Audrey Tautou
Birthday: 1976-08-09 | Place of Birth: Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, FrankrikeAudrey Justine Tautou (French pronunciation: [o.dʁɛ to.tu]; born 9 August 1976) is a French actress and model. Signed by an agent at age 17, she made her acting debut at 18 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Venus Beauty Institute (1999), for which she received critical acclaim and won the César Award for Most Promising Actress. Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Le Libertin and Happenstance (2000). Tautou achieved international recognition for her lead role in the 2001 film Amélie, which met with critical acclaim and was a major box-office success. Amélie won Best Film at the European Film Awards, four César Awards (including Best Film and Best Director), two BAFTA Awards (including Best Original Screenplay), and was nominated for five Academy Awards. Tautou has since appeared in films in a range of genres, including the thrillers Dirty Pretty Things and The Da Vinci Code, and the romantic Priceless (2006). She has received critical acclaim for her many roles including the drama A Very Long Engagement (2004) and the biographical drama Coco avant Chanel (2009). She has been nominated three times for the César Award and twice for the BAFTA for Best Actress in a leading role. She became one of the few French actors in history to be invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in June 2004. Tautou has modeled for Chanel, Montblanc, L'Oréal and many other companies. She is an active supporter of several charities.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Amélie Poulain (archive footage)
as Camille (voice)
as Marie
as Frida
as Agnès
as Nawel
as Wanda
as Mary Delauney (voice)
as Simone Melchior Cousteau
as Valentine
as Marie-Thérèse Guéret
as Martine
as Chloë
as Thérèse Desqueyroux
as Nathalie Kerr
as Sarah Anderen
as Emilie
as Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel
as The Woman
as Camille Fauque
as Irène
as Sophie Neveu
as Martine
as Mathilde
as Angélique
as Huguette Verberie
as Lalla
as Val Chipzik
