The belgian actress Emilie Dequenne confided this Sunday to Sept à Huit that she is in a relapse of cancer,against which she has been fighting for more than a year.
“I won’t live as long as expected.” The actress Emilie Dequenne he spoke candidly about his fight against cancer, which he has been carrying on for more than a year. At the microphone of From seven to eight this Sunday, the Belgian actress confided that she had a relapse. Last April he announced that he was in “complete remission”.
“I saw my doctor to check the progress of the treatment and discovered that sadly it is not progressing well,” revealed Emilie dequenne. “There is a part of my cancer that responds, and another that does not respond or even progresses. The part that progresses is larger than the part that shrinks. Here I am again, leaving for chemo which I have done a lot some time ago, he’s just over a year old,” reveals the actress.
Emilie Dequenne revealed in October 2023 that she suffers from “super rare” adrenocortical cancer, which affects the adrenal gland. This produces hormones and therefore has a vital function. “We only talk about remission” of this type of cancer, he adds on the TF1 show, “never about cure”. And to confide with sincerity and emotion that he is “afraid of dying”: “deep down I know that I won’t live as long as I expect.”
Emilie Dequenne revealed herself to the public in 1999, thanks to the film Rosette of the Dardenne brothers. for this role she won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival. He then diversified his career, appearing in both blockbusters (The Wolf Pact) or social dramas (Losing his mind, not his type). After being nominated four times throughout her career, the actress won the César for Best Supporting Actress in 2021, for the film The things we say, the things we do by Emmanuel Mouret.