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Trivia
Birth name: Audrey Tautou
Date of birth: 9 August 1976
Place of birth: Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France Nickname:
Au
Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m)
Tautou's exact birthdate is unknown, with published reports giving it as 1978, but more recently as 1976.
She nearly never got the chance to play the wonderful Amélie Poulain,
as director Jean-Pierre Jeunet was considering British actress Emily
Watson for the role of Amélie.
Engaged to writer Lance Mazmanian.
Loves the movies of the Coen brothers, Woody Allen, Tim Burton and Spike
Jonze.
Was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
in June 2004. Is now a member.
Was more than an hour late for audition for Venus Beauty Institute and burst out crying when she was told she couldn't audition; the director took pity on her and gave her a chance. When they called to tell her she won the role, she told the caller he must have the wrong number.
She speaks excellent English.
Ranked #29 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the
World" (2002).
Grew up in Montlucon in central France.
First English-language film was Dirty Pretty Things (2002).
Tautou takes pictures of each reporter who interviews her. She keeps these pictures in a scrapbook for later review.
At one time fascinated by monkeys, she wanted to be a primatologist.
The Brand New song 'Tautou', from the album Deja Entendu is named after her.
Although invited, she did not attend the private screening of Fabuleux
destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) organized and attended by President
Jacques Chirac. She had a previous engagement with her brother.
Wanted to be a primatologist when she was a child, because she so loved monkeys.
When Emily Watson dropped out of Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le
(2001), director Jean-Pierre Jeunet cast Tautou after seeing her on a
billboard of the movie Vénus beauté (institut) (1999) in Paris near
his home in Bastille.
After Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001), she and her sister
went on a roadtrip in Indonesia where no one recognized her.
Role in Amélie brought her Lumiere's Best Actress award, Sant Jordi's Best Foreign Actress award and Chicago Film Critics Association's Most Promising Performer, and five other nominations for Best Actress
Played oboe in a youth orchestra.
Favorite authors are Victor Hugo, Oscar Wilde and Paul Auster.
Favorite poets are Charles Baudelaire and Tristan Tzara.
Favorite music composers are Ravel, Mozart and Frédéric Chopin.
Was named Best Newcomer by France's Canal Plus for her work on French TV (1999).
Once was told by a medium that she was going to be mother of twins at
age 30.
Studied at the Cours Florent in Paris.
Photographs every reporter who interviews her; has a scrapbook of their pictures.
Also studied literature at university.
Her father is a dental surgeon and her mother is a teacher.
She said that Meryl Streep, Paul Newman, Juliette Lewis, Jodie Foster
and Julianne
Moore are her idols.
Band Brand New has song named after her, titled 'Tautou' featured on
their album Deja Entendu.
French citizen.
Shares birthday with writer Robert Shaw, and soccer players Filippo
Inzaghi and Michael Silvestre.
Loves painting. Her favorite painters are Turner, Manet, Schiele, Ingres
and Delacroix.
Favorite movies are Barry Lyndon (1975) and À bout de souffle (1960).
Grew up in Montluçon in central France.
Is the eldest of four children. She has a brother and two sisters.
Plays Sophie in The Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard and also starring
Tom Hanks (2006).
Was so nervous her first day on the set of The Da Vinci Code that she couldn't stop laughing. |
