Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou is the youngest of four kids born August 9, 1976, at Beaumont Puy de Domme. The actress was inspired by her parents, dentist and teacher who were both teachers to follow her love of acting. This was in contrast to an earlier desire to pursue a career as a primateologist since she was a fan of monkeys. The rise was swift in her career to become an internationally renowned young actress. In 1998 after her studies, she took part in a French program for scouting talent on TV called Jeunes Premiers sponsored by Canal+ and won Best Young Actress at the Beziers Festival of Young Actors before beginning acting professionally. Tautou studied at Institut Catholique de Paris, attended church in her youth and was raised Catholic. However she has since gotten away from her Catholic upbringing. She pursued a career in modeling in addition to her acting work and is the model for L'Oreal Mont Blanc and Chanel frequently referred to as the Chanel Muse. Photographing is also a obsession and she was recently shown her work at the Arles festival under the name Superficial. Her photography is focused on famous people, the media and media that scrutinised her after her rise to fame in the film Amelie. Also, she has a number of photographs featuring her self. Audrey Tautou rose to fame and stardom with her major part in the film Le Fabuleux of Amelie Poulain. Amelie won international acclai the box office and received acclaim at awards galas across the world. It remains the highest grossing French language film in the US. In the following year, she starred in British dramas including Stephen Knight's Dirty Pretty Things as well as Jean-Pierre Junet's Un long dimanche de fiancailles. In the following year, she moved to Hollywood in the United States, where Ron Howard directed the Dan Brown bestseller The Da Vinci Code.