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 103
Movies 68
TV Shows 35
self 31
Producer 1
Voice 1
Disney 100: Remember That (2023)
Disenchanted (2022)
Sam & Kate (2022)
Brad Pitt: More Than a Pretty Face (2022)
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror (2022)
Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
The Woman in the Window (2021)
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Vice (2018)
Sharp Objects (2018)
Justice League (2017)
The Hollywood Masters (2017)
Talking with Chris Hardwick (2017)
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' (2017)
Arrival (2016)
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League (2016)
Everything Is Copy (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
The Making of Big Eyes (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Big Eyes (2014)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Lullaby (2014)
The Hollywood Reporter Roundtables (2014)
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project (2014)
73 Questions (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Her: Love in the Modern Age (2014)
Her (2013)
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)
Trouble with the Curve (2012)
The Master (2012)
On the Road (2012)
The Muppets (2011)
The Fighter (2010)
Conan (2010)
Love and Distrust (2010)
Leap Year (2010)
Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia (2009)
Moonlight Serenade (2009)
Julie & Julia (2009)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Doubt: Stage to Screen (2009)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
Doubt (2008)
Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (2008)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Enchanted (2007)
DP/30: Conversations About Movies (2007)
Underdog (2007)
Killers Kill, Dead Men Die (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The Ex (2006)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
Pennies (2006)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party (2006)
Junebug (2005)
The Office (2005)
The Wedding Date (2005)
Standing Still (2005)
Dr. Vegas (2004)
The Last Run (2004)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Serving Sara (2002)
Pumpkin (2002)
American Idol (2002)
The Slaughter Rule (2002)
Smallville (2001)
Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)
Psycho Beach Party (2000)
The Chromium Hook (2000)
The West Wing (1999)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999)
Providence (1999)
Charmed (1998)
That '70s Show (1998)
The View (1997)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
King of the Hill (1997)
Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1996)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Sesame Street (1969)
The Oscars (1953)
Klara and the Sun
Finding the Mother Tree
Untitled Graham Moore Project
Kings of America
Manchester Prep
Nightbitch
The Invite
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1974-08-20 (49 years old)
Birth NameAmy Lou Adams
Birth PlaceAviano, Italy
Height1.63-meter
SpouseDarren Le Gallo
FatherRichard Kent Adams
CitizenshipsItaly, United States of America
ResidencesBeverly Hills, United States of America
Also Known AsЭми Адамс, エイミー・アダムス, エイミー・ルー・アダムス, Емі Адамс
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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