Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou born Beaumont, the French city of Puy-deDomme on August 9, 1976. She is the oldest child among four children. Her parents as a dentist as well as a teacher, understood and encouraged their daughter's love for drama and theater at the age of a stage novice. Their support was enough to thwart her initial ambition to be a primatologist. Early success and a rapid growth in popularity marked her as a young actor. In 1998, after completing her studies, she was able to be a part of Jeunes Premiers, a French TV talent-scouting programme which was run by Canal+. There she was awarded the prize for the Best Young Actress at the Beziers Festival of Young Actors. This led her to embark on a acting profession. Tautou was educated at Institut Catholique de Paris, attended church as a young girl and was educated Catholic. She is now separating herself from her Catholic upbringing. The modeling and acting careers of Tautou have been interspersed. She became the face of L'Oreal Mont Blanc Chanel, and she is often known as the Chanel Muse. Photographing is also a hobby and she has recently displayed her work at the Arles festival under the name Superficial. Her work is focused on celebrities as well as popularity. It also features an assortment of self-portraits as well as a focus on journalists that have closely scrutinized Tautou following her rapid rise in stardom following Amelie. Audrey Tautou's debut part, playing Amelie Poulain's leading actress in Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain, brought her fame to the world. Amelie was recognized internationally because of its box-office success. The film was also recognized in award ceremonies all over the world. It's the most-grossing French film to be released in the United States. After this film's success, Tautou appeared in a wide range of film productions ranging including British dramas such as Stephen Knight's Dirty Pretty Things to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film Un long Sunday de fiancailles, and then he moved into Hollywood under the direction of Ron Howard of The Da Vinci Code, a Dan Brown bestseller The Da Vinci Code together with Tom Hanks.