Tautou, Audrey 1976(?)-

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Tautou, Audrey 1976(?)-

PERSONAL

Born August 9, 1976 (some sources say 1978), in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dome, France; father, a dental surgeon; mother, a teacher. Education: Studied acting at the Ecole Florent; studied literature at a French university. Avocational Interests: Painting.

Addresses:

Agent—Artmedia, 20, av. Rapp, Paris 75007 France; Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067; Special Artists Agency, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 890, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Actress.

Member:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Awards, Honors:

Cabourg Romantic Film Festival, best new actress, Cesar Award, most promising actress, Academie de Srts et Techniques du Cinemas, 2000, for Venus beaute (institut); Suzanne Bianchetti Award, 2000; Cesar Award nomination, best actress, European Film Award nomination, best actress, 2001, Online Film Critics Society Award nomination, best breakthrough performance, Lumiere Award, best actress, Sant Jordi Award, best foreign actress, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a motion picture—comedy or musical, International Press Academy, Empire Award nomination, best actress, Film Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a leading role, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2002, all for Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain; Chicago Film Critics Association Award, most promising performer, 2002; Audience Award nomination, European Film Awards, best actress, 2003, for Dirty Pretty Things; European Film Award nomination, best actress, Audience Award nomination, best actress, European Film Awards, Cesar Award nomination, best actress, 2005, all for Un long dimanche de fiancailles.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

La jeune fille du quartier, La vielle barriere (short), 1998.

Comedienne number one, Casting: Archi-degueulasse (short), 1998.

Marie, Venus beaute (institut) (also known as Venus Beauty Institute and Venux Beauty Salon), Lot 47 Films, 1999.

Caro, Triste a mourir (short), 1999.

Marie-Ange, Epouse-moi (also known as Marry Me), Gaumont Buena Vista International, 2000.

Anne-Sophie, Voyous voyelles (also known as Bad Girls, Pretty Devils, and The Little Grifters), Terra Entertainment, 2000.

Julie d'Holbach, Le libertin (also known as The Libertine), Pathe, 2000.

Irene, Le battement d'ailes du papillon (also known as Happenstance, Amelie 2, and The Beating of the Butterfly"s Wings), Lot 47 Films, 2000.

Amelie Poulain, Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (also known as Amelie, Amelie from Montmartre, Amelie of Montmartre, Die fabelhafte weit der Amelie, and The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain), Miramax, 2001.

Michele, Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite (also known as God Is Great and I'm Not and God Is Great, I'm Not), Empire Pictures, 2001.

Angelique, A la folie … pas de tout (also known as He Loves Me … He Loves Me Not), IDP, 2002.

Martine, L'auberge espangole (also known as Pot Luck, Auberge, Una casa de locos, Euro pudding, and The Spanish Apartment), Fox Searchlight, 2002.

Senay Gelilk, Dirty Pretty Things, Miramax, 2002.

Lalla, Les marins perdus (also known as Lost Seamen), ID, 2003.

Huguette Verberie, Pas sur la bouche (also known as Not on the Lips), Wellspring Media, 2003.

Val Chipzik, Nowhere to Go But Up (also known as Happy End and I Want to Be Famous), 2003.

Mathilde, Un long dimanche de fiancailles (also known as A Very Long Engagement), Warner Bros., 2004.

Martine, Les poupees russes (also known as The Russian Dolls), IFC Films, 2005.

Herself, Une annee au front, les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiancailles" (documentary), Warner Bros., 2005.

Agent Sophie Neveu, The Da Vinci Code, Sony, 2006.

Irene, Hors de prix (also known as Priceless), Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2006.

Camille Fauque, Ensemble, c'est tout (also known as Hunting and Gathering), Pathe, 2007.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Coeur de cible, 1996.

La standardiste, La verite est un vilain defaut, 1997.

Elsa, Bebes boum, 1998.

Lisa, Chaos techniques, 1998.

Blandine Piancet, Le boiteux: baby blues, 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Herself, Un jour dans la vie du cinema francais, 2002.

Herself, Un long dimanche de fiancailles: making-of promo, 2004.

Herself, A Very Long Engagement: On the Set of a Romantic Epic, 2004.

Herself, Premiers pas, 2005.

Herself, French Beauty, 2005.

Herself, Cannes 2006: Cronica de Carlos Boyero, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Lea, "Le crime d'a cote," Les cordier, juge et flic, 1997.

Tracy, "Bal masque," Julie Lescaut, 1998.

En aparte, 2003.

Comme au cinema (also known as Comme au cinema: l'emission and Comme au cinema: le magazine), 2003, 2004.

Eigo de shabera-night, 2004.

(Archive footage) Cinema mil, 2005.

(Archive footage) Senay Gelik, La mandrogora, 2005.

(Archive footage) Amelie Poulain, "Tinc gana," VM Show Vol. 2, 2005.

(Uncredited; archive footage) Amelie Poulain, "Sant Esteve," VM Show Vol. 2, 2005.

Corazon de …, 2006.

L'hebdo cinema, 2006.

Le grand journal de Canal+, 2006.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Newsmakers, Issue 2, Gale Group, 2004.

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, December 21, 2001, p. 46; December 3, 2004, p. 38.

Evening Standard (London), January 19, 2005.

Manchester Evening News, January 13, 2005.

New York Daily News, November 21, 2004.

People Weekly, August 25, 2003, p. 125.

Variety, April 30, 2001, p. 60.

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