Paris, March 17 -- Belgian actress Emilie Dequenne, who won the Best Actress award at Cannes 1999 for her performance in debut film 'Rosetta' passed away at the age of 43, reported Deadline.

The actress, who revealed she was battling a rare adrenal gland cancer in October 2023, died in a hospital on the outskirts of Paris on Sunday evening, her agent Danielle Gain announced to AFP, as quoted by the outlet.

Born on August 29, 1981, Dequenne studied at Belgium's Music & Spoken Word Academy in Baudour from an early age, taking up drama there at the age of 12, alongside joining the La Releve Theater troupe.

She landed her first cinema role at age 17 in Rosetta. In the same year, she clinched Best Actress at Cannes for her performance as th...