Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou is the youngest of four children born on August 9th, 1976 at Beaumont Puy in Domme. At a young age, her dental doctors parents and teacher mother supported Audrey's love of drama and theater. It was this love which trumped her original desire to become a the first primatologist. Her rise to fame as an actor in the young age was swift and marked by her early successes. When she finished her education, she participated in the French television show that scouts talent Jeunes Premiers which was backed by Canal+. She won the award for the best young Actress award at Beziers Festival of Young Actors in the year 2000. She then began a acting career. Tautou studied at Institut Catholique de Paris, attended church in her youth and was raised Catholic. But she is now separating herself from the Catholic tradition. Neben her acting, Tautou pursued modelling and was the spokesperson for L'Oreal Mont Blanc as well as Chanel. Alongside her acting career she also has an interest in photography. She recently exhibited some images at the Arles Film Festival under the title Superficial. Her work focuses on celebrity as well as fame. Also, it features portraits of herself and focus on journalists that have closely scrutinized Tautou following her rapid rise in stardom following Amelie. Audrey Tautou became a star after her international fame was established with her debut role as Amelie Poulain in the film Le Fabuleux Destination d'Amelie. Amelie has been an international box office success and praised at many award festivals around the globe. It's the most-grossing French film in America. After this film's success, Tautou appeared in a wide range of movies ranging including British dramas like Stephen Knight's Dirty Pretty Things to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Un long dimanche de fiancailles and moving into Hollywood through Ron Howard's direction of The Da Vinci Code, a Dan Brown bestseller The Da Vinci Code with Tom Hanks.