Audrey Tautou

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Audrey Tautou
Audrey Tautou Cannes 2012 (cropped).jpg
Audrey Tautou at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival
Born Audrey Justine Tautou
(1976-08-09) 9 August 1976 (age 36) or
(1978-08-09) 9 August 1978 (age 34)
Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Occupation Actress
Years active 1996–present

Audrey Justine Tautou (French: [o.dʁɛ to.tu] ; born 9 August 1976 or 1978)[1] is a French film actress and model,[2] known outside of France mainly for her roles in Amélie (2001), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Priceless (2006) and Coco Before Chanel (2009). She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in Venus Beauty Institute (1999).

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Early life [edit]

Tautou was born in Beaumont and was raised in Montluçon. Her father is a dental surgeon, and her mother a teacher.[1] Tautou showed an interest in acting at an early age and started her acting lessons at the Cours Florent.[3]

Career [edit]

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 (institut)). 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). Grossing over $33 million in limited theatrical release, it is still the highest-grossing French-language film released in the United States.[4]

In June 2004, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).[5]

In 2005, Tautou starred 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 2006.

She starred alongside Gad Elmaleh in Pierre Salvadori's Hors de prix (Priceless), released 13 December 2006. The film has been compared to Breakfast at Tiffany's.[6]

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.[7][8][9][10] Filming began in Paris in September 2008, and released in France on 22 April 2009. 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 spokesmodel 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.[11][12] She has also modeled for magazines such as Vogue, Elle and Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire, and lent her face to L'Oreal and Montblanc ad campaigns.[13]

She appeared in the video of "I Love Your Smile", a song by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston.[14]

She has been announced as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[15]

Personal life [edit]

She has studied at the Institut Catholique de Paris.[16] A church-goer when young, she has stated that she is "not officially" Catholic.[17]

Tautou says she considers France her base, where she plans to focus her career rather than doing so in the United States. As she told Stevie Wong of The Straits Times "I am, at the end of the day, a French actress. I am not saying I will never shoot an English-language movie again, but my home, my community, my career is rooted in France. I would never move to Los Angeles."[18]

Filmography [edit]

Audrey Tautou at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Audrey Tautou at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Coeur de cibleCœur de cible TV movie
1997 La Vérité est un vilain défaut The telephone operator TV movie
1997 Les Cordier, juge et flic Léa TV movie, episode: Le Crime d'à côté
1998 La Vieille Barrière A girl in the district TV movie
1998 Bébés boum Elsa TV movie
1998 Chaos technique Lisa TV movie
1998 Julie Lescaut Tracy TV movie, episode: Bal masqué
1999 Le Boiteux Blandine Piancet TV movie, episode: Baby blues
1999 Venus Beauty Institute Marie Original title: Vénus beauté (institut)
1999 Triste à mourir Caro Short film
2000 Epouse moiÉpouse-moi Marie-Ange
2000 Pretty Devils Anne-Sophie Original title: Voyou, voyelles
2000 Libertin, LeLe Libertin Julie d'Holbach
2000 Happenstance Irène Original title: Le Battement d'ailes du papillon
2001 Amélie Amélie Poulain Original title: Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
2001 God Is Great and I'm Not Michèle Original title: Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite
2002 He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not Angélique Original title: À la folie... pas du tout
2002 L'Auberge espagnole Martine Other titles: The Spanish Apartment; Pot Luck
2002 Dirty Pretty Things Senay Gelik
2003 Les Marins perdus Lalla
2003 Not on the Lips Huguette Verberie Original title: Pas sur la bouche
2003 Happy End Val Chipzik
2004 Very Long Engagement, AA Very Long Engagement Mathilde Original title: Un long dimanche de fiançailles
2005 Russian Dolls, TheThe Russian Dolls Martine Original title: Les Poupées russes
2006 Da Vinci Code, TheThe Da Vinci Code Sophie Neveu
2006 Priceless Irène Original title: Hors de prix
2007 Hunting and Gathering Camille Fauque Original title: Ensemble, c'est tout
2009 Coco Before Chanel Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel Original title: Coco avant Chanel
2010 De vrais mensonges Emilie Dandrieux Other titles: Beautiful Lies; Full Treatment
2011 Delicacy Nathalie Kerr Original title: La délicatesse
2012 Des vents contraires Sarah Anderen
2012 Thérèse D Thérèse Desqueyroux
2013 Mood Indigo Chloé Original title: L’Écume des jours

Awards [edit]

Wins [edit]

1999 
Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Award, for Venus Beauty Institute
2000 
César Award, for Venus Beauty Institute
Lumiere Award, for Venus Beauty Institute
SACD Award
2002 
CFCA Award
Lumiere Award, for Amélie
Sant Jordi, for Amélie
2007 
NRJ Ciné Award, for Priceless (shared with Gad Elmaleh)

Nominations [edit]

2001 
European Film Award, for Amélie
2002 
Satellite Award, for Amélie
PFCS Award, for Amélie
OFCS Award, for Amélie
BAFTA, for Amélie
Empire Award, for Amélie
César Award, for Amélie
2003 
European Film Award, for Dirty Pretty Things
2005 
European Film Award, for A Very Long Engagement
César Award, for A Very Long Engagement
2010 
César Award, for Coco Before Chanel
BAFTA, for Coco Before Chanel

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Age sources
  2. ^ <http://www.lavanguardia.com/magazine/20120706/54320540416/audrey-tautou-sabia-discrecion-juan-ignacio-francia.html>
  3. ^ Les florentins qui font la réputation de nore école, Cours Florent, retrieved 28 October 2009 
  4. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=foreign.htm&sort=gross&order=DESC&p=.htm
  5. ^ Academy Invites 127 to Membership
  6. ^ Staff (4 April 2008). ""Priceless" romance tale". The Washington Times. Retrieved 14 January 2011. 
  7. ^ Reynolds, Simon (27 August 2008). "Warner Bros. backs Chanel biopic". Digital Spy. 
  8. ^ Tautou at Imdb
  9. ^ Coco Before Chanel at Imdb
  10. ^ Audrey Tautou: The New Coco Chanel
  11. ^ Snead, Elizabeth (5 May 2008), "Is it a bird or a plane? Sarah Jessica Parker won't save the Costume Gala?", Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 10 May 2008, retrieved 21 May 2008 
  12. ^ "Audrey Tautou new face of Chanel", China Daily, 16 May 2008, archived from the original on 31 May 2008, retrieved 21 May 2008 
  13. ^ [1]
  14. ^ "Audrey Tautou's in music video for Charlie Winston", BBC News, 17 February 2010 
  15. ^ "Cannes Film Festival 2013: Audrey Tautou to host opening ceremony". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  16. ^ "Audrey Tautou rêve d’ailleurs" 9 August 2011, Culture-match, Paris Match (in French)
  17. ^ WENN (11 May 2006). "Tautou dismisses Da Vinci controversy". Actress Archives.com. UGO Entertainment. 
  18. ^ Wong, Stevie (May 28, 2006). "From Amelie to Sophie". The Straits Times (Singapore: The Star Online eCentral). 

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