Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou in Beaumont Puy De Domme in France, was born on the 9th August, 1976. Audrey Tautou is an elder child in a family of four. Audrey Tautou's parents who are a dental doctor and teacher in a school were supportive and encouraged by her passion for acting as well as theatre. Her initial dream to become a master monkey was eclipsed by her wish to pursue a degree in theater and drama. Early success and a rapid rise in fame made her a promising young actor. In 1998, after completing her degree she was invited to participate in Jeunes Premiers an French show on TV that is a talent-scouting initiative, which is which was run by Canal+. There she won the award for Best Young Actress at the Beziers Festival of Young Actors. It was this that led her to embark on a acting profession. Tautou was born into an Catholic family and attended church, even though she was a student at the Institut Catholique de Paris. Apart from her acting career she also pursued modelling. She was the model for L'Oreal Mont Blanc, Chanel and is known as "The Chanel Muse". Her photography is also a obsession and she was recently shown her work at the Arles festival with the name Superficial. She focuses her photography on famous people, the media and media who scrutinized her following her fame-making debut as Amelie. Also, she has numerous photographs of herself. Audrey Tautou became a star and gained international recognition with her first role in Amelie Poulain in Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie. Amelie achieved international success on the screen and was awarded awards across the world. It is currently the most successful French film of the French language in the US. In the following year, she starred in British dramas like Stephen Knight's Dirty Pretty Things as well as Jean-Pierre Junet's The long day of the fiancailles. After that, Tautou went to Hollywood where Ron Howard directed the Dan Brown bestseller The Da Vinci Code.