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, 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Nightbitch as Mother
- 2022 · Disenchanted as Giselle
- 2021 · Dear Evan Hansen as Cynthia Murphy
- 2021 · The Woman in the Window as Anna Fox
- 2021 · Zack Snyder's Justice League as Lois Lane
- 2020 · Hillbilly Elegy as Beverly "Bev" Vance
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2018 · Vice as Lynne Cheney
- 2018 · Sharp Objects as Camille Preaker
- 2017 · Justice League as Lois Lane
- 2017 · Talking with Chris Hardwick as Self
- 2017 · Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' as Self
- 2016 · Arrival as Louise Banks
- 2016 · Nocturnal Animals as Susan Morrow
- 2016 · Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Lois
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Making of Big Eyes as Herself
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2014 · Big Eyes as Margaret Keane
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Lullaby as Emily
- 2014 · Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project as Self
- 2014 · 73 Questions as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Her: Love in the Modern Age as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Her as Amy
- 2013 · American Hustle as Sydney Prosser
- 2013 · The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Man of Steel as Lois Lane
- 2013 · The Frame as Lois Lane
- 2012 · Wide-Awake as The Light-Bringer
- 2012 · Trouble with the Curve as Mickey Lobel
- 2012 · The Master as Peggy Dodd
- 2012 · On the Road as Jane / Joan Vollmer
- 2011 · The Muppets as Mary
- 2010 · The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Love and Distrust as Charlotte Brown (segment "Pennies")
- 2010 · Leap Year as Anna Brady
- 2009 · Moonlight Serenade as Chloe
- 2009 · Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia as Self
- 2009 · Julie & Julia as Julie Powell
- 2009 · Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as Amelia Earhart
- 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 · Charlie Wilson's War as Bonnie Bach
- 2007 · Enchanted as Giselle
- 2007 · DP/30: Conversations About Movies as Self
- 2007 · Underdog as Polly Purebred (voice)
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show 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 · Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as Susan
- 2006 · Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party as Self
- 2005 · Junebug as Ashley
- 2005 · The Office as Katy
- 2005 · The Wedding Date as Amy Ellis
- 2005 · Standing Still as Elise
- 2004 · Dr. Vegas as Alice Doherty
- 2004 · The Last Run as Alexis
- 2002 · Catch Me If You Can as Brenda Strong
- 2002 · Serving Sara as Kate
- 2002 · Pumpkin as Alex
- 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 · Drop Dead Gorgeous as Leslie Miller
- 1999 · Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane as Dinah
- 1996 · Critics Choice Awards as Herself - Presenter
- Future · Klara and the Sun as The Mother
- Future · Manchester Prep as
- Future · Finding the Mother Tree as Suzanne Simard
- Future · Kings of America as
- Future · At the Sea as Laura
- Future · The Invite as
- 2000 · The Chromium Hook as Jill Royaltuber
- 1999 · The West Wing as Cathy
- 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
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1969 · Sesame Street as Herself
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Untitled Graham Moore Project as
- Future · Gaming the System: The Making of 'Vice' as Self
- Future · Lazy Susans as