Audrey Tautou
Encyclopedia
Audrey Justine Tautou is a French model and film actress, best known for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code
, Irène in Priceless (2006) and Coco Chanel
in Coco avant Chanel. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress
in Venus Beauty Institute
(1999)in the world of fashion is best knowed The Chanel Muse.
, in the Puy-de-Dôme
département of Auvergne
, and was raised in Montluçon
in nearby Allier
. Her father is an oral surgeon and her mother is a teacher. Tautou showed an interest in acting at an early age and started her acting lessons at the Cours Florent
.
-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). In June 2004, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
(AMPAS).
In 2005, Tautou worked 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 acted 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.
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
. 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.
She appeared in the video of "I Love Your Smile", a song by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston
.
. She was brought up attending church, though she has now stated that she is "not officially" a Catholic.
Tautou says she still considers France her base, and plans to pursue a career predominantly there rather than crossing over to the United States. As she told Stevie Wong of The Straits Times
:
2000 :César Award
, for Venus Beauty Institute
2002 :CFCA Award
2007 :NRJ Ciné Award, for Priceless
(shared with Gad Elmaleh
)
2002 :Satellite Award, for Amélie
2003 :European Film Award, for Dirty Pretty Things
2005 :European Film Award, for A Very Long Engagement
2010 :César Award, for Coco Before Chanel
Amélie
Amélie is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre...
, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code (film)
The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard. The screenplay was written by Akiva Goldsman and based on Dan Brown's worldwide bestselling 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code...
, Irène in Priceless (2006) and Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist thought, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of one of the most famous fashion brands, Chanel...
in Coco avant Chanel. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress
César Award for Most Promising Actress
The following is the list of winners of the César Award for Most Promising Actress . Since its inception in 1983, the award is given as part of the French film industry's annual César Awards....
in Venus Beauty Institute
Venus Beauty Institute
Venus Beauty Institute is a 1999 French movie, telling the story of three employees of a beauty parlor in search of love and happiness.The film is directed by Tonie Marshall...
(1999)in the world of fashion is best knowed The Chanel Muse.
Early life
Tautou was born in BeaumontBeaumont, Puy-de-Dôme
Beaumont is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. The commune lies to the south of the famous dormant volcano, the Puy-de-Dôme which is clearly visible, including the telecommunication antennas that sit on its top.-People born in Beaumont:* Audrey Tautou ,...
, in the Puy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme is a department in the centre of France named after the famous dormant volcano, the Puy-de-Dôme.Inhabitants were called Puydedomois until December 2005...
département of Auvergne
Auvergne (région)
Auvergne is one of the 27 administrative regions of France. It comprises the 4 departments of Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal and Haute Loire.The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not...
, and was raised in Montluçon
Montluçon
Montluçon is a commune in central France. It is the largest commune in the Allier department, although the department's préfecture is located in the smaller town of Moulins. Its inhabitants are known as Montluçonnais...
in nearby Allier
Allier
Allier is a department in central France named after the river Allier.- History :Allier is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais.In 1940, the government of Marshal...
. Her father is an oral surgeon and her mother is a teacher. Tautou showed an interest in acting at an early age and started her acting lessons at the Cours Florent
Cours Florent
The Cours Florent is a private French Drama school created in 1965 by François Florent.The school is currently located on three nearby sites in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France: rue Archereau, rue Mathis and Avenue Jean-Jaurès, further along which is located the Conservatoire national...
.
Career
In 1998, Tautou participated in a Star SearchStar Search
Star Search is a television show that was produced from 1983-95, hosted by Ed McMahon, and created by Alfred Masini. A relaunch was produced in 2003-04. The show was originally filmed at the old Earl Carroll Theatre at 6230 Sunset Blvd...
-like competition sponsored by Canal+
Canal+
Canal+ is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. It is 80% owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted...
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
César Award
The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
-winning Venus Beauty Institute
Venus Beauty Institute
Venus Beauty Institute is a 1999 French movie, telling the story of three employees of a beauty parlor in search of love and happiness.The film is directed by Tonie Marshall...
(1999, aka Vénus beauté (institut)). In 2000, she won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti
Prix Suzanne Bianchetti
The Prix Suzanne Bianchetti is an award in French cinema given annually since 1937 to the most promising young film actress.The award was created by writer/actor René Jeanne who served as the director of L'Etablissement Cinématographique des Armées...
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
Amélie is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre...
(Amélie). In June 2004, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...
(AMPAS).
In 2005, Tautou worked in her first full Hollywood production, opposite Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...
, in the film version of Dan Brown
Dan Brown
Dan Brown is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code. Brown's novels, which are treasure hunts set in a 24-hour time period, feature the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, symbols, codes, and conspiracy theories...
's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code (film)
The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard. The screenplay was written by Akiva Goldsman and based on Dan Brown's worldwide bestselling 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code...
