AUDREY TAUTOU By: Rebecca Locey

BIRTH Born: August 9, 1978 in Beaumont, Puy- de-Dôme, France. 34 years old STILL LIVING!

FAMILY Father: Bernard-an oral surgeon Father: Bernard-an oral surgeon Mother: Evelyne-teacher Mother: Evelyne-teacher Sibilings: Toulose, marie-antoinette, élodie, clement, pierre and cecil. Sibilings: Toulose, marie-antoinette, élodie, clement, pierre and cecil.

Mini Biography She is a French film actress, best known for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code, Irène in Priceless (2006) and Coco Chanel in Coco avant Chanel. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in Venus Beauty Institute (1999). These are all movies she was in.

Career In 1998, Tautou participated in a Star Search-like competition sponsored by Canal+ called "Jeunes Premiers" (The Young Debut) and won Best Young Actress at the 9th Béziers Festival of Young Actors. Tonie Marshall gave her a role in the César-winning Venus Beauty Institute (1999, aka Vénus beauté. In 2000, she won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as her country's most promising young film actress. In 2001, Tautou rose to international fame for her performance as the eccentric lead in the romantic comedy Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie). In June 2004, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). In 2005, Tautou worked in her first full Hollywood production, opposite Tom Hanks, in the film version of Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard and released in May She acted alongside Gad Elmaleh in Pierre Salvadori's Hors de prix (Priceless), released 13 December The film has been compared to Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Continued Tautou starred with Guillaume Canet in Claude Berri's Ensemble, c'est tout in 2007, an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Anna Gavalda. Tautou played the lead role in the biopic of fashion designer Coco Chanel, titled Coco avant Chanel, and directed by Anne Fontaine. Filming began in Paris in September 2008, and released in France on 22 April The script is partially based on Edmonde Charles-Roux’s book “L’Irrégulière” (”The Non-Conformist”). As part of promoting the film, Tautou was named as the next spokes model for Chanel No. 5, replacing Nicole Kidman. She was directed in the advertisement by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, with whom she worked on Amélie and A Very Long Engagement. The advertisement was released in 2009 to coincide with the film's release. She appeared in the video of "I Love Your Smile", a song by British singer- songwriter Charlie Winston

Personnel Quotes I believe in God, but I am not sure to trust Him so much. I'm a tomb when it comes to my personal life. I never give even a mote of dust of that away. I don't know where I'm going to be in three years. Because I have the feeling that the future is so full of possibilities, to stop being an actress, to do something else... for me, the future is just a huge bunch of discoveries.

INTERESTING FACTS She travelled to the jungles of Indonesia to help with the preservation of a monkey sanctuary. Her favorite authors are Victor Hugo, Oscar Wilde, Paul Auster, and Timothy Zahn! Her favorite poets are Charles Baudelaire and Tristan Tzara.

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