Known for Acting
Audrey Justine Tautou (French pronunciation: [o.dʁɛ to.tu]; born August 9, 1976) is a French actress and model. Signed by an agent at age 17, she made her acting debut at 18 on television and her feature film debut 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. Tautou has modeled for Chanel, Montblanc, L'Oréal and many other companies. She is an active supporter of several charities.
Born
August 9, 1976 (age 50)
Birthplace
Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Filmography
46 films, 4 shows


Nina and the Hedgehog's Secret
2023 · 1h 22m
country: France
The world of 10-year old Nina has been in turmoil since her father lost his job. Despite weeks of strike, his factory closed down. The manager had tampered with the accounts and precipitated its collapse. But rumour has it that a nest-egg remains hidden somewhere in the factory. Nina and her friend Mehdi spring into action to help Nina’s dad out. This tale of our times, which is also a coming-of-age story, stages the interaction between the concerns of children and those of adults.


Amélie: The Real Story
2023 · 7m
country: France
The truth about the real Amélie Poulain is finally revealed.


The Jesus Rolls
2019 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Hours after his release from prison, Jesus Quintana pairs up with fellow misfits Petey and Marie for a freewheeling joyride of petty crime and romance.


Amor maman
2019 · 28m
country: France
Roland is forty years old. Solitary and a bit lunar, he thinks he will discover one morning that he is the hidden son of Arielle Dombasle. He decides to go to meet his mother who will reject him, run away from him, then little by little get attached to him.


The Trouble with You
2018 · 1h 48m
country: France
Detective Yvonne is the widow of police chief Santi, a local hero in a town on the French Riviera. When she learns he was in fact a crooked cop, she tries to right his wrongs. Crossing paths with Antoine, a victim of Santi, sets off a series of wild events.


She's French
2018 · 1h 14m
country: United Kingdom
She's chic, slim and sexy like Brigitte Bardot. She's French. But she's not all French women, right?


Christmas & Co.
2017 · 1h 40m
country: France
Christmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 responsible for manufacturing children's toys all become sick at the same time! It's a tough moment for Santa, better known as Father Christmas. He's left no choice: he must make an emergency trip to Earth with his reindeer to search for a remedy. When he arrives, he must find some allies to save the magic of Christmas.


Two Snails Set Off
2017 · 4m
country: France
A forest full of animated animals encourage a pair of snails, who are fully clad in black because they are in mourning for a dead leaf, to celebrate the new spring and reclaim the colors of life. Based on the children's poem by Jacques Prévert entitled "Chanson des escargots qui font à l'enterrement" ("Song of the snails who are on their way to a funeral").


Open at Night
2017 · 1h 37m
country: France
One night to change everything. One night to save a theater, one night to change one's perspective about life. Luigi will push and pull Faeza with him everywhere around Paris an entire night to save his theater.


The Odyssey
2016 · 2h 2m
country: France
The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life.


Eternity
2016 · 1h 55m
country: France
Valentine marries at the end of the 19th century, and love passes through her family from generation to generation.


Phantom Boy
2015 · 1h 22m
country: Belgium
At a hospital in New York, Alex, a police officer, meets Leo, a boy who has the ability to get out of his body and pass through the walls like a ghost. Both team up with Mary, an intrepid journalist, to capture a disfigured villain who terrorizes the city.


Microbe and Gasoline
2015 · 1h 43m
country: France
Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.


Chinese Puzzle
2013 · 1h 57m
country: Belgium
Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.


Mood Indigo
2013 · 2h 11m
country: France
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.


Thérèse
2012 · 1h 50m
country: France
An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.


Delicacy
2011 · 1h 48m
country: France
A French woman mourning over the death of her husband three years prior is courted by a Swedish co-worker.


Headwinds
2011 · 1h 31m
country: France
Sarah tells Paul that she wants out of their marriage; the next day she disappears. A year later and Paul along with their children return to his childhood town to start anew after the loss of his wife and their mother.


Beautiful Lies
2010 · 1h 45m
country: France
A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her widowed mother.


Coco Before Chanel
2009 · 1h 50m
country: Belgium
Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing.


Hunting & Gathering
2007 · 1h 37m
country: France
When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.


Priceless
2006 · 1h 44m
country: France
A beautiful young gold-digger mistakes a lowly hotel clerk as a rich and therefore worthwhile catch.


The Da Vinci Code
2006 · 2h 29m
country: United States
A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of Christianity.


Russian Dolls
2005 · 2h 9m
country: France
Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.


French Beauty
2005 · 1h 10m
country: France
A story about the riddle of femininity in French cinema.


Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005
country: Unknown


A Very Long Engagement
2004 · 2h 13m
country: France
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.


