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, 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.
Filmography
all 106
Movies 69
TV Shows 37
self 33
Producer 2
Voice 1
Nightbitch (2024)
Disenchanted (2022)
Sam & Kate (2022)
Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
The Office: Superfan Episodes (2021)
Vice (2018)
Sharp Objects (2018)
Justice League (2017)
Arrival (2016)
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Everything Is Copy (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Big Eyes (2014)
Lullaby (2014)
Her: Love in the Modern Age (2014)
American Hustle (2013)
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy (2013)
Man of Steel (2013)
The Frame (2013)
Wide-Awake (2012)
The Master (2012)
The Fighter (2010)
Love and Distrust (2010)
Julie & Julia (2009)
Doubt (2008)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Enchanted (2007)
The Ex (2006)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
Pennies (2006)
Junebug (2005)
Dr. Vegas (2004)
The Last Run (2004)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Smallville (2001)
Psycho Beach Party (2000)
The Chromium Hook (2000)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Providence (1999)
Charmed (1998)
That '70s Show (1998)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
King of the Hill (1997)
Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1996)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Sesame Street (1969)
Kings of America
Lazy Susans
At the Sea
Finding the Mother Tree
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1974-08-20 (50 years old)
Birth NameAmy Lou Adams
Birth PlaceVicenza, Veneto, Italy
Height1.63-meter
SpouseDarren Le Gallo
FatherRichard Kent Adams
CitizenshipsItaly, United States of America
ResidencesBeverly Hills, United States of America
Also Known Asエイミー・ルー・アダムス, Amy Lou Adams
AwardsIndependent Spirit Awards, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Screen Actors Guild Award, Saturn Award
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