Know Your French Actresses: Audrey Tautou

I've been remiss in posting French Actresses lately, so here you go:

Audrey Justine Tautou; born 9 August either in 1976 or 1978 is a French film actress, known to worldwide audiences for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 film Amélie, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code, and more recently Irène in Priceless (2006). She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in Venus Beauty Institute (1999).


If you haven't seen "Amelie", I highly recommend it. It is a visually stunning fable with really spectacular cinematography, and if you don't fall in love with Audrey Tautou watching it there's something wrong with you.

Know Your French Actresses: Sophie Marceau

One of France's most recognizable film stars, Sophie Marceau is possibly best known in the U.S. for her debut performance as Princess Isabel in Mel Gibson's Braveheart, and for her part as Bond girl Elektra King in The World is Not Enough. She was also featured as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream opposite Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer and in the lighthearted Lost and Found opposite comedian David Spade.(Filmbug)

Know Your French Actresses: Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve’s flawless features and chilly onscreen persona made her the art house muse of Europe’s greatest directors and an unrelenting object of desire for men the world over. Though her talent was undisputed, it was often overshadowed by her extraordinary beauty.(Yahoo Movies)

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Know Your French Actresses: Mélanie Doutey

Ok, so in addition to songs about the Rodeo, I also have a weakness for French Actresses.

Mélanie Doutey (born November 22 1978, in Paris, France) is a French actress, and the daughter of director and producer, Alain Doutey, and of actress Arielle Séménoff. Mélanie Doutey is best known for her role in Claude Chabrol's La Fleur du Mal, which also starred Nathalie Baye, and El Lobo, the true story of a mole within the violent Basque separatist organisation ETA.