, directed by Ron Howard
Ron Howard
Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years...
and released in May 2006. She acted alongside Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh is a French-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor. His latest show is called Papa est en haut . He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Hors de prix, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris.- Early years :Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco...
in Pierre Salvadori's Hors de prix (Priceless), released 13 December 2006. The film has been compared to Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Tautou starred with Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Canet is a French actor and film director.Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like Joyeux Noël, Love Me If You Dare and The Beach...
in Claude Berri
Claude Berri
Claude Berri , born Claude Berel Langmann, was one of the great all-rounders of French cinema: an actor, writer, producer, director and distributor. "Out of my failure as an actor was born my desire to direct. Then my relative failure as a director forced me to become a producer. In order to get my...
's Ensemble, c'est tout in 2007, an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Anna Gavalda
Anna Gavalda
Anna Gavalda is a French teacher and award-winning novelist.Referred to by Voici magazine as “a distant descendant of Dorothy Parker”, Anna Gavalda was born in an upper-class suburb of Paris...
.
Tautou played the lead role in the biopic of fashion designer Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist thought, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of one of the most famous fashion brands, Chanel...
, titled Coco avant Chanel, and directed by Anne Fontaine
Anne Fontaine (filmmaker)
Anne Fontaine is a filmmaker and screenwriter who used to be an actor. She lives and works in France.Born Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc, sister of actor Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, she went as a young child to live in Lisbon, where her father, Antoine Sibertin-Blanc, is a music professor and cathedral...
. 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
Chanel No. 5
Chanel No. 5 is the first perfume launched by Parisian couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. The French government reports that a bottle of Chanel No. 5 is sold every thirty seconds and generates sales of $100 million a year. It was developed by Russian-French chemist and perfumer Ernest Beaux...
, replacing Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman, AC is an American-born Australian actress, singer, film producer, spokesmodel, and humanitarian. After starring in a number of small Australian films and TV shows, Kidman's breakthrough was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm...
. She was directed in the advertisement by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
-Life and career:Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and...
, with whom she worked on Amélie and A Very Long Engagement. The advertisement was released in 2009 to coincide with the film's release.
She appeared in the video of "I Love Your Smile", a song by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston
Charlie Winston
Charlie Winston is an English singer-songwriter.-Music Career:Early Career...
.
Personal life
She has studied at the Institut Catholique de ParisInstitut Catholique de Paris
The Institut Catholique de Paris, or the Catholic University of Paris, is a private university located in Paris, France. The institute was founded in 1875, under the name Université Catholique de Paris, by Maurice Le Sage d'Hauteroche d'Hulst....
. She was brought up attending church, though she has now stated that she is "not officially" a Catholic.
Tautou says she still considers France her base, and plans to pursue a career predominantly there rather than crossing over to the United States. As she told Stevie Wong of The Straits Times
The Straits Times
The Straits Times is an English language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore currently owned by Singapore Press Holdings . It is the country's highest-selling paper, with a current daily circulation of nearly 400,000...
:
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 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 Julie Lescaut Julie Lescaut is a French-language police television series. It has been distributed since 1992 on TF1 , La Une-RTBF and TSR ; the show remains active as of 2010. It details the investigations of detective Julie Lescaut and her team... |
Tracy | TV movie, episode: Bal masqué |
| 1999 | Le Boiteux | Blandine Piancet | TV movie, episode: Baby blues |
| 1999 | Venus Beauty Institute Venus Beauty Institute Venus Beauty Institute is a 1999 French movie, telling the story of three employees of a beauty parlor in search of love and happiness.The film is directed by Tonie Marshall... |
Marie | Original title: Vénus beauté (institut) |
| 1999 | Triste à mourir | Caro | Short film |
| 2000 | Marie-Ange | ||
| 2000 | Pretty Devils | Anne-Sophie | Original title: Voyou, voyelles |
| 2000 | Julie d'Holbach | ||
| 2000 | Happenstance | Irène | Original title: Le Battement d'ailes du papillon |
| 2001 | Amélie Amélie Amélie is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre... |
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 He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (film) He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not is a 2002 French psychological thriller film directed by Laetitia Colombani. The film focuses on a young artist, played by Audrey Tautou, and a married cardiologist, played by Samuel Le Bihan, with whom she is dangerously obsessed... |
Angélique | Original title: À la folie... pas du tout |
