Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou was born in Beaumont in Puy de-Domme, France on August 9 1976 the eldest of four children. Her parents encouraged her parents, dentist as well as a teacher who were both instructors to follow her love for acting. This was in contrast to an earlier desire to pursue a career as a primatologist since she was fascinated by monkeys. In her early years rising to the heights of fame was rapid and marked with first-time recognition and success. When she completed her studies in 1998 she was a participant in an French talent-scouting television program called Jeunes Premiers that was sponsored by Canal+ and won Best Young Actress at the Beziers Festival of Young Actors prior to launching the journey to become an actor. Tautou was a student at an Institut Catholique de Paris in Paris as a young girl and was a student there in high school, has disavowed her Catholic upbringing. She pursued a modelling career as well as acting and is the face of L'Oreal Mont Blanc and Chanel often referred to as The Chanel Muse. Photography is also her love of hers and she has been exhibiting her work in the Arles festival with the title Superficial. Her work is mostly focused on celebrity and fame, and turns the camera on the journalists who scrutinised her after her meteoric fame as Amelie as well as self-portraits. Audrey Tautou became a star after her international fame was established with her debut performance as Amelie Poulain in the film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain. Amelie is a global box-office triumph, and was lauded during awards ceremonies across all over the world. Amelie was the highest-rated French-language film in the US. After that film, the actress appeared in numerous films, including British dramatics, to Jean Pierre Jeunet's long dimanche de fiancailles. Then she moved into Hollywood and co-starred with Tom Hanks alongside Ron Howard in The Da Vinci Code.