Audrey Tautou

Name: Audrey Tautou
Date of Birth: August 09, 1978
Place of Birth: Beaumont, France

Mini-bio: Audrey Tautou, born August 9, 1978) is a French film actress, best known to worldwide audiences as the title character in the award-winning French film Amélie (2001, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulai...( read more)

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Audrey Tautou mini-bio: Born on August 9, 1976 in Beaumont, France, Audrey showed an interest for comedy at an early age and started her acting lessons at `Cours Florent'. In 1998 she won the best young actress award in the ninth `Jeune Comedien de Cinema Festival' in Bezier. Then, she came to the attention of Tonie Marshall who gave her a role in her film Vénus beauté (institut) (1999) for which she won a Best New Actress Cesar. It came as a surprise to even Audrey: "I was so certain I could not be chosen that I told her that she probably dialled a wrong number." The director chose her for her natural nature: "She came, she gaffed, she turned reddish, her ears were in a funny position and her hair was relaxed. In five minutes, she gave me the heart of the character, a petite young girl who would like to be a lady and will become a woman." In 2000, Audrey was again nominated for a Cesar and her movie Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) has been a phenomenal success worldwide.

Tautou has said that Meryl Streep, Paul Newman, Juliette Lewis, Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore are her acting idols. In 1998, Tautou participated in a Star Search-like competition sponsored by Canal+ called "Jeunes Premiers" (The Young Debut) and won Best Young Actress at the 9th Béziers Festival of Young Actors. Then, she came to the attention of Tonie Marshall, who gave her a role in the César-winning Venus Beauty Institute (1999, aka Vénus beauté (institut)). In 2000 , she won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as her country's most promising young film actress.
Already well-known in France for her work in Venus Beauty Institute, in 2001 Tautou rose to international fame for her performance as the eccentric Amélie in the romantic comedy Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain. In June 2004 she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). She accepted the invitation and is still a member as of 1 September, 2006.
In 2005, Tautou worked in her first full Hollywood production, opposite Tom Hanks, in the film version of Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard and released in May 2006. She acted alongside Gad Elmaleh in Pierre Salvadori's Hors de prix, released 13 December, 2006. Tautou says she still considers France her base, and plans to pursue a career predominantly there rather than crossing over to the United States. As she told Stevie Wong of The Straits Times, "I am, at the end of the day, a French actress. I am not saying I will never shoot an English-language movie again, but my home, my community, my career is rooted in France. I would never move to Los Angeles".
Tautou starred with Guillaume Canet (best known for his role in the film adaptation of The Beach) in Claude Berri's Ensemble, c'est tout in 2007, an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Anna Gavalda.
Tautou is next to star in the upcoming biopic of fashion designer Coco Chanel. Filming is set to start in Paris on 15 September, 2008, and will probably be released in 2009. The project is titled Coco avant Chanel, and is directed by Anne Fontaine.The script of the new movie is partially based on Edmonde Charles-Roux’s book “L’Irrégulière” (”The Non-Conformist”). As part of promoting the new Coco Chanel bio film in May 2008, Tautou was named as the next spokesmodel for Chanel No. 5, replacing Nicole Kidman. She will be directed in the advertisement by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, with whom she worked on Amélie and A Very Long Engagement. The advertisement will be released in 2009 to coincide with the film's release.

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kmkmy

hello

posted 86 days ago
Wicked26

she was born in 1976 imdb even says that

posted 92 days ago
Wicked26

I WANT TO LOOK LIKE HER!!!!!!!!!

posted 133 days ago
laukool10

U know... I saw her in Amelie and started to look at for all her films hahaha, I think I'm in love with her and I'm staright what a problem hahaha. She's so extremly talented, not hollywood shit

posted 183 days ago
PiotrBuendia

great acting in Jeunet movies

posted 255 days ago
retrowave

she looks so innocent and fragile...she is like a porcelain doll...beautifulll

posted 283 days ago
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posted 328 days ago
arashgolzari2006

hello i am arash live in iran i am student of food science engineer may I Acquaintance you .

posted 328 days ago
555niki555

I love this actress, she did a great job in Amelie, a very long engagement. yay

posted 350 days ago
That1GuyAustin

Tu est tres belle,
Je T'aime.

posted 366 days ago