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A dark-haired gamine who was something of a throwback to actresses like Audrey Hepburn and Leslie Caron,... (Learn more)

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Audrey Tautou’s Milestones
Attended the prestigious Cours Florent
1995 Appeared in the TV-movies, "Coeur de cible" and "Le Crime d'a cote"
1995 Moved to Paris
1996 Featured in the telefilm "Bebes boum"
2000 Cast opposite Vincent Perez in "Épouse-moi (Marry Me)" and "Le Libertin (The Libertine)"
2000 Feature debut in Tonie Marshall's "Vénus beauté (institut)" playing a naive beauty salon worker (released in France in 1999)
2000 Portrayed the heroine in "Le Battement d'ailes du papillon (Happenstance)"
2001 Gained international fame for her performance as the eccentric Amélie in the romantic French comedy "Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie)"; directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet; earned a César Award nomination
2002 Portrayed a gamine beauty seeking love and spiritual fulfillment in "Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite (God Is Great, I'm Not)"
2003 English-language film debut, "Dirty Pretty Things"; directed by Stephen Frears
2003 Starred in Cedric Klapish's "L'Auberge espagnole (The Spanish Apartment)"
2004 Re-teamed with director Jean-Pierre Jeunet for "Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement)"
2006 Portrayed French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu in the film version of Dan Brown's best-selling novel, "The Da Vinci Code"; directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks
2008 Announced as the new face of Chanel

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Quick Facts

Born

August, 09 1978 in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dome, France

Education

  • Cours Florent, Paris, France: Began her acting lessons at the highly prestigious French drama school

Professions

actor