Audrey Tautou
| Audrey Tautou Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres | |
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 Audrey Tautou attending the 2012 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born |
Audrey Justine Tautou 9 August 1976 Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse(s) | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
Audrey Justine Tautou (French: [o.dʁɛ to.tu]; born 9 August 1976)[1] is a French actress and model.[2] Signed by an agent at age 17, she made her acting debut at 18 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Venus Beauty Institute (1999), for which she received critical acclaim and won the César Award for Most Promising Actress. Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Le Libertin and Happenstance (2000).
Tautou achieved international recognition for her lead role in the 2001 film Amélie, which met with critical acclaim and was a major box-office success. Amélie won Best Film at the European Film Awards, four César Awards (including Best Film and Best Director), two BAFTA Awards (including Best Original Screenplay), and was nominated for five Academy Awards.
Tautou has since appeared in films in a range of genres, including the thrillers Dirty Pretty Things and The Da Vinci Code, and the romantic Priceless (2006). She has received critical acclaim for her many roles including the drama A Very Long Engagement (2004) and the biographical drama Coco avant Chanel (2009). She has been nominated three times for the César Award and twice for the BAFTA for Best Actress in a leading role. She became one of the few French actors in history to be invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in June 2004.[3]
Tautou has modeled for Chanel, Montblanc, L'Oréal and many other companies. She is an active supporter of several charities.
Early life
Tautou was born in Beaumont and was raised in Montluçon. Her father is a dental surgeon, and her mother is a teacher.[1] Tautou showed an interest in acting at an early age and started her acting lessons at the Cours Florent.[4]
Acting career
1990s
In 1998, Tautou participated in a Star Search-like competition sponsored by Canal+ called "Jeunes Premiers" (The Young Debuts) 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, also known as Vénus beauté (institut)). In 2000, she won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as her country's most promising young film actress.
2000s
In 2001, Tautou rose to international fame for her performance as the eccentric lead in the romantic comedy Amélie (Original French title: Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain), a 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. It tells the story of a shy waitress, who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better, while struggling with her own isolation. The film was an international co-production between companies in France and Germany.
The film met with critical acclaim and was a major box-office success. Amélie won Best Film at the European Film Awards; it won four César Awards (including Best Film and Best Director), two BAFTA Awards (including Best Original Screenplay), and was nominated for five Academy Awards. Grossing over $33 million in limited theatrical release, it is still the highest-grossing French-language film released in the United States.[5]
In 2002, she acted in the British thriller film Dirty Pretty Things directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight, a drama about two illegal immigrants in London. It was produced by BBC Films and Celador Films. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won a British Independent Film Award for "Best Independent British Film" in 2003.
In 2004, she played in A Very Long Engagement, a romantic war film, co-written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet starring Tautou. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed in the Battle of the Somme, during World War I. It was based on a novel of the same name, written by Sebastien Japrisot, first published in 1991. In June, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).[6]
In 2005, Tautou starred 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 starred 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.[7]
Tautou starred with Guillaume Canet in Claude Berri's Ensemble, c'est tout in 2007, an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Anna Gavalda.
2010s – present
Tautou played the lead role in the biopic of fashion designer Coco Chanel, titled Coco avant Chanel, and directed by Anne Fontaine.[8][9][10][11] 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"). Instead of releasing Coco Before Chanel in the United States itself, Warner Bros. let Sony Pictures Classics handle the release there.[12] The film grossed $6 million in the United States.[13][14]
Coco Before Chanel was nominated for four BAFTA Awards, three European Film Awards, six César Awards and the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
In 2011, she appeared in Delicacy, a French romantic comedy-drama directed by David and Stéphane Foenkinos and based on the novel of the same name by David Foenkinos. David was nominated for the 2012 Best Writing (Adaptation) César Award and the film was nominated as Best Film.[15]
She appeared in the music video of "I Love Your Smile", a song by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston.[16]
She was the host of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[17]
She was a member of the jury of the 2015 Berlin Film Festival.[18]
Public image and modeling career
Audrey Tautou began modeling at a very young age, taking modeling courses and other activities, and has modeled for magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire in many countries, and many others.[2]
Tautou was named in 2009 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.[19][20] She has also become the face of L'Oreal and Montblanc and several other ad campaigns.[21]
Tautou over the years has been declared a fashionista and icon by the press, appearing in many magazines, fashion, beauty, and culture. She has attended major fashion week events around the world as well as smaller events. The press sometimes refers to her as "The Chanel Muse".[2]
Personal life
