She won the Cannes Film Festival’s best actress award for her debut performance in 1999. She was later diagnosed with a rare adrenal gland cancer.

Belgian actor Émilie Dequenne, known for her leading role in Cannes winner 'Rosetta,' has died. She was 'an inspiring woman, a great soul, a great actress,' a representative said.

Émilie Dequenne, the Belgian actor who won a top Cannes Film Festival prize for her breakout role in "Rosetta," has died, a news report says. She was 43. Dequenne died on Sunday due to a rare cancer in a hospital outside of Paris, France, her family and agent told Agence France-Presse.