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Amy Adams

Amy Adams

Birthday: 1974-08-20 | Place of Birth: Vicenza, Veneto, Italy

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, in addition to nominations for six Academy Awards and seven British Academy Film Awards. Born in Vicenza, Italy to American parents and raised in Castle Rock, Colorado, Adams trained to be a ballerina but found musical theater a better fit at the age of 18. From 1994 to 1998, she worked in dinner theater, and made her feature film debut with a supporting part in the dark comedy film Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). After moving to Los Angeles, she made guest appearances in television and took on "mean girl" parts in low-budget feature films. Her first major role came in Steven Spielberg's biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002), but she was unemployed for a year afterward. Her breakthrough came when she portrayed a loquacious pregnant woman in the independent comedy-drama film Junebug (2005), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. The musical fantasy film Enchanted (2007), in which Adams played a cheerful fairy tale princess-type character, was her first major success as a leading lady. She followed this by playing naïve, optimistic women in films like the drama Doubt (2008), and subsequently played stronger parts to positive reviews in the sports film The Fighter (2010) and the psychological drama film The Master (2012). In 2013, she began portraying 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 the painter Margaret Keane in the biopic film Big Eyes (2014). Further acclaim came for playing a linguist in the science fiction film Arrival (2016), an art gallery owner in the thriller film Nocturnal Animals (2016), a self-harming reporter in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018), and Lynne Cheney in the satirical film Vice (2018). Adams' stage roles include the Public Theater's revival of Into the Woods in 2012, in which she played the Baker's Wife. 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
The Woman in the Window

as    Anna Fox

2021
Dear Evan Hansen

as    Cynthia Murphy

2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League

as    Lois Lane

2020
Hillbilly Elegy

as    Beverly "Bev" Vance

2018
Sharp Objects

as    Camille Preaker

2018
Vice

as    Lynne Cheney

2017
Justice League

as    Lois Lane

2016
Arrival

as    Dr. Louise Banks

2016
2016
Nocturnal Animals

as    Susan Morrow

2014
Lullaby

as    Emily

2014
Big Eyes

as    Margaret Keane

2013
Her

as    Amy

2013
Man of Steel

as    Lois Lane

2013
Back Beyond

as    Peggy Dodd

2013
American Hustle

as    Sydney Prosser

2012
On the Road

as    Jane / Joan Vollmer

2012
Trouble with the Curve

as    Mickey Lobel

2012
The Master

as    Peggy Dodd

2011
The Muppets

as    Mary

2010
Leap Year

as    Anna Brady

2010
The Fighter

as    Charlene Fleming

2009
2009
Moonlight Serenade

as    Chloe

2009
Julie & Julia

as    Julie Powell

2008
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

as    Delysia LaFosse

2008
Sunshine Cleaning

as    Rose Lorkowski

2008
Doubt

as    Sister James

2007
Charlie Wilson's War

as    Bonnie Bach

2007
Enchanted

as    Giselle