Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou in Beaumont Puy De Domme, France, was born on the 9th of August 1976. Audrey was the oldest child of four. Her parents, who have a doctor for teeth and a school teacher helped and encouraged her initial passion for drama as well as theatre. The initial goal of her to become a master monkey was eclipsed by her wish to study theater and drama. The early success of her career and the rapid growth in popularity was a sign of her development as an actor. In 1998, after completing her education, she was selected to participate in Jeunes Premiers, a French TV talent-scouting programme that was sponsored by Canal+. There she won the award for Best Young Actress in Beziers Festival of Young Actors. It was this that led her to begin her acting profession. Tautou was born into a Catholic family and attended her church even though she was a student within the Institut Catholique de Paris. As well as her acting profession she started a modeling career. It is her turn to be the face of L'Oreal Mont Blanc & Chanel and is sometimes referred to as the Chanel Muse. Recently, at Arles Arts Festival, Arles Arts Festival she exhibited a collection of photographs under the title Superficial. Her photography largely focuses on the spotlight and celebrities and turns the camera on the media who sat on her shoulders following her sudden rise to fame in the film Amelie as well as a series of self-portraits. Audrey Tautou rose to fame and stardom with her major performance in Le Fabuleux in the film d'Amelie Pouulain. Amelie is a box office hit internationally and recognized at many awards events around the globe. The film is still the most successful French language movie in the US. In the wake of this achievement, Tautou was featured in numerous film productions ranging including British dramas like Stephen Knight's Dirty Pretty Things to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film Un long Sunday de fiancailles and moving into Hollywood through Ron Howard's direction of The Da Vinci Code, a Dan Brown bestseller The Da Vinci Code with Tom Hanks.