Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou born Beaumont, the French city of Puy-deDomme on August 9, 1976. She is the oldest child of 4 children. Audrey Tautou's parents, who are a dental doctor and teacher in a school helped and encouraged her initial passion for drama and theater. She initially hoped to become a master monkey was surpassed by her desire to pursue a degree in theater and drama. Her rise to fame as an actor in the young age was rapid and accompanied by her early successes. Following her studies in 1998 she was a participant in a French program for scouting talent on TV called Jeunes Premiers that was supported by Canal+ and won Best Young Actress at the Beziers Festival of Young Actors prior to launching the journey to become an actor. Tautou was a member of the church as well as the Institut Catholique de Paris during her youth, however she now dissociates herself from these upbringings. She has pursued a modeling career in addition to her acting work and is the face of L'Oreal Mont Blanc and Chanel often referred to as The Chanel Muse. A keen photographer, she produced a recent exhibition in The Arles International Festival titled Superficial. In her photographs, she focuses primarily on celebrity and fame. The camera's focus is at journalists, who sat and watched her during her rise to fame in Amelie. Audrey Tautou's worldwide success and fame soared after her role as Amelie Poulain's main actress in the film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain. Amelie was an international box-office success, and received accolades at award ceremonies around all over the world. It's the highest-grossing French film in America. Later, in the same year, she was a part of British dramas including Stephen Knight's Dirty Pretty Things as well as Jean-Pierre Jeunet Un long dimanche de fiancailles. After that, Tautou went to Hollywood to work in Hollywood, where Ron Howard directed the Dan Brown bestseller The Da Vinci Code.