Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou born Beaumont, at Puy-deDomme, France on the 9th of August 1976. Audrey is the largest child of 4 children. The actress was inspired by her parents, a dentist and a teacher who were both teachers to pursue her passion for acting. This contrasted to an earlier desire to be a primatologist due to the fact that she adored monkeys. Her fame grew as a child actor quickly and enjoyed huge popularity and success. When she graduated in 1998, her degree she was invited to be a part of Jeunes Premiers, a French television talent-scouting program that was which was run by Canal+. There she was awarded the prize for the Best Young Actress in Beziers Festival of Young Actors. This led her to pursue a professional acting career. Tautou, who attended the Institut Catholique de Paris in Paris when she was a kid and was a student there from young age, has disavowed her Catholic education. Now, she says she is not a Catholic. The modeling and acting careers of Tautou were intertwined. Her image was the mainstay for L'Oreal Mont Blanc Chanel, and is known as The Chanel Muse. In the past, during the Arles Arts Festival, she displayed an array of photos under the heading Superficial. Her photography largely focuses on celebrity and fame, and turns the camera on those who scrutinized her when she exploded in fame and fortune with Amelie as well as a series of self-portraits. Audrey Tautou became a star after her international fame was established with her role debut as Amelie Poulain in Le Fabuleux Destination d'Amelie. Amelie is an international box office success and has been lauded at numerous award shows around the world. It remains the highest grossing French language film to date in the US. Following this massive success, Tautou was later cast in a variety of films, which included British dramatics, such as Stephen Knight's Dirty Pretty Things and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Long Sunday of fiancailles. Also, she starred with Tom Hanks in Ron Howard's The Da Vinci Code directed by Dan Brown.