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 worlds highestpaid 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 lowbudget feature films Her first major role was in Steven Spielbergs 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 comedydrama Junebug2005 for which she received her first Academy Award nomination The musical fantasy film Enchanted 2007 in which Adams played a cheerful princesstobe 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 selfharming 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia