Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou born Beaumont, at Puy-deDomme, France on the 9th of August 1976. She is the oldest child of 4 children. At a young age, her dental doctor parents as well as her teacher mom supported her love of theatre and drama. It was this love which trumped her original desire to become a the first primatologist. A quick and successful start to success as well as a swift rise in fame marked her as a young actor. Following her graduation She was a part of the French talent-spotting TV show Jeunes Premiers that was sponsored by Canal+. She won the Most Outstanding Young Actress prize at the Beziers Festival of Young Actors in the year 2000. She then began a career as an actress. Tautou was raised in the context of a Catholic home, and was a member of the her church even though she went to school in the Institut Catholique de Paris. Alongside her acting career she was also interested in modelling. She was the model of L'Oreal Mont Blanc, Chanel and was dubbed "The Chanel Muse". In the past, during the Arles Arts Festival, she displayed an array of photos under the name Superficial. Her work focuses on celebrity in addition to popularity. It also features an assortment of self-portraits as well as a focus on journalists that have been watching Tautou's career since her dramatic popularity after Amelie. Audrey Tautou became a star after her international fame was established with her first role in Amelie Poulain in the film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain. Amelie was a worldwide box office success, and received accolades at awards galas around the globe. The film is still the highest-grossing French language movie across the US. The popularity of the film has led to Tautou being cast in a range of roles, from British dramas as Dirty Pretty Things by Stephen Knight and Jean Pierre Jeunet to Hollywood's The Da Vinci Code with Tom Hanks.