| 2002 | Pot Luck | Martine | Other title: The Spanish Apartment; Original title: L'Auberge espagnole |
| 2002 | Dirty Pretty Things Dirty Pretty Things (film) Dirty Pretty Things is a 2002 film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight, a drama about two illegal immigrants in London... |
Senay Gelik | |
| 2003 | Les Marins perdus Les Marins perdus Les Marins perdus is a 2003 French film based on a novel by Jean-Claude Izzo. It was written and directed by Claire Devers and stars Bernard Giraudeau, Miki Manojlovic, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Marie Trintignant, Ivan Franek, and Audrey Tautou.... |
Lalla | |
| 2003 | Not on the Lips Not on the Lips Not on the Lips is a 2003 French musical film directed by Alain Resnais. It is an adaptation of the operetta Pas sur la bouche, written by André Barde and Maurice Yvain, which was first produced in Paris in 1925.-Plot:... |
Huguette Verberie | Original title: Pas sur la bouche |
| 2003 | Nowhere to Go But Up Nowhere to Go But Up Nowhere to Go But Up is a 2003 French film written and directed by Amos Kollek. It stars Audrey Tautou Justin Theroux and Jim Parsons.... |
Val Chipzik | Original title: Happy End |
| 2004 | Mathilde | Original title: Un long dimanche de fiançailles | |
| 2005 | Martine | Original title: Les Poupées russes | |
| 2006 | Sophie Neveu | ||
| 2006 | Priceless Priceless (film) Priceless is a 2006 French film directed by Pierre Salvadori, who says it was adapted from the 1961 Blake Edwards' film, Breakfast at Tiffany's, though the synopsis lays out more like the 1958 novella of the same name written by Truman Capote.- Plot :... |
Irène | Original title: Hors de prix |
| 2007 | Hunting and Gathering Hunting and Gathering (film) Hunting and Gathering is a 2007 French César Award-winning romantic film based on the writer Anna Gavalda's 2004 novel Ensemble, c'est tout. It was directed by Claude Berri, who also wrote the screenplay, and stars Audrey Tautou, Guillaume Canet, Laurent Stocker, Françoise Bertin and Alain... |
Camille Fauque | Original title: Ensemble, c'est tout |
| 2009 | Coco Before Chanel | Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel | Original title: Coco avant Chanel |
| 2010 | Full Treatment | Emilie Dandrieux | Other title: Beautiful Lies; Original title: De vrais mensonges'.' |
| 2012 | Des vents contraires | TBA | Filming |
| 2012 | La Délicatesse | TBA | Pre-production |
| 2012 | Thérèse D | Thérèse Desqueyroux | Filming |
| 2012 | L’ Ecume des jours (Froth on the Daydream) Froth on the daydream Froth on the daydream is a novel written by French author Boris Vian, and published in 1947.It has been translated several times into English, under different titles... |
Chloe | Filming |
Wins
1999 :Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Award, for Venus Beauty InstituteVenus Beauty Institute
Venus Beauty Institute is a 1999 French movie, telling the story of three employees of a beauty parlor in search of love and happiness.The film is directed by Tonie Marshall...
2000 :César Award
César Award
The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
, for Venus Beauty Institute
- Lumiere Award, for Venus Beauty Institute
- SACD Award
2002 :CFCA Award
- Lumiere Award, for AmélieAmélieAmélie is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre...
- Sant Jordi, for Amélie
2007 :NRJ Ciné Award, for Priceless
Priceless (film)
Priceless is a 2006 French film directed by Pierre Salvadori, who says it was adapted from the 1961 Blake Edwards' film, Breakfast at Tiffany's, though the synopsis lays out more like the 1958 novella of the same name written by Truman Capote.- Plot :...
(shared with Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh is a French-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor. His latest show is called Papa est en haut . He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Hors de prix, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris.- Early years :Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco...
)
Nominations
2001 :European Film Award, for Amélie2002 :Satellite Award, for Amélie
- PFCS AwardPhoenix Film Critics SocietyThe Phoenix Film Critics Society is an organization of film reviewers from Phoenix-based publications.In December of each year, the PFCS meets to vote on their Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for films released in the same calendar year.Categories of awards include:* Best Actor The Phoenix...
, for Amélie - OFCS AwardOnline Film Critics SocietyThe Online Film Critics Society is a professional association for film critics who publish their reviews, interviews, and essays on the Internet.The OFCS was founded in 1997...
, for Amélie - BAFTA, for Amélie
- Empire Award, for Amélie
- César Award, for Amélie
2003 :European Film Award, for Dirty Pretty Things
Dirty Pretty Things (film)
Dirty Pretty Things is a 2002 film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight, a drama about two illegal immigrants in London...
2005 :European Film Award, for A Very Long Engagement
A Very Long Engagement
A Very Long Engagement is a 2004 French romantic war film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed on the battle of the Somme, during World War I...
- César Award, for A Very Long Engagement
2010 :César Award, for Coco Before Chanel
- BAFTA, for Coco Before Chanel
External links
- NY Daily News Interview 21 November 2004
- MSNBC Interview 23 November 2004
- UK Story & Interview 16 January 2005
- Interview: This is London 19 January 2005
- Interview: From Amelie to Sophie 17 May 2006
- Jon Henley, "It doesn't take much to catch a man" The Guardian, 13 June 2008, interview about Priceless (film)Priceless (film)Priceless is a 2006 French film directed by Pierre Salvadori, who says it was adapted from the 1961 Blake Edwards' film, Breakfast at Tiffany's, though the synopsis lays out more like the 1958 novella of the same name written by Truman Capote.- Plot :...