Amy Adams
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.
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Credits
- 2027 · Star Wars: Starfighter as
- 2024 · Nightbitch as Mother
- 2022 · Disenchanted as Giselle
- 2021 · Zack Snyder's Justice League as Lois Lane
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2018 · Sharp Objects as Camille Preaker
- 2017 · Justice League as Lois Lane
- 2016 · Arrival as Louise Banks
- 2016 · Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Lois
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Her as Amy
- 2013 · Man of Steel as Lois Lane
- 2012 · Trouble with the Curve as Mickey Lobel
- 2012 · The Master as Peggy Dodd
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Leap Year as Anna Brady
- 2009 · Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as Amelia Earhart
- 2007 · Charlie Wilson's War as Bonnie Bach
- 2007 · Enchanted as Giselle
- 2007 · Underdog as Polly Purebred (voice)
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as Susan
- 2005 · The Office as Katy
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Catch Me If You Can as Brenda Strong
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 2002 · The Slaughter Rule as Doreen
- 2001 · Smallville as Jodi Melville
- 2000 · Cruel Intentions 2 as Kathryn Merteuil
- 2000 · Psycho Beach Party as Marvel Ann
- 1999 · The West Wing as Cathy
- 1999 · Drop Dead Gorgeous as Leslie Miller
- 1999 · Providence as Rebecca 'Becka' Taylor
- 1998 · Charmed as Maggie Murphy
- 1998 · That '70s Show as Kat Peterson
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Cousin Beth
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Misty (voice)
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Merilynn / Sunshine (voice)
- 1997 · King of the Hill as (voice)
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Dawn's little Musician (voice)
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1969 · Sesame Street as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · At the Sea as Laura
- 2025 · E.B. White's Charlotte's Web as Charlotte (voice)
- 2021 · Dear Evan Hansen as Cynthia Murphy
- 2021 · The Woman in the Window as Anna Fox
- 2020 · Hillbilly Elegy as Beverly "Bev" Vance
- 2018 · Vice as Lynne Cheney
- 2017 · Talking with Chris Hardwick as Self
- 2017 · Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' as Self
- 2016 · Nocturnal Animals as Susan Morrow
- 2015 · The Making of Big Eyes as Herself
- 2014 · Big Eyes as Margaret Keane
- 2014 · Lullaby as Emily
- 2014 · Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project as Self
- 2014 · The Making of American Hustle as Self
- 2014 · Her: Love in the Modern Age as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · American Hustle as Sydney Prosser
- 2013 · The Frame as Lois Lane
- 2012 · Wide-Awake as The Light-Bringer
- 2012 · On the Road as Jane / Joan Vollmer
- 2011 · The Muppets as Mary
- 2010 · The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
- 2010 · Love and Distrust as Charlotte Brown (segment "Pennies")
- 2009 · Moonlight Serenade as Chloe
- 2009 · Monkey Mischief as Amelia Earhart
- 2009 · Julie & Julia as Julie Powell
- 2009 · Doubt: Stage to Screen as Self
- 2008 · Doubt as Sister James
- 2008 · Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day as Delysia LaFosse
- 2008 · Sunshine Cleaning as Rose Lorkowski
- 2008 · Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis as Self
- 2007 · DP/30: Conversations About Movies as Self
- 2006 · The Ex as Abby March
- 2006 · Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Gorgeous Woman
- 2006 · Pennies as Charlotte Brown
- 2006 · Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party as Self
- 2005 · Junebug as Ashley
- 2005 · The Wedding Date as Amy Ellis
- 2004 · The Last Run as Alexis
- 2002 · Serving Sara as Kate
- Future · Klara and the Sun as The Mother
- 2005 · Standing Still as Elise
- 2004 · Dr. Vegas as Alice Doherty
- 2002 · Pumpkin as Alex
- 2001 · Critics Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
- 2000 · The Chromium Hook as Jill Royaltuber
- 1999 · Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane as Dinah
- Future · Cape Fear as Amanda
- Future · The Holdout as
- Future · Lazy Susans as
- Future · Manchester Prep as
- Future · Kings of America as