Audrey Tautou

**Audrey Justine Tautou** (born in Beaumont on 9 August 1976) is a French actress and model. She made her acting debut at 18 on television and the following year in the feature film in _Venus Beauty Institute_ (1999) when she won the _César Award for Most Promising Actress_. Tautou got recognition for her work in the 2001 film _Amélie_, which was a box office success.

She has been nominated three times for the César Award and twice for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She became one of the few French actors in history to have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in June 2004; she is a member of the Academy since 1 September 2006.

Tautou has modeled for companies such as Chanel, Montblanc, L'Oréal, and others.

## Early life

Tautou was born in Beaumont in the Puy-de-Dôme department, France, and was raised together with her two sisters and his brother in the city of Montluçon (Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). Her father is a dental surgeon, and her mother is a teacher. Tautou started her acting lessons at the Cours Florent, an acting school in Paris.

## Movies

These are the movies where Tautou has acted:

|Title|Year|Role|
| --- | --- | --- |
|_Chinese Puzzle_ (_Casse-tête chinois_)|2013|Martine|
|_Mood Indigo_ (_L’Écume des jours_)|2013|Chloé|
|_Thérèse Desqueyroux_|2012|Thérèse Desqueyroux|
|_Delicacy_ (_La délicatesse_)|2011|Nathalie|
|_Full Treatment_ (_De vrais mensonges_)|2010|Emilie Dandrieux|
|_Coco Before Chanel_ (_Coco avant Chanel_)|2008|Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel|
|_Hunting and Gathering_ (_Ensemble, c'est tout_)|2007|Camille|
|_Priceless _ (_Hors de prix_)|2006|Irène|
|_The Da Vinci Code_|2006|Sophie Neveu|
|_The Russian Dolls_ (_Les poupées russes_)|2005|Martine|
|_A Very Long Engagement_ (_Un long dimanche de fiançailles_)|2004|Mathilde|
|_Nowhere to Go But Up_ (_Happy End_)|2003|Val Chipzik|
|_Not on the Lips_ (_Pas sur la bouche_)|2003|Huguette Verberie|
|_Les marins perdus_|2003|Lalla|
|_Dirty Pretty Things_|2002|Senay|
|_Pot Luck_ (_L'Auberge espagnole_)|2002|Martine|
|_He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not_ (_À la folie... pas du tout_)|2002|Angélique|
|_God Is Great and I'm Not_ (_Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite_)|2001|Michèle|
|_Amélie_ (_Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain_)|2001|Amélie Poulain|
|_Happenstance_ (_Le battement d'ailes du papillon_)|2000|Irène|
|_Le libertin_|2000|Julie d'Holbach|
|_Pretty Devils_ (_Voyous voyelles_)|2000|Anne-Sophie|
|_Épouse-moi_|2000|Marie-Ange|
|_Triste à mourir_|1999|Caro|
|_Venus Beauty Institute_ (_Vénus beauté (institut)_)|1999|Marie|

### TV Movies

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1999|_Le Boiteux_|Blandine Piancet|TV movie, episode: _Baby blues_|
|1998|_Julie Lescaut_|Tracy|TV movie, episode: _Bal masqué_|
|1998|_Chaos technique_|Lisa|TV movie|
|1998|_Bébés boum_|Elsa|TV movie|
|1998|_La Vieille Barrière_|A girl in the district|TV movie|
|1997|_Les Cordier, juge et flic_|Léa|TV movie, episode: _Le Crime d'à côté_|
|1997|_La Vérité est un vilain défaut_|The telephone operator|TV movie|
|1996|_Cœur de cible_||TV movie|

## Other websites

- Audrey Tautou in NNDB

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Audrey Tautou
- **image**: Audrey Tautou Cannes 2006.jpg
- **alt**: Audrey Tautou at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
- **caption**: Audrey Tautou at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
- **birth name**: Audrey Justine Tautou
- **birth place**: Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France
- **nationality**: French
- **occupation**: Actress, model
- **years active**: 1996–present
- **known for**: **Marie** in _Venus Beauty Institute_
 **Amélie Poulain** in _Amélie_
**Sophie Neveu** in _The Da Vinci Code (film), The Da Vinci Code_
- **awards**: César Award:
 **Most Promising Actress** - _Venus Beauty Institute_ (1999)