After Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001), she and her sister went on a roadtrip in Indonesia where no one recognized her.

Although invited, she did not attend the private screening of Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) organized and attended by President Jacques Chirac. She had a previous engagement with her brother.

She nearly never got the chance to play the wonderful Amélie Poulain, as director Jean-Pierre Jeunet was considering British actress Emily Watson for the role of Amélie.

Studied at the Cours Florent in Paris.

Her father is a dental surgeon and her mother is a teacher.

Is the eldest of four children. She has a brother and two sisters.

She takes pictures of her interviewers and puts them in scrapbook.

Favourite music composers are Ravel, Mozart and Frédéric Chopin.

She said that Meryl Streep, Paul Newman, Juliette Lewis, Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore are her idols.

Favourite authors are Victor Hugo, Oscar Wilde and Paul Auster.

Favourite movies are Barry Lyndon (1975) and À bout de souffle (1960).

Loves painting. Her favorite painters are Turner, Manet, Schiele, Ingres and Delacroix.

When Emily Watson dropped out of Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001), director Jean-Pierre Jeunet cast Tautou after seeing her on a billboard of the movie Vénus beauté (institut) (1999) in Paris near his home in Bastille.

Also studied literature at university.

Ranked #29 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).

Once was told by a medium that she was going to be mother of twins at age 30.

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#62). [2007].

Shares birthday with writer Robert Shaw, and soccer players Filippo Inzaghi and Michael Silvestre.

Was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in June 2004. Is now a member.

French citizen.

Grew up in Montluçon in central France.

Favourite poets are Charles Baudelaire and Tristan Tzara.

Band Brand New has song named after her, titled 'Tautou' featured on their album Deja Entendu.

She speaks excellent English.

Grew up in Montlucon in central France.