Amy Adams
Born: 1974-08-20 in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Cape Fear as Amanda Bowden
- Klara and the Sun as Chrissie
- At the Sea as Laura
2025
- E.B. White's Charlotte's Web as Charlotte (voice)
2024
- Nightbitch as Mother
2023
- Disney 100: Remember That as Self
2022
- Disenchanted as Giselle
- Sam & Kate ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Zack Snyder's Justice League as Lois Lane
- The Woman in the Window as Anna Fox
- Dear Evan Hansen as Cynthia Murphy
2020
- Hillbilly Elegy as Beverly "Bev" Vance
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2018
- Sharp Objects as Camille Preaker
- Vice as Lynne Cheney
2017
- Justice League as Lois Lane
- Talking with Chris Hardwick as Self
- Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' as Self
2016
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Lois
- Arrival as Louise Banks
- Nocturnal Animals as Susan Morrow
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- The Making of Big Eyes as Herself
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Big Eyes as Margaret Keane
- Lullaby as Emily
- Her: Love in the Modern Age as Self (archive footage)
- The Making of American Hustle as Self
- Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project as Self
2013
- Man of Steel as Lois Lane
- Her as Amy
- American Hustle as Sydney Prosser
- The Frame as Lois Lane
- Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2012
- The Master as Peggy Dodd
- Trouble with the Curve as Mickey Lobel
- On the Road as Jane / Joan Vollmer
- Wide-Awake as The Light-Bringer
2011
- The Muppets as Mary
2010
- Conan as Self
- Leap Year as Anna Brady
- The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
- Love and Distrust as Charlotte Brown (segment "Pennies")
2009
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as Amelia Earhart
- Julie & Julia as Julie Powell
- Moonlight Serenade as Chloe
- Doubt: Stage to Screen as Self
- Monkey Mischief as Amelia Earhart
2008
- Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis as Self
- Doubt as Sister James
- Sunshine Cleaning as Rose Lorkowski
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day as Delysia LaFosse
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Enchanted as Giselle
- Charlie Wilson's War as Bonnie Bach
- Underdog as Polly Purebred (voice)
- DP/30: Conversations About Movies as Self
2006
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as Susan
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Gorgeous Woman
- The Ex as Abby March
- Pennies as Charlotte Brown
- Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party as Self
2005
- The Office as Katy
- The Wedding Date as Amy Ellis
- Junebug as Ashley
- Standing Still as Elise
2004
- Dr. Vegas as Alice Doherty
- The Last Run as Alexis
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2002
- American Idol as Self
- Catch Me If You Can as Brenda Strong
- Serving Sara as Kate
- The Slaughter Rule as Doreen
- Pumpkin as Alex
2001
- Smallville as Jodi Melville
- Critics Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
2000
- Cruel Intentions 2 as Kathryn Merteuil
- Psycho Beach Party as Marvel Ann
- The Chromium Hook as Jill Royaltuber
1999
- The West Wing as Cathy
- Providence as Rebecca 'Becka' Taylor
- Drop Dead Gorgeous as Leslie Miller
- Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane as Dinah
1998
- Charmed as Maggie Murphy
- That '70s Show as Kat Peterson
1997
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Cousin Beth
- King of the Hill as Misty (voice)
- The View as Self
1993
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1981
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- People's Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
1969
- Sesame Street as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee