Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou, the oldest of four siblings was born on the 8th of August 1976 in Beaumont Puy-de Domme. The actress was inspired by her parents, dentist and teacher who were both teachers to follow her love of the theatre. This contrasted to an earlier desire to pursue a career as a primateologist since she loved monkeys. She rose to prominence as a child actor quickly and with huge achievement. When she first began an acting career she participated in Jeunes Premiers an French talent search TV program sponsored by Canal+ in 1998. The program also awarded her the title of Best Young Actress at her performance in the Beziers Festival of Young Actors. Tautou, who attended in the Institut Catholique de Paris in Paris in her youth and studied there at young age, has disavowed her Catholic upbringing. The actress says she is not a Catholic. Alongside her acting career she is also pursuing modeling. She was the model in the commercials for L'Oreal Mont Blanc, Chanel and has been referred as "The Chanel Muse". Apart from her acting career she is also interested in photography. The actress recently showed some images in the Arles Film Festival, under the name Superficial. In her photographs, she focuses primarily on celebrity and fame. Cameras are focused at journalists, who sat and watched her during her rise to fame in Amelie. Audrey Tautou shot to stardom and global fame after her first big role, starring as the lead in the film Le Fabuleux Destin de l'Amelie Poulain. Amelie achieved international success at the box office and won awards around all over the world. It remains the highest grossing French language film to date in the US. The popularity of the film brought Tautou into a wide range of roles, including British dramas such as Dirty Pretty Things by Stephen Knight and Jean Pierre Jeunet to Hollywood's The Da Vinci Code with Tom Hanks.