---
name: "Audrey Tautou"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/audrey-tautou"
fi1m_id: "audrey-tautou"
imdb_id: "nm0851582"
tmdb_id: 2405
wikidata_id: "Q304123"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 August 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T04:04:30.080808+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Audrey Tautou

## Identity

Audrey Tautou

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/audrey-tautou
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** audrey-tautou
- **IMDb ID:** nm0851582
- **TMDB ID:** 2405
- **Wikidata ID:** Q304123
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tautou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q304123, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851582/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2405

Actor. Born 9 August 1976 in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 August 1976, Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France
- **Active:** 2001–2009
- **Also known as:** Audrey Justine Tautou
- **Frequently works with:** [Guillaume Laurant](https://film.one/person/guillaume-laurant.md), [Jean-Pierre Jeunet](https://film.one/person/jean-pierre-jeunet.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 61, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 58 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 1, Drama 1, History 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $985m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tautou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q304123, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851582/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2405

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Coco Before Chanel*](https://film.one/film/coco-before-chanel.md) (60)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Da Vinci Code*](https://film.one/film/the-da-vinci-code.md) (42)

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## Fi1m on Audrey Tautou

> Audrey Tautou makes charm persuasive by letting us see the uncertainty beneath it. *Amélie* gives us the clearest reason to rate her, though her later choices suggest how much the ingénue label leaves out.

In *Amélie* (2001), Audrey Tautou’s face changes when the heroine’s own longing interrupts her interest in everyone else. The eagerness gives way to uncertainty, and we can see how much harder she finds the prospect of arranging her own happiness. We were unexpectedly moved by that hesitation, because it exposes the fear beneath her busy attention to other people. Tautou makes us care about a woman whose interference might otherwise become rather trying.

International recognition followed *Amélie*, but her subsequent choices were not confined to variations on its heroine. An early English-language role came in Stephen Frears’s socially engaged thriller *Dirty Pretty Things* (2002), followed by a reunion with Jean-Pierre Jeunet for the period drama *A Very Long Engagement* (2004). She also played Martine across Cédric Klapisch’s ensemble trilogy. These choices give us more to consider than the familiar ingénue description.

Yet *Amélie* remains the performance that most clearly explains our interest in her. Jeunet fills his Paris with opportunities for her heroine to intervene, and his determination to charm us sometimes makes the romance feel overworked. Tautou keeps the loneliness apparent without making the character’s eagerness seem false: we can enjoy her company and still question what she does. The film’s excess of visual business is a useful warning about how to use her, since her face has already given us a reason to stay.

The later move towards harder characters was deliberate. *Coco Before Chanel* (2009), in which she plays Gabrielle Chanel, offered a more authoritative role. *Thérèse Desqueyroux* (2012) gave her a complex dramatic lead, drawing on her ability to convey internal conflict quietly. Neither choice fits comfortably with the idea that she exists merely to be endearing.

Her screen roles have become fewer since the mid-2010s. That need not mean there is less left for her to do: the uncertainty in *Amélie* is a quality worth asking more of, especially in characters we are not expected to like. We would welcome a part that lets her be difficult without apologising for it.

## Biography

Audrey Justine Tautou is a French actress. She made her feature film debut in *Venus Beauty Institute* (1999), for which she won the César Award for Most Promising Actress. She trained at the Cours Florent in Paris.

Tautou achieved international recognition for her lead role as Amélie Poulain in *Amélie* (2001). Subsequent roles include Mathilde in *A Very Long Engagement* (2004), Sophie Neveu in *The Da Vinci Code* (2006) and Gabrielle Chanel in *Coco Before Chanel* (2009). She has been nominated three times for the César Award for Best Actress and twice for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. In 2004 she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Coco Before Chanel* (2009), Fi1m 60, as Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel — [page](https://film.one/film/coco-before-chanel.md)
- *The Da Vinci Code* (2006), Fi1m 42, as Sophie Neveu — [page](https://film.one/film/the-da-vinci-code.md)
- *Amélie* (2001), Fi1m 82, as Amélie Poulain — [page](https://film.one/film/amelie.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Nina and the Hedgehog's Secret* (2023), as Camille (voice)
- *Amélie: The Real Story* (2023), as Amélie Poulain (archive footage)
- *The Jesus Rolls* (2019), as Marie
- *Amor maman* (2019), as Frida
- *The Trouble with You* (2018), as Agnès
- *She's French* (2018), Actor
- *Christmas & Co.* (2017), as Wanda
- *Two Snails Set Off* (2017), as (voice)
- *Open at Night* (2017), as Nawel
- *The Odyssey* (2016), as Simone Melchior Cousteau
- *Eternity* (2016), as Valentine
- *Phantom Boy* (2015), as Mary Delauney (voice)
- *Microbe and Gasoline* (2015), as Marie-Thérèse Guéret
- *Chinese Puzzle* (2013), as Martine
- *Mood Indigo* (2013), as Chloë
- *Thérèse* (2012), as Thérèse Desqueyroux
- *Delicacy* (2011), as Nathalie Kerr
- *Headwinds* (2011), as Sarah Anderen
- *Beautiful Lies* (2010), as Emilie
- *Coco Before Chanel* (2009), as Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/coco-before-chanel.md)
- *Hunting & Gathering* (2007), as Camille Fauque
- *Priceless* (2006), as Irène
- *The Da Vinci Code* (2006), as Sophie Neveu — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/the-da-vinci-code.md)
- *Russian Dolls* (2005), as Martine
- *A Very Long Engagement* (2004), as Mathilde
- *Happy End* (2003), as Val Chipzik
- *Not on the Lips* (2003), as Huguette Verberie
- *Lost Seamen* (2003), as Lalla
- *Dirty Pretty Things* (2002), as Senay
- *The Spanish Apartment* (2002), as Martine
- *He Loves Me… He Loves Me Not* (2002), as Angélique
- *God Is Great and I'm Not* (2001), as Michèle
- *Amélie* (2001), as Amélie Poulain — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/amelie.md)
- *Inside the Making of - Amélie* (2001), as Amélie Poulain
- *Happenstance* (2000), as Irène
- *The Libertine* (2000), as Julie d'Holbach
- *Pretty Devils* (2000), as Anne-Sophie
- *Marry Me* (2000), as Marie-Ange
- *Sad to Die* (1999), as Caro
- *Venus Beauty Institute* (1999), as Marie
- *Baby Blues* (1999), as Blandine Piancet
- *Technical chaos* (1998), as Lisa
- *La vérité est un vilain défaut* (1997), as Switchboard operator
- *Les Cordier, juge et flic* (1994), series, as Léa

