Amy Adams

Amy Adams

Biography: Amy 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, seven British Academy Film Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Adams began her career as a dancer in dinner theater, which she pursued from 1994 to 1998, and made her film debut with a supporting part in the dark comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). 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 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, was her first success as a leading lady. She followed this by playing other naïve, optimistic women in films like the drama Doubt (2008), and subsequently played more assertive parts to 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 the 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 Public Theater's revival of Into the Woods in 2012 and the West End theatre revival of The Glass Menagerie in 2022. 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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Birthday: August 20, 1974

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Doubt: Stage to Screen
Doubt: Stage to Screen

2009-04-07

Junebug
Junebug

2005-08-03

Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can

2002-12-16

Drop Dead Gorgeous
Drop Dead Gorgeous

1999-07-23

Enchanted
Enchanted

2007-11-20

Cruel Intentions 2
Cruel Intentions 2

2000-11-09

The Slaughter Rule
The Slaughter Rule

2002-01-11

Charlie Wilson's War
Charlie Wilson's War

2007-12-19

Underdog
Underdog

2007-08-03

Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen

2021-09-24

The Wedding Date
The Wedding Date

2005-02-04

Julie & Julia
Julie & Julia

2009-08-06

Leap Year
Leap Year

2010-01-08

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

2008-03-07

Serving Sara
Serving Sara

2002-08-23

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

2006-08-04

The Last Run
The Last Run

2004-01-01

Sunshine Cleaning
Sunshine Cleaning

2008-01-18

Psycho Beach Party
Psycho Beach Party

2000-08-06

Moonlight Serenade
Moonlight Serenade

2009-12-08

Standing Still
Standing Still

2005-01-02

Doubt
Doubt

2008-12-12

The Fighter
The Fighter

2010-12-10

Man of Steel
Man of Steel

2013-06-12

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

2009-05-20

Love and Distrust
Love and Distrust

2010-08-16

The Master
The Master

2012-09-14

The Invite
The Invite

On the Road
On the Road

2012-05-22

Big Eyes
Big Eyes

2014-12-24

Trouble with the Curve
Trouble with the Curve

2012-09-21

Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party

2006-05-30

Her
Her

2013-12-18

American Hustle
American Hustle

2013-12-03

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016-03-23

Lullaby
Lullaby

2014-06-13

Untitled Graham Moore Project
Untitled Graham Moore Project

Her: Love in the Modern Age
Her: Love in the Modern Age

2014-01-17

Justice League
Justice League

2017-11-15

The Muppets
The Muppets

2011-11-22

Klara and the Sun
Klara and the Sun

Arrival
Arrival

2016-11-10

Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal Animals

2016-11-04

At the Sea
At the Sea

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

2006-11-22

Pumpkin
Pumpkin

2002-06-28

The Ex
The Ex

2006-12-01

The Chromium Hook
The Chromium Hook

2000-05-13

Disenchanted
Disenchanted

2022-11-18

Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia
Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia

2009-12-08

Vice
Vice

2018-12-25

Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project

2014-05-13

The Woman in the Window
The Woman in the Window

2021-05-13

Wide-Awake
Wide-Awake

2012-12-07

Pennies
Pennies

2006-10-20

Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy

2020-11-09

The Making of Big Eyes
The Making of Big Eyes

2015-04-14

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

2017-02-14

Nightbitch
Nightbitch

2024-12-06

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

2013-09-24

Zack Snyder's Justice League
Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021-03-18

Finding the Mother Tree
Finding the Mother Tree

Lazy Susans
Lazy Susans

Gaming the System: The Making of 'Vice'
Gaming the System: The Making of 'Vice'

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