Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou
Tautou in 2015
Born
Audrey Justine Tautou

(1976-08-09) 9 August 1976 (age 48)
Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Alma materCatholic University of Paris
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1996–present

Audrey Justine Tautou (French: [odʁɛ ʒystin totu] ⓘ; born 9 August 1976)[1] is a French actress.[2] She made her acting debut at age 18 on television, and her feature film debut in Venus Beauty Institute (1999), for which she received critical acclaim and won the César Award for Most Promising Actress.

Tautou achieved international recognition for her lead role in the 2001 film Amélie, which was critically acclaimed and a major box-office success. She has since appeared in films in a range of genres, including the thrillers Dirty Pretty Things (2002) and The Da Vinci Code (2006), and the romantic comedy Priceless (2006). She was acclaimed for her role in the World War I drama A Very Long Engagement (2004), and for her portrayal of French fashion designer Coco Chanel in 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. In June 2004, she became one of the few French actors invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).[3]

Tautou has modeled for Chanel, Montblanc, L'Oréal and many other companies.

  1. ^ Age sources
    • "Audrey Tautou". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 22 August 2008. born Aug. 9, 1976, Beaumont, Auvergne, France
    • "TAUTOU Audrey". Les Gens du Cinema. Retrieved 17 April 2013. Lieu: BEAUMONT (63-France); Naissance: 9 août 1976; Reférence: Extrait de naissance n° 6672/1976 [translation: Location: BEAUMONT (63-France); Born: 9 August 1976; Reference: Birth Certificate No. 6672/1976]
    • Willsher, Kim (14 April 2013). "Audrey Tautou: how the French learned to love the star of Amélie". The Observer. Retrieved 17 April 2013. Born August 1976. Her father was a dental surgeon, her mother a teacher. She was raised in Montluçon, a town in central France.
    • "A propos de quelques ÉLÈVES CÉLÈBRES..." [About some famous students...]. Collège Jules Ferry Montlucon. Archived from the original on 30 October 2004. née en 1976, élève de 1987 à 1991 [translation: born in 1976, a student from 1987 to 1991]
    • Kangasniemi, Sanna (25 October 2013). "Ainaisesti ujo pariisitar". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. Friday supplement Nyt. Helsinki. pp. 10–11. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Sitten hän vastaa. Syntymävuosi on 1976. 'Mutta pitäisin parempana, jos kirjoittaisitte 1978. Voisitteko kirjoittaa 1978? Kerron teille totuuden ja pyydän teitä valehtelemaan.' [Then she replies. The birth year is 1976. 'But I would prefer if you wrote 1978. Could you write 1978? I tell you the truth, and ask you to lie'].
  2. ^ "Audrey Tautou, sabia discreción Juan Ignacio Francia". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 7 June 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Latest Academy News". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 10 September 2014. Archived from the original on 11 June 2007.