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Audrey Tautou (IPA: [oˈd̪ʁe t̪oˈt̪u]; born August 9, 1978) is a French film actress, best known to worldwide audiences as the title character in the award-winning French film Amélie (2001, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain) and as Sophie Neveu in The Da Vinci Code (2006).

Tautou was born in Beaumont in the Puy-de-Dôme department of Auvergne, and was raised in Montluçon in the nearby Allier department. Audrey showed an interest for comedy at an early age and started her acting lessons at the Cours Florent. In 1998, she 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. Then, she came to the attention of Tonie Marshall, who 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.

Already well-known in France for her work in Venus Beauty Institute, in 2001 Tautou rose to international fame for her performance as the eccentric Amélie in the romantic French comedy of the same name.

In June 2004 she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). She accepted the invitation and was still a member as of September 1, 2006.

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, released December 13th, 2006.

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

She has a younger brother and two younger sisters.

Future career

Having starred in her first major Hollywood film, the cinema adaptation of The Da Vinci Code, Tautou nevertheless has stated in interview that she still considers France her base, and has expressed plans to pursue a career predominantly there rather than crossing over to 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."

She will star with Guillaume Canet (best known outside of France for his role in the film adaptation of The Beach) in Claude Berri's french-language Ensemble, c'est tout in 2007.

Trivia

* At one time fascinated by monkeys, she wanted to be a primatologist.
* Tautou takes pictures of each reporter who interviews her. She keeps these pictures in a scrapbook for later review.
* The Brand New song 'Tautou', from the album Déjà Entendu is named after 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.
* Convinced that she herself would not claim the part of "Sophie Neveu" in The Da Vinci Code, Tautou took a picture of Ron Howard (director) and Tom Hanks to prove to her sister that "she had met them."
* Jesse Lacey, lead singer and frontman of emo/rock band Brand New wrote a song about Audrey simply entitled "Tautou".

Selected filmography

* Ensemble, c'est tout - Camille (2007)
* Hors de prix - (2006) Irène (2006)

(English title: Priceless)

* The Da Vinci Code - Sophie Neveu (2006)
* Les Poupées russes - Martine (2005)

(English title: The Russian Dolls)

* Un long dimanche de fiançailles - Mathilde (2004)

(English title: A Very Long Engagement)

* Nowhere to Go But Up - Val Chipzik (2003)

(aka Happy End (Movie))

* Pas sur la bouche - Huguette Verberie (2003)

(English title: Not on the Lips)

* Les Marins perdus - Lalla (2003)

(English title: Lost Seamen)

* Dirty Pretty Things - Senay (2002)
* L'Auberge espagnole - Martine (2002)

(aka Pot Luck - UK)
(aka Euro Pudding - International: English title)
(aka The Spanish Apartment - USA)

* À la folie... pas du tout - Angélique (2002)

(English title: He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not)

* Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite - Michèle (2001)

(English title: God Is Great, I'm Not)

* Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain - Amélie Poulain (2001)

(aka Amélie - International: English title - USA)
(aka Amelie from Montmartre - International: English title)
(aka The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain - USA: literal English title)

* Le Battement d'ailes du papillon - Irène (2000)

(aka Happenstance - UK and USA)
(aka Amelie 2 - Hong Kong: English title)
(aka The Beating of the Butterfly's Wings - International: English title)

* Le Libertin - Julie d'Holbach (2000) (English title: The Libertine)
* Voyous voyelles - Anne-Sophie (2000)

(aka Bad Girls - Australia: TV title)
(aka The Little Grifters - USA: cable TV title)
(aka Pretty Devils - USA: new title)

* Épouse-moi - Marie-Ange (2000) (English title: Marry Me)
* Triste à mourir - Caro (1999)
* Vénus beauté (institut) - Marie (1999)

(aka Venus Beauty Institute - USA: literal English title)
(aka Venus Beauty Salon - UK)

* Le Boiteux: Baby blues - Blandine Piancet (1999) (TV)
* La Vieille barrière - La jeune fille du quartier (1998)
* Casting: Archi-dégueulasse - Comédienne 1 (1998)
* Chaos technique - Lisa (1998) (TV)
* Bébés boum - Elsa (1998) (TV)
* La Vérité est un vilain défaut - La standardiste (1997) (TV)
* Coeur de cible (1996) (TV)

Awards and nominations

* 2002 : Nomination for the César Award for Best Actress for Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
* 2005 : Nomination for the César Award for Best Actress for Un long dimanche de fiançailles

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