Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou born Beaumont, at Puy-deDomme, France on the 9th of August 1976. She is the oldest child in a family of four. Her parents, both a dental dentist as well as a teacher, understood and encouraged their daughter's love for theater and drama at a young stage. The support they provided is more than enough for Audrey to thwart her initial goal of becoming a an animal scientist. A quick and successful start to success as well as a swift growth in popularity marked her as a young actor. It was only in 1999 the year she first began performing professionally. After her studies, Tautou was a participant in the French talent scouting television programme Jeunes Premiers. Tautou was raised in an Catholic home, and was a member of the church, even though she went to school within school at the Institut Catholique de Paris. Modeling and acting are interspersed. Tautou was the model of L'Oreal Mont Blanc Chanel, and is often referred to as The Chanel Muse. Photographing is also a obsession and she was recently shown her work at the Arles festival with the name Superficial. Her photographs focuses primarily on celebrity and fame. The camera's focus is on journalists who examined her as she rose to fame in Amelie. Audrey Tautou became a star and was recognized internationally for her role debut as Amelie Poulain from Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie. Amelie was a worldwide box office hit, receiving accolades at awards galas around the globe. It is currently the most successful French language movie in the US. Following this massive success, Tautou starred in many films such as British dramatics, such as Stephen Knight's Dirty Pretty Things and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Un long dimanche de fiancailles. She also starred alongside Tom Hanks in Ron Howard's The Da Vinci Code directed by Dan Brown.