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.

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

Belgian actress Émilie Dequenne, who became famous for her amazing role in the movie Rosetta, has sadly passed away at the age of 43.