Amy Adams
Acting
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.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
as Amelia Earhart
Age 34 (now 51)
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
as Self
Age 42 (now 51)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Lois
Age 41 (now 51)
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
as Self
Age 39 (now 51)
Her: Love in the Modern Age
as Self (archive footage)
Age 39 (now 51)
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
as Amelia Earhart
Age 34 (now 51)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
as Delysia LaFosse
Age 33 (now 51)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
as Gorgeous Woman
Age 32 (now 51)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
as Susan
Age 31 (now 51)
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
as Self
Age 31 (now 51)
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
as Charlotte (voice)
Age 51
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Age 40 (now 51)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
Age 40 (now 51) The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Age 40 (now 51)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Age 40 (now 51)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Age 39 (now 51)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Age 39 (now 51)
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
as Self
Age 33 (now 51)
DP/30: Conversations About Movies
as Self
Age 33 (now 51)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Age 19 (now 51)
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
Age 19 (now 51)
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Also Known As
Amy Lou Adams
IMDB
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