She has studied at the Institut Catholique de Paris.[22] A church-goer when young, she has stated that she is "not officially" Catholic.[23]
Tautou says she considers France her base, where she plans to focus her career, rather than in the United States. 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."[24]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Venus Beauty Institute | Marie | |
| Triste à mourir | Caro | Short film | |
| 2000 | Epouse moiÉpouse-moi | Marie-Ange | |
| Pretty Devils | Anne-Sophie | Original title: Voyou, voyelles | |
| Libertin, LeLe Libertin | Julie d'Holbach | ||
| Happenstance | Irène | Original title: Le Battement d'ailes du papillon | |
| 2001 | Amélie | Amélie Poulain |
Nominated - Audience Award for Best Actress |
| 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 |
| L'Auberge espagnole | Martine | Other titles: The Spanish Apartment; Pot Luck | |
| Dirty Pretty Things | Senay Gelik | Nominated - European Film Award for Best Actress in Leading Role | |
| 2003 | Les Marins perdus | Lalla | |
| Not on the Lips | Huguette Verberie | Original title: Pas sur la bouche | |
| Happy End | Val Chipzik | ||
| 2004 | Very Long Engagement, AA Very Long Engagement | Mathilde | Nominated - César Award for Best Actress Nominated - European Film Award for Best Actress in Leading Role |
| 2005 | Russian Dolls, TheThe Russian Dolls | Martine | Original title: Les Poupées russes |
| 2006 | Da Vinci Code, TheThe Da Vinci Code | Sophie Neveu | |
| Priceless | Irène |
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| 2007 | Hunting and Gathering | Camille Fauque | Original title: Ensemble, c'est tout |
| 2009 | Coco Before Chanel | Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel | Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated - César Award for Best Actress |
| 2010 | De vrais mensonges | Emilie Dandrieux | Other titles: Beautiful Lies; Full Treatment |
| 2011 | Delicacy | Nathalie Kerl | Original title: La délicatesse |
| 2012 | Des vents contraires | Sarah Anderen | |
| Thérèse Desqueyroux | Thérèse Desqueyroux | ||
| 2013 | Mood Indigo | Chloé | Original title: L’Écume des jours |
| Chinese Puzzle | Martine | Original title: Casse-tête chinois | |
| 2015 | Microbe & Gasoline | Marie-Thérèse Guéret | Original title: Microbe et Gasoil |
| 2015 | Eternity | ||
| 2016 | The Odyssey | Simone Melchior | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Coeur de cibleCœur 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 |
Theatre credits
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | A Doll's House | Nora | Théâtre de la Madeleine |
| 2011 | Tour |
References
- 1 2 Age sources
- "Audrey Tautou". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
born Aug. 9, 1976/78, Beaumont, Auvergne, France
- "TAUTOU Audrey". Les Gens du Cinema. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
Lieu: BEAUMONT (63-France); Naissance: 9 août 1976; Reférence: Extrait de naissance n° 6672/1976 [translation: Location: BEAUMONT (63-France); Born: August 9, 1976; Reference: Birth Certificate No. 6672/1976]
- Willsher, Kim (14 April 2013). "Audrey Tautou: how the French learned to love the star of Amélie". The Observer. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
Born August 1976. Her father was a dental surgeon, her mother a teacher. She was raised in Montluçon, a town in central France.
- "A propos de quelques ÉLÈVES CÉLÈBRES…" [About some famous students...]. Collège Jules Ferry Montlucon. Archived from the original on 30 October 2004.
née en 1976, élève de 1987 à 1991 [translation: born in 1976, a student from 1987 to 1991]
- Kangasniemi, Sanna (25 October 2013). "Ainaisesti ujo pariisitar". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish) (Friday supplement Nyt) (Helsinki). pp. 10–11.
Sitten hän vastaa. Syntymävuosi on 1976. ’Mutta pitäisin parempana, jos kirjoittaisitte 1978. Voisitteko kirjoittaa 1978? Kerron teille totuuden ja pyydän teitä valehtelemaan.’ [Then she replies. The birth year is 1976. ‘But I would prefer if you wrote 1978. Could you write 1978? I tell you the truth, and ask you to lie.’]
- "Audrey Tautou". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
- 1 2 3 "Audrey Tautou, sabia discreción Juan Ignacio Francia" (in Spanish). Lavanguardia.com. 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ Academy Invites 127 to Membership
- ↑ Les florentins qui font la réputation de notre école, Cours Florent, retrieved 28 October 2009
- ↑ "Foreign Language Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ Academy Invites 127 to Membership
- ↑ Staff (4 April 2008). ""Priceless" romance tale". The Washington Times. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ↑ Reynolds, Simon (27 August 2008). "Warner Bros. backs Chanel biopic". Digital Spy.
- ↑ Tautou at Imdb
- ↑ Coco Before Chanel at Imdb
- ↑ "Audrey Tautou: The New Coco Chanel". Movie-dvd-releases.com. 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ Jaafar, Ali (17 April 2009). "Hollywood biz without borders". Variety.
- ↑ "Coco Before Chanel". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ↑ Tobias, Scott (19 November 2004). "Foreign affairs". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ↑ "Palmarès 2012 - 37 ème cérémonie des César". Academie-cinema.org. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ "Audrey Tautou's in music video for Charlie Winston", BBC News, 17 February 2010
- ↑ "Cannes Film Festival 2013: Audrey Tautou to host opening ceremony". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ↑ "Berlinale: Prizes of the International Jury".
- ↑ Snead, Elizabeth (5 May 2008), "Is it a bird or a plane? Sarah Jessica Parker won't save the Costume Gala?", Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 10 May 2008, retrieved 21 May 2008
- ↑ "Audrey Tautou new face of Chanel", China Daily, 16 May 2008, archived from the original on 31 May 2008, retrieved 21 May 2008
- ↑ "Sabia discrección: Audrey Tautou - Levante-EMV". Ocio.levante-emv.com. 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Wong, Stevie (28 May 2006). "From Amelie to Sophie". The Straits Times (Singapore: The Star Online eCentral).
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- Audrey Tautou at the Internet Movie Database
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- 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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