Amy Lou Adams\u00a0(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\u00a0various accolades, including two\u00a0Golden Globe Awards. She has been nominated for six\u00a0Academy Awards, seven\u00a0British Academy Film Awards, and two\u00a0Primetime Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n
Adams began her career as a dancer in\u00a0dinner theatre, a pursuit she followed from 1994 to 1998. They made her film debut with a supporting part in the dark comedy\u00a0Drop Dead Gorgeous\u00a0(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\u00a0Steven Spielberg’s biopic\u00a0Catch Me If You Can\u00a0(2002), but she was unemployed for a year afterwards. Her breakthrough came when she portrayed a loquacious pregnant woman in the independent comedy-drama\u00a0Junebug(2005), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination.<\/p>\n
The musical fantasy film\u00a0Enchanted\u00a0(2007), in which Adams played a cheerful princess-to-be, marked her first success in a\u00a0leading role. She followed it by playing other na\u00efve, optimistic women in films like the drama\u00a0Doubt\u00a0(2008). Subsequently, she played more assertive parts, earning positive reviews, in the sports film\u00a0The Fighter\u00a0(2010) and the psychological drama\u00a0The Master\u00a0(2012). From 2013 to 2017, she portrayed\u00a0Lois Lane\u00a0in superhero films set in the\u00a0DC Extended Universe. She won two consecutive\u00a0Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress\u00a0for playing a seductive con artist in the crime film\u00a0American Hustle\u00a0(2013) and painter\u00a0Margaret Keane\u00a0in the biopic\u00a0Big Eyes\u00a0(2014). Further acclaim came for playing a linguist in the science fiction film\u00a0Arrival\u00a0(2016), a self-harming reporter in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0miniseries\u00a0Sharp Objects\u00a0(2018), and\u00a0Lynne Cheney\u00a0in the satire\u00a0Vice\u00a0(2018).<\/p>\n
Adams’ stage roles include the\u00a02012 revival of\u00a0Into the Woods\u00a0at the Public Theatre and the\u00a02022 West End revival of\u00a0The Glass Menagerie. In 2014, she was named one of the\u00a0100 most influential people in the world\u00a0by\u00a0Time and featured in the\u00a0Forbes\u00a0Celebrity 100\u00a0list.<\/p>\n
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