Audrey Tautou Biography
Born on August 9, 1976 in Beaumont, France, Audrey showed an interest for comedy at an early age and started her acting lessons at `Cours Florent'. In 1998 she won the best young actress award in the ninth `Jeune Comedien de Cinema Festival' in Bezier. Then, she came to the attention of
Tonie Marshall who gave her a role in her film
Vénus beauté (institut) for which she won a Best New Actress Cesar. It came as a surprise to even Audrey: "I was so certain I could not be chosen that I told her that she probably dialled a wrong number." The director chose her for her natural nature: "She came, she gaffed, she turned reddish, her ears were in a funny position and her hair was relaxed. In five minutes, she gave me the heart of the character, a petite young girl who would like to be a lady and will become a woman." In 2000, Audrey was again nominated for a Cesar and her movie
Amélie has been a phenomenal success worldwide.
Salary
A Very Long Engagement (2004): 885,000 Euros
Trivia

She nearly never got the chance to play the wonderful Amélie Poulain, as director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet was considering British actress
Emily Watson for the role of Amélie.

Was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in June 2004. Is now a member.

She speaks excellent English.

Ranked #29 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).

Grew up in Montlucon in central France.

Although invited, she did not attend the private screening of
Amélie organized and attended by President
Jacques Chirac. She had a previous engagement with her brother.

When
Emily Watson dropped out of
Amélie, director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet cast Tautou after seeing her on a billboard of the movie
Vénus beauté (institut) in Paris near his home in Bastille.

After
Amélie, she and her sister went on a roadtrip in Indonesia where no one recognized her.

Favourite authors are
Victor Hugo,
Oscar Wilde and
Paul Auster.

Favourite poets are
Charles Baudelaire and
Tristan Tzara.

Favourite music composers are
Ravel,
Mozart and
Frédéric Chopin.

Once was told by a medium that she was going to be mother of twins at age 30.

Studied at the Cours Florent in Paris.

Also studied literature at university.

Her father is a dental surgeon and her mother is a teacher.

She said that
Meryl Streep,
Paul Newman,
Juliette Lewis,
Jodie Foster and
Julianne Moore are her idols.

Band Brand New has song named after her, titled 'Tautou' featured on their album Deja Entendu.

French citizen.

Shares birthday with writer
Robert Shaw, and soccer players Filippo Inzaghi and
Michael Silvestre.

Loves painting. Her favorite painters are Turner, Manet, Schiele, Ingres and Delacroix.

Favourite movies are
Barry Lyndon and
Breathless.

Grew up in Montluçon in central France.

Is the eldest of four children. She has a brother and two sisters.

She takes pictures of her interviewers and puts them in scrapbook.

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#62). [2007].
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