Age: 50
female
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.
Audrey Tautou
The Enchantress (Vivienne)
for The Enchantress (Vivienne) in Beauty and the Beast
Suggested by mr95
She chose to go. She chose to stay. She chose to love. Three choices. Each one made freely. That is the whole story. A faithful, psychologically rich two-season adaptation of the original de Villeneuve/de Beaumont tale — which is far longer, more complex, and more philosophically interesting than any screen version has yet honored. Belle, here named Sable, 20, is a merchant's daughter — not simply pretty and bookish but genuinely intelligent, specifically honest, and the member of her family whose clarity of character is the tale's moral standard. Her father stumbles into the Beast's enchanted castle and takes a rose; the Beast demands his life or a daughter in exchange. Sable goes freely. The tale's original deal — she goes for three months and must return or the Beast will die — structures Season 1. Season 2 covers her family visit extension, her delayed return, the Beast dying, her declaration, the disenchantment, and the story's philosophical question: she loved the Beast. Who is this prince? Season 1 — The Castle The merchant's theft. Sable's arrival. The three months. The growing conversation between Sable and the Beast. The question asked each night. Season 2 — The Return The family visit. The delayed return. The Beast dying. The declaration. The disenchantment. The prince and the question of whether Sable loves him.
