Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou, the oldest of four children, was born on 8 August 1976 in Beaumont Puy-de-Domme. Her parents who were dental surgeons and teacher recognized and backed her passion for acting and theatre as early as she was a child. This superseded an initial desire to become a primatologist thanks to her passion for monkeys. Success in the beginning and an immediate growth in popularity marked her as a young actor. In 1998 after her studies, she participated in the French talent-scouting TV programme Jeunes Premiers which was sponsored by Canal+ and won Best Young Actress at the Beziers Festival of Young Actors prior to beginning the journey to become an actor. Though she was a student at the Institut Catholique de Paris and went to church as a child, Tautou has since distanced herself from her religious upbringing and has stated that she's not Catholic. She pursued a career in modeling in addition to her acting work and is the model for L'Oreal Mont Blanc and Chanel often referred to as The Chanel Muse. Her photography is also a obsession and she was recently shown her work at the Arles festival, under the title Superficial. Her photographs tends to focus on celebrities and fame. The camera's focus is towards journalists who are examining the actress following her sudden success. Audrey Tautou rose to fame and stardom with her major role in Le Fabuleux Destin in the film d'Amelie Pouulain. Amelie is a global box-office success, and received accolades at awards galas around the globe. It is currently the highest-grossing French film in the US. After this film's success, Tautou appeared in an array of films ranging from British dramas like Stephen Knight's Dirty Pretty Things to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's long-distance Sunday of fiancailles and moving into Hollywood through Ron Howard's direction of The Da Vinci Code, a Dan Brown bestseller The Da Vinci Code together with Tom Hanks.