## Gallery

- ![Audrey Tautou, lors du tournage du film de David Foenkinos La Délicatesse, le 18 avril 2011, square Maurice-Gardette, Paris (11e arrond.)](https://film.one/media/person/97175/gallery-54fbe649a2fa.jpg) Audrey Tautou, lors du tournage du film de David Foenkinos La Délicatesse, le 18 avril 2011, square Maurice-Gardette, Paris (11e arrond.) — Siren-Com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Audrey_Tautou_2011.jpg/1280px-Audrey_Tautou_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Audrey Tautou and Joséphine de Meaux on set of the film "La Délicatesse" (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/97175/gallery-9e663c390fb5.jpg) Audrey Tautou and Joséphine de Meaux on set of the film "La Délicatesse" (2011) — Siren-Com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Audrey_Tautou_2011_b.jpg/1280px-Audrey_Tautou_2011_b.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Member of the jury, French actress Audrey Tautou Opening of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/97175/gallery-5a9a62c0b9c5.jpg) Member of the jury, French actress Audrey Tautou Opening of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast (2015) — Siebbi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Audrey_Tautou_Berlin_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Audrey Tautou](https://film.one/media/person/97175/gallery-389579055cbc.jpg) Audrey Tautou — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Audrey_Tautou_janvier_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Audrey Tautou](https://film.one/media/person/97175/gallery-c64e8dff9ba9.jpg) Audrey Tautou — Image via TMDB
- ![Audrey Tautou](https://film.one/media/person/97175/gallery-4e4f99d19ea8.jpg) Audrey Tautou — Image via TMDB
- ![Audrey Tautou](https://film.one/media/person/97175/gallery-f307abcd2d36.jpg) Audrey Tautou — Image via TMDB
- ![International jury (left to right): Claudia Llosa (Peru), Martha De Laurentiis (USA), Bong Joon-ho (South Korea), Matthew Weiner (USA), Audrey Tautou (France),  (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/97175/gallery-a82239f96b27.jpg) International jury (left to right): Claudia Llosa (Peru), Martha De Laurentiis (USA), Bong Joon-ho (South Korea), Matthew Weiner (USA), Audrey Tautou (France),  (2015) — Siebbi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/International_Jury_Berlin_Film_Festival_2015.jpg/1280px-International_Jury_Berlin_Film_Festival_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Audrey Tautou](https://film.one/media/person/97175/gallery-7ec0d7e0788e.jpg) Audrey Tautou — Image via TMDB
- ![Audrey Tautou](https://film.one/media/person/97175/gallery-b82ba1003bb2.jpg) Audrey Tautou — Image via TMDB
- ![Audrey Tautou](https://film.one/media/person/97175/gallery-5d2e0d0cb14a.jpg) Audrey Tautou — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### BAFTA Film Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2010: Best Actress in a Leading Role (nominated), for *Coco Before Chanel*

### Other awards — 7 won, 8 nominated

- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 2018: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (won)
- Knight of the Legion of Honour 2017: Knight of the Legion of Honour (won)
- Officer of Arts and Letters 2013: Officer of Arts and Letters (won)
- César Award for Best Actress 2010: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Coco Before Chanel*
- César Award for Best Actress 2005: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *A Very Long Engagement*
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2005: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *A Very Long Engagement*
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress 2005: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *A Very Long Engagement*
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress 2003: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Dirty Pretty Things*
- César Award for Best Actress 2002: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Amélie*
- Lumière Award for Best Actress 2002: Lumière Award for Best Actress (won), for *Amélie*
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2001: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Amélie*
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress 2001: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Amélie*
- César Award for Best Female Revelation 2000: César Award for Best Female Revelation (won)
- Lumière Award for Best Female Revelation 2000: Lumière Award for Best Female Revelation (won)
- Prix Suzanne Bianchetti 2000: Prix Suzanne Bianchetti (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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