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Do we have permission to use that image?

There are many quetions as to whether the photos on the source page are actually public domain. RickK 23:24, 11 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure this image is straight off the VHS package.
Tualha 06:09, Nov 12, 2003 (UTC)

Ah, I found the Wikipedia:Possible_copyright_infringements page, it's listed.
Tualha 06:15, Nov 12, 2003 (UTC)

There are lots of much better photos of Audrey Tautou on internet. Why just this one was picked?

Riose, 1.1.2005, 13:51

Do add a better one if you wish, the picture was picked by one person only and I agree that it is not the best possible. I am not an expert on images here, but the pictures in the net are copyrighted and should not be used, I am not sure if pictures of actors fall under fair use. You can sign your comments by typing ~~~~ after your comments. Lapinmies 16:56, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Photo looks like a mugshot. 24.255.24.239 04:49, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, there are much better photos of her out there Kotare 12:33, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

She was definitely known once Amélie was released worldwide (which was in 2001-2).

 The new intro is rubbish.  Who gives a crap about Da Vinci?

I agree. It's mentioned twice before even getting to filmography, and the movie just came out today. Take out the "best known until davinci code" stuff, that is opinion. Automagically 23:53, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

IMDB is a crappy source for info, so we definitely shouldn't follow what they say. Does anyone have an actual good source for her birth date? Like an interview/in-depth profile? Mad Jack O'Lantern 22:40, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article calls her 26 - in 2005. Looks good.[1] Mad Jack O'Lantern 22:41, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article calls her 29 in 2006...also looks good.[2] --Fallout boy 19:33, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Errrr I hate age confusion in cases where I can't look up the birth certificate on Rootsweb. Mad Jack O'Lantern 19:40, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another source says 27...[3] Mad Jack O'Lantern 01:40, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The "smoking gun" is this case is probably her school alumni page[4], her school certificate says she was born in 1976.--Fallout boy 20:16, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe they got it wrong. Lapinmies 20:25, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So the school says she's 29, and the interview here (last link in article) says she was 27 when she read DaVinci, before she auditioned for the role, which could be about 2 years ago. It seems pretty clear, then, that her age is 29. Any objections to removing the possible 27 from the article? And could the anon with the abusive edit summaries calm down a bit? Staecker 14:17, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But then again, that article also says that she was 27 on Sunday May 28, 2006. Also most of the news articles about her in Google News say that she is 27 and some say 29, it is far from clear. Lapinmies 14:53, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh- you're right. That source is no "smoking gun", and shouldn't be singled out as our reference. Staecker 15:03, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What about this interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5anfFlobAnM, she says she was born in 78. Lapinmies 21:32, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

her birth date is August 8, 1976 - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tautou, http://french.imdb.com/name/nm0851582/, http://www.nndb.com/people/614/000086356/, http://audrey.amelie.free.fr/module.php?nom=biographie and everywhere in french sources it is 1976. --SKirthova 23:11, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

IMDB is notoriously unreliable, it has a similiar system as Wikipedia and it is easy to add disinformation to the bios. For example Encyclopedia Britannica says 1978, and I would say that they are reliable and have fact checkers. -Lapinmies 19:38, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Does Audrey Tatou have foreign origins. (Like Jean Reno) If so what is it?

She once said in some interview that many people think that she has an ethnic background, but that as far as she knows she is 100%-French. Lapinmies 20:40, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I added an info box, a screenshot for her pic and various bits of relevant information from IMDB.com.

Great, I would just like to point out that the screenshot is from À la folie... pas du tout, Not from Amelie. Lapinmies 17:21, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ack, I didn't think I could remember it from Amelie. Ok, I'll fix that on the image info page. Merci.

Added a section on her future career taking info from interview and IMDB.

i added a picture from da vinci code. i think it's better than the old one. also, i couldnt find anything about her relations. if someone knows, please mention it.

god damn it, she is awesome.

re: "born in Beaumont in the Puy-de-Dôme department of Auvergne, and was raised in Montluçon in the nearby Allier department"

Please forgive my ignorance of French geopolitcal demarcation terms, but is "department" the best word to use here? Is there any of term like "county", "township", "parish", "section", etc that better applies, or is this right English word to describe it? Apologize for being Anglo-American-centric, but this is the English wikipedia and all, or just for my ignorance of Audrey's wonderful home country. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Piperdown (talk • contribs) 16:55, 31 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

'Department' is indeed the correct word, it's the French equivalent of a British county. See departments of France. Cop 633 01:47, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

the comment "Montluçon, Allier, Occitania" is ridiculously misused. "Occitania" doesn't mean any political delimitation but is just a rarely used term that defines the lands were the local dialects (now extincted) were of langue d'oc variant, instead of langue d'oil. Anyway this is wrong since Allier departement is in the north of Auvergne, were the local dialects were of langue d'oil type and not langue d'oc like in the south of Auvergne.

I delete immediatly that meaningless wrong comment.

Is there a definitive source on her birth year that we could cite in this article? NNDB says 1976 citing her college... [5] Ritto Revolto 09:23, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Above on this page there is a YouTube video of her saying that she was born in 1978. That seems pretty definitive to me, unless she's lying. Staecker 11:57, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]