Audrey Tautou
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 Audrey Tautou at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival |
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| Born | Audrey Justine Tautou 9 August 1976 or 9 August 1978 Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France |
| Occupation | Actress1 |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Audrey Justine Tautou (French: [odʁɛ totu]; born 9 August 19762345 or 1978)16 is a French film actress,1 best known for her roles in Amélie (2001), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Priceless (2006) and Coco Before Chanel (2009). She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in Venus Beauty Institute (1999).
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Early life
Tautou was born in Beaumont, in the Puy-de-Dôme département of Auvergne, and was raised in Montluçon3 in nearby Allier. Her father, Bernard, is an oral surgeon, and her mother, Evelyne, is a teacher.78 Tautou showed an interest in acting at an early age and started her acting lessons at the Cours Florent.9
Career
In 1998, Tautou 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. 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).10
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.11
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.12131415 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.1617
She appeared in the video of "I Love Your Smile", a song by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston.18
Personal life
She has studied at the Institut Catholique de Paris.19 She was brought up attending church, though she has now stated that she is "not officially" a Catholic.20
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:
"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."21
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | Cœur de cible | 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 | Tracy | TV movie, episode: Bal masqué |
| 1999 | Le Boiteux | Blandine Piancet | TV movie, episode: Baby blues |
| 1999 | Venus Beauty Institute | Marie | Original title: Vénus beauté (institut) |
| 1999 | Triste à mourir | Caro | Short film |
| 2000 | Épouse-moi | Marie-Ange | |
| 2000 | Pretty Devils | Anne-Sophie | Original title: Voyou, voyelles |
| 2000 | Le Libertin | Julie d'Holbach | |
| 2000 | Happenstance | Irène | Original title: Le Battement d'ailes du papillon |
| 2001 | Amélie | 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 | Angélique | Original title: À la folie... pas du tout |
| 2002 | L'Auberge espagnole | Martine | Other titles: The Spanish Apartment; Pot Luck |
| 2002 | Dirty Pretty Things | Senay Gelik | |
| 2003 | Les Marins perdus | Lalla | |
| 2003 | Not on the Lips | Huguette Verberie | Original title: Pas sur la bouche |
| 2003 | Nowhere to Go But Up | Val Chipzik | Original title: Happy End |
| 2004 | A Very Long Engagement | Mathilde | Original title: Un long dimanche de fiançailles |
| 2005 | The Russian Dolls | Martine | Original title: Les Poupées russes |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Sophie Neveu | |
| 2006 | Priceless | Irène | Original title: Hors de prix |
| 2007 | Hunting and Gathering | Camille Fauque | Original title: Ensemble, c'est tout |
| 2009 | Coco Before Chanel | Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel | Original title: Coco avant Chanel |
| 2010 | De vrais mensonges | Emilie Dandrieux | Other titles: Beautiful Lies; Full Treatment |
| 2012 | Des vents contraires | Sarah Anderen | |
| 2012 | La Délicatesse | Nathalie Kerr | |
| 2012 | Thérèse D | Thérèse Desqueyroux | Premiere 26 May in close Cannes Film Festival. |
| 2013 | Mood Indigo | Chloé | Original title: L’Écume des jours; filming |
Awards
Wins
- 1999
- Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Award, for Venus Beauty Institute
- 2000
- César Award, for Venus Beauty Institute
- Lumiere Award, for Venus Beauty Institute
- SACD Award
- 2002
- CFCA Award
- Lumiere Award, for Amélie
- Sant Jordi, for Amélie
- 2007
- NRJ Ciné Award, for Priceless (shared with Gad Elmaleh)
Nominations
- 2001
- European Film Award, for Amélie
- 2002
- Satellite Award, for Amélie
- PFCS Award, for Amélie
- OFCS Award, for Amélie
- BAFTA, for Amélie
- Empire Award, for Amélie
- César Award, for Amélie
- 2003
- European Film Award, for Dirty Pretty Things
- 2005
- European Film Award, for A Very Long Engagement
- César Award, for A Very Long Engagement
- 2010
- César Award, for Coco Before Chanel
- BAFTA, for Coco Before Chanel
References
- ^ a b c "Audrey Tautou", Encyclopædia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1020875/Audrey-Tautou, retrieved 22 August 2008
- ^ A very big engagement, London: Times Online, 11 May 2006, http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article715245.ece, retrieved 22 August 2008
- ^ a b Montlucon's Jules Ferry college alumnus, http://coll-ferry-montlucon.planet-allier.com/celebres.html, retrieved 28 August 2008
- ^ Birth certificate, Les Gens du Cinema, http://www.lesgensducinema.com/affiche_acteur.php?mots=tautou&nom_acteur=TAUTOU%20Audrey&ident=55466&debut=0&record=0, retrieved 22 August 2008
- ^ "Transcript of interview from French edition of Elle", Elle (3068), October 2004, archived from the original on 15 May 2006, http://web.archive.org/web/20060515141812/http://fandeaudreytautou.free.fr/interview_elle_uldf.php, retrieved 11 August 2011
- ^ Vanderschelden, Isabelle (2006), Amélie ; Le Fabuleux Destin D' Amélie Poulain, I. B. Tauris, pp. 21, ISBN 978-1-84511-375-9
- ^ Biographie, Fan de Andrey Tautou, archived from the original on 16 May 2006, http://web.archive.org/web/20060516040918/http://fandeaudreytautou.free.fr/Bio.php, retrieved 28 October 2009unreliable source?
- ^ http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/audrey-tautou/bio/140924
- ^ Les florentins qui font la réputation de nore école, Cours Florent, http://www.coursflorent.fr/index.php/box-office, retrieved 28 October 2009
- ^ Academy Invites 127 to Membership
- ^ Staff (4 April 2008). "'Priceless' romance tale". The Washington Times. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/apr/4/priceless-romance-tale/. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (27 August 2008). "Warner Bros. backs Chanel biopic". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a126980/warner-bros-backs-chanel-biopic.html?imdb.
- ^ Tautou at Imdb
- ^ Coco Before Chanel at Imdb
- ^ Audrey Tautou: The New Coco Chanel
- ^ Snead, Elizabeth (5 May 2008), "Is it a bird or a plane? Sarah Jessica Parker won't save the Costume Gala?", Los Angeles Times, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/05/tonights-metrop.html, retrieved 21 May 2008
- ^ "Audrey Tautou new face of Chanel", China Daily, 16 May 2008, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/lifestyle/2008-05/16/content_6690516.htm, retrieved 21 May 2008
- ^ "Audrey Tautou's in music video for Charlie Winston", BBC News, 17 February 2010, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8521128.stm
- ^ "Audrey Tautou rêve d’ailleurs" 9 August 2011, Culture-match, Paris Match (in French)
- ^ WENN (11 May 2006). "Tautou dismisses Da Vinci controversy". Actress Archives.com. UGO Entertainment. http://www.actressarchives.com/news.php?id=1139.
- ^ Wong, Stevie (May 28, 2006). "From Amelie to Sophie". The Straits Times (Singapore: The Star Online eCentral). http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2006/5/28/movies/14320977&sec=movies.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Audrey Tautou |
- Audrey Tautou at the Internet Movie Database
- Audrey Tautou at AllRovi
- Audrey Tautou at Yahoo! Movies
- 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
- Jon Henley, "It doesn't take much to catch a man" The Guardian, 13 June 2008, interview about Priceless (film)
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