Happy End
2003 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Val is 23 years old and full of dreams. She travels to New York to become an actress. She is lonely in a strange country, in a strange city, with little money and no friends. In her path, she meets weird people who they, also, seek their dreams but everyday life gets in the way. Tired and hungry she sits on the corner of a building. Across the street a writer whose fantasy has dry out. In an instant she becomes his muse... At the Oscar's night she will be the one with the Golden Globe in her hands.


Not on the Lips
2003 · 1h 55m
country: France
A musical drawing room farce set in Paris circa October, 1925. Middle-aged Gilberte flirts with men but loves her husband Georges, wishing he were more demonstrative. He's negotiating a deal with American Eric Thomson, who turns out to be Gilberte's first husband from an annulled and secret stateside marriage. Along with her sister Arlette, Gilberte begs Eric not to tell Georges about their past. Meanwhile, a young artist, Charly, pursues Gilberte while Arlette tries to match him with the young Huguette, who loves him. Will Eric play along or try to re-win Gilberte's affection? Can Gilberte play one off against another? And who will manage to kiss whom on the lips?


Lost Seamen
2003 · 1h 47m
country: France
Based on a novel by Jean-Claude Izzo, this melancholic movie focuses on three sailors being the last remaining crew members on their ship which is aground in the harbor of Marseille. After the owner has sold the "Aldébaran", only the Lebanese captain Aziz, the Greek Diamantis and the Turk Nelim are stuck on the boat for a lack of prospects. Aziz doesn't want to return to his wife, Diamantis tries to find a girl he left at the age of 20 and Nelim, young and foolish, just wants to have fun...


Dirty Pretty Things
2002 · 1h 37m
country: United Kingdom
An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.


The Spanish Apartment
2002 · 2h 2m
country: France
A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.


A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002 · 1h 30m
country: France
Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, directors, producers and technicians at work, from Hawaii to Paris and from New York to Lisbon.


He Loves Me… He Loves Me Not
2002 · 1h 32m
country: France
A talented art student named Angélique is passionately in love with Dr. Loïc Le Garrec, a handsome married man whom she believes will leave his wife. When he eventually decides to stay in his marriage, it causes Angélique to spiral. However, as the story shifts from Angélique's perspective to Loïc's, the surprising truth about their relationship is revealed.


God Is Great and I'm Not
2001 · 1h 40m
country: France
Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boy-friend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and jewish. Michèle decides to convert into Judaism because she has to believe in something, if not in someone.


Inside the Making of - Amélie
2001 · 13m
country: France
Documentary footage from the making of "Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain"


Amélie
2001 · 2h 2m
country: France
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?


Happenstance
2000 · 1h 30m
country: France
How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a young woman and a young man meet?


The Libertine
2000 · 1h 40m
country: France
French philosopher Denis Diderot produces the first encyclopedia while indulging in 18th-century decadence.


Pretty Devils
2000 · 1h 35m
country: France
Three very different adolescent girls team up to take revenge on men until one day it is no longer a game.


Marry Me
2000 · 1h 30m
country: France
Oriane and Hadrian's couple is going through a crisis. Determined to save their marriage, Oriane visits a Gypsy fortune teller who foresees a dark future. But Oriane won't hear of anything but a happy ending and the psychic is forced to read another future which, unfortunately, also happens to end bitterly. Will the third reading satisfy the young woman?


Sad to Die
1999 · 15m
country: France
Twenty-year-old Caro is looking for her friend Nath. To do this, she travels to various villages throughout the country. Along the way, Caro meets the young unemployed woman Noémie. She sends her on her way to Marseille.


Venus Beauty Institute
1999 · 1h 45m
country: France
Aging beautician Angèle, already wounded by a long-ago romance, gets awkwardly dumped at a train station. Witnessing how she turns around a humiliating situation, younger sculptor Antoine becomes so smitten that he breaks up with his fiancée and sets out to win Angèle's heart. Meanwhile, Angèle attempts to quash the budding romance of her young co-worker, Marie, and a much older widowed client, despite their obvious rapport.


Baby Blues
1999 · 1h 30m
country: France
One hot summer's day in a little french town, a building worker accidentally finds the skeleton of a newborn baby and calls the police. Detective Jacques Deveure (Vincent Winterhalter) is placed in charge of the investigation. His investigation uncovers evidence of numerous shady dealings, revealing a strange underbelly of the private lives of a cadre of people including Grandier (Francois Berleand) and Blandine Piancet (Audrey Tautou). This multi-layered story continually unveils new twists and turns.


Technical chaos
1998 · 1h 32m
country: France
A physics teacher reunites with his former classmate who he lost touch with for 20 years.


La vérité est un vilain défaut
1997 · 1h 36m
country: France
The trials and tribulations of a good guy who feels obliged to confess the truth to his wife or his boss every time he makes a mistake.