Audrey Tautou made her acting debut at age 18 on television, and her feature film debut in Venus Beauty Institute, for which she received critical acclaim and won the Cesar Award for Most Promising Actress.
26 Facts About Audrey Tautou
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Audrey 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 comedy Priceless.
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Audrey Tautou was acclaimed for her role in the World War I drama A Very Long Engagement, and for her portrayal of French fashion designer Coco Chanel in the biographical drama Coco avant Chanel.
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Audrey Tautou has been nominated three times for the Cesar Award and twice for the BAFTA for Best Actress in a leading role.
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Audrey Tautou has modeled for Chanel, Montblanc, L'Oreal and many other companies.
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Audrey Tautou's father, Bernard Tautou, is a dental surgeon, and her mother Eveline is a teacher.
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Audrey Tautou showed an interest in acting at an early age and started her acting lessons at the Cours Florent, where she learned English and Italian.
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In 1998, Audrey Tautou participated in "Jeunes Premiers", a Star Search-like competition sponsored by Canal+, and won Best Young Actress at the 9th Beziers Festival of Young Actors.
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In 2000, Audrey Tautou received the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as her country's most promising young film actress.
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In 2001, Audrey Tautou rose to international fame for her performance as the eccentric lead in the romantic comedy Amelie, a film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
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In 2002, Audrey Tautou appeared in the British thriller film Dirty Pretty Things directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight, a drama about two illegal immigrants in London.
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In 2004, Audrey Tautou starred in A Very Long Engagement, a romantic war film co-written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
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In 2005, Audrey 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.
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Audrey Tautou starred alongside Gad Elmaleh in Pierre Salvadori's Hors de prix, released 13 December 2006.
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Audrey Tautou starred with Guillaume Canet in Claude Berri's Ensemble, c'est tout in 2007, an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Anna Gavalda.
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Audrey Tautou played the lead role in the biopic of fashion designer Coco Chanel, titled Coco avant Chanel, and directed by Anne Fontaine.
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Audrey Tautou appeared in the music video of "I Love Your Smile", a song by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston.
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Audrey Tautou was the host of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
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Audrey Tautou was a member of the jury of the 2015 Berlin Film Festival.
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Audrey Tautou appeared in the 2016 film The Odyssey as Simone Melchior Cousteau.
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Audrey Tautou began modelling at a very young age, taking modelling courses and other activities, and has modelled for magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire in many countries, and many others.
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Audrey Tautou was named in 2009 as the next spokesmodel for Chanel No 5, replacing Nicole Kidman.
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Audrey Tautou was directed in the advertisement by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, with whom she worked on Amelie and A Very Long Engagement.
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Audrey Tautou has become the face of L'Oreal and Montblanc and several other ad campaigns.
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Audrey Tautou has attended major fashion week events around the world as well as smaller events.
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Audrey Tautou says she considers France her base, where she plans to focus her career, rather than in the United States.