Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou born Beaumont, the French city of Puy-deDomme on August 9, 1976. She is the oldest child of 4 children. The actress was inspired by her parents, a dentist, and a teacher and both of them were teachers. They encouraged her to follow her love of the theatre. This contrasted to an earlier desire to be a primatologist due to the fact that she was a fan of monkeys. At the age of a young lady the rise to fame was swift and ended with early recognition and success. When she graduated in 1998, her degree she was invited to take part in Jeunes Premiers, a French TV talent-scouting programme that was sponsored by Canal+. There she was awarded the prize for the Best Young Actress in Beziers Festival of Young Actors. It was this that led her to pursue a professional acting career. While she attended in the Institut Catholique de Paris and was a member of the church during her childhood, Tautou is now averse to the Catholic tradition, saying that she's not Catholic. 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. She also has a serious passion for photography. She recently exhibited her work for the Arles Festival with the name Superficial. Her photos are mostly about fame and celebrity. Also, they include self-portraits and also. Audrey Tautou's global success and fame soared after her performance as Amelie Poulain's leading actress in the film Le Fabuleux Destin of Amelie Poulain. Amelie is an international box office success and has been lauded at numerous award festivals around the globe. Amelie is the highest-grossing French language movie on the market in US. Later, in the same year, she starred in British dramas like Stephen Knight's Dirty Pretty Things as well as Jean-Pierre Junet's Un long dimanche de fiancailles. Then Tautou moved to Hollywood where Ron Howard directed the Dan Brown bestseller The Da Vinci Code.