Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou is the youngest of four children born August 9, 1976, in Beaumont Puy De Domme. Her parents, a dentist and teacher recognized and supported her love of theatre and drama from a young age which was more important than a desire to be a primatologist due to her fascination with monkeys. Her meteoric rise as an actress in her early years quickly and was accompanied by early success. After her graduation in 1998, she appeared on a French program for scouting talent on TV called Jeunes Premiers which was sponsored by Canal+ and won Best Young Actress at the Beziers Festival of Young Actors before launching her acting career in earnest. Tautou has attended her school at the Institut Catholique de Paris in Paris as a young girl and attended school there but has since renounced her Catholic background. In addition to her acting career she tried her hand at modeling. Also, she is the face of L'Oreal Mont Blanc & Chanel and is often referred to as The Chanel Muse. The photography of her is also a love of hers and she has been exhibiting her work in the Arles festival in France under the name Superficial. Her photographs focuses a lot on fame and celebrities. The camera's focus is at journalists who have been scrutinising the actress after Amelie's sudden triumph. Audrey Tautou became a star after her international fame was established with her debut performance as Amelie Poulain from Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain. Amelie earned international acclai record and also received praise at awards ceremonies across the globe. It is currently the top grossing French film across the US. Following this massive success, Tautou starred in numerous films including British dramas like Stephen Knight's Dirty Pretty Things and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film Un long dimanche de fiancailles. She also starred alongside Tom Hanks in Ron Howard's The Da Vinci Code directed by Dan Brown.