Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou was born in Beaumont in the French city of Puy-de Domme on the 9th of August, 1976. She was the eldest of four children. Since a young age, both her dental surgeon parents and her teacher mom supported her love of theatre and drama. The passion for theater was the one which trumped her original desire to become a primatologist. Her meteoric rise as an actor in the young age was rapid and accompanied by her early successes. The beginning of her career came in 1999, the year she first began performing professionally. In the years following her studies, Tautou took part in the French television show for talent scouting called Jeunes Premiers. Tautou was a student at the Institut Catholique de Paris in Paris when she was a kid and studied there at young age but has sworn off her Catholic upbringing. Now, she claims to be a non-Catholic. Alongside her acting career, Tautou has also been a model and the model for L'Oreal Mont Blanc as well as Chanel. In addition to her acting profession she also has an interest in photography. She recently exhibited some of her photographs at the Arles Film Festival under the name Superficial. Her photography is focused on celebrities, fame and the press that scrutinised her following her emergence on the scene as Amelie. Additionally, there are several photographs that show herself. Audrey Tautou became a star and was recognized internationally for her role debut as Amelie Poulain in Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie. Amelie was a box-office international hit, receiving accolades at award ceremonies around all over the world. Amelie was the highest-rated film that is French-speak in the US. After this film's success, Tautou appeared in numerous films including British dramas like Stephen Knight's Dirty Pretty Things to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film Un long Sunday de fiancailles and moving into Hollywood under the direction of Ron Howard of The Da Vinci Code, a Dan Brown bestseller The Da Vinci Code alongside Tom Hanks.