6 years after her last film, what happened to Audrey Tautou, star of Amelie Poulin?

Audrey Tautou is a face and a talent that is missing in French cinema. Absent from screens in France since 2018 – his last film of 2019 not being released in cinemas – the actor has been away from the set. Reason ? Audrey Tautou is not only in movies, she had other projects as well:

What are your plans?

“I’m drawing illustrations for a children’s book I wrote”He trusted in October 2023 Figaro. “I also take photos that I put in the book. Here are: photography, writing and drawing. I can’t imagine leaving the house at 6 in the morning for 9 in the evening, five days a week for three months. It is not possible to seize my son for filming!”

He adds, at Feminine : “Because I’m self-taught, everything takes a long time. I embarked on all these adventures without knowing how difficult it would be. Life is an adventure, you have to dare and give yourself the freedom to be happy. Let’s do what we like, when we have the luxury, I have .

His last films till date

If in 2023 he gave voice to Nina’s mother and the secret of the hedgehog, an animated film by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnoli, his last “live” filming was the American film The Jesus Rolls, a remake of Waltz and Spin. – Shutting Down The Big Lebowski. Directed by John Turturro, this feature film was not released in our French cinemas.

His last theatrical appearance was in the comedy En Liberté!, which was released on October 31, 2018. He starred alongside Pio Marmay and Adele Hennel in front of Pierre Salvador’s camera, to whom he returned after True Lies (2010) and Hors Prices (2006). ).

Hope’s first role

After her small screen debut in Les Cordier or Julie Lescaut, Audrey Tautou found her first film role in Tony Marshall’s Vénus Beauté (Institute), which won her a César for Best Young Actress.

Since then she has been in high demand, but it was truly Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain that gained her recognition and fame through its public and critical success. Over the years, he has worked with Alain René (Pas sur la bouche), Cédric Klapisch (The Spanish Hotel and its sequel), Claude Berry (We’ll Finish Together) and the Fuenquinos brothers of La Delicatesse.

3 Cesar nominations

A new event film, her interpretation of Coco Chanel, in front of Anne Fontaine’s camera for Coco avant Chanel, a biopic in which she excels and which earned her a third nomination at the César for Best Actress. Then we see her playing Thérèse Desqueiros, starring alongside Omar Sy in Michel Gondry’s L’Écume des jours, the diver’s wife to Jacques-Yves Cousteau in L’Odyssée or Mother Christmas in Santa & Cie.

Today, Audrey Tautou does not stop playing since she was on stage for a few days in January 2024. Charlotte By David Fenkinos, a piece about Charlotte Salomon, a German artist killed in Auschwitz. We look forward to seeing him on our screens again…if he’s up to it.