Amy Adams
- Acting
- August 20, 1974 · Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Biography
Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress. Known for both her comedic and dramatic roles, she has been featured three times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actresses. She has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards. She has been nominated for six Academy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Adams began her career as a dancer in dinner theatre, a pursuit she followed from 1994 to 1998. They made her film debut with a supporting part in the dark comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). She made guest appearances on television and took on roles as the "mean girl" in low-budget feature films. Her first major role was in Steven Spielberg's biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002), but she was unemployed for a year afterwards. Her breakthrough came when she portrayed a loquacious pregnant woman in the independent comedy-drama Junebug(2005), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. The musical fantasy film Enchanted (2007), in which Adams played a cheerful princess-to-be, marked her first success in a leading role. She followed it by playing other naïve, optimistic women in films like the drama Doubt (2008). Subsequently, she played more assertive parts, earning positive reviews, in the sports film The Fighter (2010) and the psychological drama The Master (2012). From 2013 to 2017, she portrayed Lois Lane in superhero films set in the DC Extended Universe. She won two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress for playing a seductive con artist in the crime film American Hustle (2013) and painter Margaret Keane in the biopic Big Eyes (2014). Further acclaim came for playing a linguist in the science fiction film Arrival (2016), a self-harming reporter in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018), and Lynne Cheney in the satire Vice (2018). Adams' stage roles include the 2012 revival of Into the Woods at the Public Theatre and the 2022 West End revival of The Glass Menagerie. In 2014, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time and featured in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Adams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Star Wars: Starfighter
- Klara and the Sun · Chrissie
- Cape Fear · Anna Bowden, Executive producer
- At the Sea · Laura
- E.B. White's Charlotte's Web · Charlotte (Voice)
- Nightbitch · Mother, Producer
- Disney 100: Remember That · Self
- Disenchanted · Giselle, Producer
- Sam & Kate · Executive producer
- Dear Evan Hansen · Cynthia Murphy
- The Woman in the Window · Anna Fox
- Zack Snyder's Justice League · Lois Lane
- Hillbilly Elegy · Bev
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Vice · Lynne Cheney
- Sharp Objects · Camille Preaker, Executive producer
- Justice League · Lois Lane
- Talking with Chris Hardwick · Self
- Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' · Self
- Arrival · Louise Banks
- Nocturnal Animals · Susan Morrow
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · Lois
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- The Making of Big Eyes · Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Big Eyes · Margaret Keane
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Lullaby · Emily
- Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project · Self
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver · Beverly Vance (archive footage)
- The Making of American Hustle · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Her: Love in the Modern Age · Self
- Her · Amy
- American Hustle · Sydney Prosser
- Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
- Man of Steel · Lois Lane
- The Frame · Lois Lane
- Wide-Awake · The Light-Bringer
- Trouble with the Curve · Mickey Lobel
- The Master · Peggy Dodd
- On the Road · Jane / Joan Vollmer
- The Muppets · Mary
- The Fighter · Charlene Fleming
- Conan · Self
- Love and Distrust · Charlotte Brown (segment "Pennies")
- Leap Year · Anna Brady
- Moonlight Serenade · Chloe
- Monkey Mischief · Amelia Earhart
- Julie & Julia · Julie Powell
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian · Amelia Earhart / Tess
- Doubt: Stage to Screen · Self
- Sunshine Cleaning · Rose Lorkowski
- Doubt · Sister James
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day · Delysia LaFosse
- Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis · Self
- Charlie Wilson's War · Bonnie Bach
- Enchanted · Giselle, Songs
- DP/30: Conversations About Movies · Self
- Underdog · Polly Purebred (Voice)
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- The Ex · Abby March
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny · Gorgeous Woman
- Pennies · Charlotte Brown
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby · Susan
- Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party · Self
- Junebug · Ashley
- The Office · Katy
- The Wedding Date · Amy Ellis
- Standing Still · Elise
- Dr. Vegas · Alice Doherty
- The Last Run · Alexis
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Catch Me If You Can · Brenda Strong
- Serving Sara · Kate
- Pumpkin · Alex
- American Idol · Self
- The Slaughter Rule · Doreen