While the actress Émilie DEQUENNE died this Sunday, March 16, she leaves behind her a pretty blended family and the one who was her husband since 2014, actor Corse Michel Ferracci.
Émilie DEQUENNE died at the age of 43 after fighting against rare cancer – the corticosurrenaloma, a malignant tumor of the adrenal gland -, of which she had been diagnosed in 2023. The Belgian actress was married to the discreet actor Michel Ferracci.
How did Émilie Dequenne encounter Michel Ferracci?
It was in 2008 that Émilie Dequenne, already a mother of a little girl named Milla, met Michel Ferracci. Both poker followers, they met at the Wagram circle, a Parisian poker club of which Michel Ferraci was the president, and never let go. A thunderbolt confirmed in October 2014 by a wedding celebrated at the town hall of the 10th arrondissement of Paris.
Together, they were at the head of a family recomposed by three children. Indeed, the actress was the happy mother of a young girl, Milla, born in 2002 of her relationship with DJ Alexandre Savarese. And Michel Ferracci was the father of two boys, Maël and Enzo, fruit of his first union.
How did Michel Ferracci face the disease of his wife Émilie Dequenne?
Unwavering support of his wife in his fight against cancer, Michel Ferracci never ceased to prove his love to his wife. “”We are fighting together! We took a semi-trailer in the head, but we will not finish winning, together“, The actor said to Corsica Journalin 2024. He assured that “Everything else is secondary“In life, prioritizing”My family, health, my wife, work“.
As for Emilie Dequenne, who had lost her hair because of cancer, she declared in Paris Match :: “It’s essential. It’s vital. I don’t know how people do alone. I think it’s also my chance to have my family, my husband. At first I feared losing it. And I asked him all the time: ‘Are you sure, are you like it?’ He replied: ‘But you are crazy, you are beautiful!’ “
Who is Michel Ferracci?
Born in Quenza, a small village in Alta Rocca on the island of beauty, Michel Ferracci would never have thought of playing his job. However, he is one of the most recognized Corsican actors. Son of farmers, he first made his arms in the cafe that his parents held in Porto Vecchio. And it’s in the series Mafiosa That Corsica now 58 years old made his debut. He then chained roles in very popular series like Captain Marleau,, Profiling or Household scenes And With family.
On the cinema side, Michel Ferracci was not idle either. In 2013, we saw it in The Apaches Then, last February, he played a role in the thriller by Frédéric Farrucci, The Mohican.
In 2024, he was also playing the comedy We should have gone to Greecein which he notably gave the reply to Gérard Jugnot. According to Emilie Dequenne, who made confidences to Corsica morningher husband is like “The phone always grafted in the ear” And “He works from raising to bedtime. He never stops“Today, his world has just collapsed.
