Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou was born in Beaumont in France's Puy-de-Domme on August 9 1976 the youngest child of four. Audrey Tautou's parents who are a dental doctor and teacher in a school helped and encouraged her passion for acting and theater. She initially hoped to be a monkey expert was replaced by a desire to pursue a degree in theater and drama. The actress became famous as a child actress quickly and with huge success. After completing her studies, she was able to be a part of Jeunes Premiers, a French TV talent-scouting programme that was sponsored by Canal+. There she won the award for Best Young Actress at the Beziers Festival of Young Actors. It was this that led her to pursue a professional acting career. Tautou was raised in the context of a Catholic home and went to church, even though she was a student in school at the Institut Catholique de Paris. In addition to acting, she took up modeling and was the face for L'Oreal Mont Blanc as well as Chanel. In addition to her acting career she is also interested in photography. She recently exhibited some of her photographs during the Arles Film Festival with the name Superficial. In her photographs, she is mainly focused on celebrities and the spotlight. The camera is turned on journalists who examined her as she rose to fame in Amelie. Audrey Tautou's very first major part, playing Amelie Poulain's lead actress in Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain, brought the actress international fame. Amelie gained international attention due to its success at the box office. It was also praised at awards ceremonies across the world. It is the top-grossing French film made in America. The popularity of the film brought Tautou into a wide range of roles, from British dramas like Dirty Pretty Things by Stephen Knight and Jean Pierre Jeunet to Hollywood's The Da Vinci Code with Tom Hanks.