium Belœil, Hainaut, Belgium
Occupation Actress
Heiht 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Life and Career
In May 1998, she took part in the Richelieu Club public speaking competition in Mons-Borinage and won the City of Mons Prize.
From 1989 to 1996, attended diction and elocution courses at the Academie de Musique in Baudour, Belgium.
From 1994 to 1996, she was a member of the theatre workshop, Theatre de la Releve, in Ladeuze, Belgium, where she first appeared on stage in "Le Cirque Traviata" by Jean-Paul Alegre.
She was one of over 40 female celebrities, activists, and politicians who read from Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" in Paris on March 31, 2003, during the "V-Day Paris: Stop a la Violence" event.
She 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 stars in the French thriller film The Pack, which will premiere on 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
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