Here is the stunning transformation of Audrey Tautou.
She grew up in Auvergne, a rural area in central France.
“When I was a child, I wasungarcon manque a missed boy,” she once toldThe Times.
“In English I would be called a tomboy.
I was always climbing trees, playing football.”
She developed an obsession with the primatologist Dian Fossey and with the idea of working in the jungle.
“I was attracted by adventure, but it was more about jungles,” she toldiNews.
But, more than anything, she was inspired by her own yearning for adventure.
It was not a photographer who made me want to become a photographer."
“Since then I’ve been taking photos all the time,” she explained.
Her inspiration, she toldThe Times, was Johnny Depp.
Apparently, her room was covered with posters of the actor.
Her curiosity about the world of acting eventually led her to ask her parents for some training.
AsThe Guardianreported, the short course was a reward for her good grades in school.
At first, Tautou was overwhelmed by life in Paris.
she told The Times.
When she graduated, Tautou was still drawn to acting, but knew it was a risky career.
No, no, no.
There are too many other wonderful things to do in life."
Tautou won a Cesar award for her debut performance.
“Within five seconds [of the audition] I knew,” Jeunet toldIndieWire.
“I told her, ‘Where do you come from?’
and you could hear in my voice, I was very emotional.”
As far as he was concerned, coming across the relatively unknown Tautou was fate.
All of a sudden, Tautou found that she couldn’t leave the house without being recognized.
“That was a bit of a drama.”
Soon after the film, Audrey Tautou began to appear in her first English-speaking films.
In “Dirty Pretty Things,” her first English-speaking film, she played a Turkish immigrant.
When asked about whether she had plans to make more American movies, Tautou was hesitant.
Instead, she actively retreated back out of the spotlight and returned her focus to French films.
“I love my job, but I don’t like to be in the spotlight to that extent.
I prefer to be in the shadows.”
It sounds like Tautou certainly chose the right path for her!
Audrey Tautou became the face of Chanel No.
5, the brand’s iconic perfume.
For Tautou, it felt like a natural fit.
As she explained toElleat the time, she had always had a wonderful relationship with the brand.
But even though she had worked with the company for years, it was still a huge honor.
“Even now, I find it hard to believe,” she said.
I feel closer to the fragrance itself, its history and even Coco Chanel."
Her performance earned her rave reviews.
For Tautou, making the leap from screen to stage was a little daunting.
In the past, hosts have included Jeanne Moreau and Catherine Deneuve.
AsThe Guardianreported, Tautou was hesitant to agree because of her fear of the spotlight.
At the ceremony itself, she used her nerves to her advantage.
Tautou’sspeechbegan, “This is the greatest honor I have ever had to welcome you here this evening … “I have my own little personal projects, which for now are for my eyes only!”
“I like to go to museums, to exhibitions, to the cinema.
I think that I take my free time to eat more culture and more travels.”
By the sounds of things, Tautou wants to do even more outside of acting as she gets older.
As an adult, she famously takes photos of everyone who interviews her.
In 2017, she finally got the chance to showcase her work in her first exhibit.
For Tautou, the experience was very different creatively to her acting work.
“It’s a project about self-portraits, but it’s very difficult,” she toldInterviewmagazine.
Her exhibition consisted of a series of self-portraits.
Over time, Tautou’s photography has helped her to grow.
“When you are an autodidact, you learn only from your mistakes,” she said.
“So, I learn a lot.”
For one thing, Tautou is eager to get back to her rural roots.
“I have lived here for 22 years, even though I don’t love it.”
And Tautou’s craving for wide open spaces doesn’t end there.
“I want to become a sailor,” she told Marie Claire (viaThe Sydney Morning Herald).
“I would love to do that.
I would love to cross the Atlantic.”
