Scene from Leap Year (2010)

Alternate Names: エイミー・ルー・アダムス, Amy Lou Adams, ایمی آدامز

Physical Characteristics:

• Height: 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
• Hair Color: red hair

First Appearances:

• Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) as Leslie Miller

Most Important Roles:

• Doubt: Stage to Screen (2009) as Self
• Junebug (2005) as Ashley
• Catch Me If You Can (2002) as Brenda Strong
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) as Leslie Miller
• Enchanted (2007) as Giselle
• Cruel Intentions 2 (2000) as Kathryn Merteuil
• The Slaughter Rule (2002) as Doreen
• Charlie Wilson's War (2007) as Bonnie Bach
• Underdog (2007) as Polly Purebred (voice)
• Dear Evan Hansen (2021) as Cynthia Murphy

Career Highlights:

• Doubt: Stage to Screen (2009)
• Junebug (2005)
• Catch Me If You Can (2002)
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
• Enchanted (2007)
• Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)
• The Slaughter Rule (2002)
• Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
• Underdog (2007)
• Dear Evan Hansen (2021)

Awards:

• Nominated for 1 Oscar - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (2019)
• Nominated for 1 Oscar - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (2014)
• Nominated for 1 Oscar - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (2013)
• Nominated for 1 Oscar - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (2011)
• Nominated for 1 Oscar - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (2009)
• Nominated for 1 Saturn Award - Best Actress (2017)
• Won Saturn Award - Best Actress (2008)
• Won BSFC Award - Best Ensemble Cast (2010)
• Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award - Best Supporting Actress (2019)
• Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award - Best Leading Actress (2017)
• Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award - Best Leading Actress (2015)
• Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award - Best Leading Actress (2014)
• Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award - Best Supporting Actress (2013)
• Nominated for 1 Critics Choice Award - Best Supporting Actress (2019)
• Won Critics Choice Award - Best Actress in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series (2019)
• Nominated for 1 Critics Choice Award - Best Actress (2016)
• Won Critics Choice Award - Best Actress in a Comedy (2014)
• Nominated for 1 Critics Choice Award - Best Supporting Actress (2013)
• Nominated for 1 CFCA Award - Best Actress (2016)
• Won CFCA Award - Best Supporting Actress (2012)

Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress. Known for 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, and 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, 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 on television and took on "mean girl" parts 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), where Adams played a cheerful princess-to-be, was her first success as a leading lady. She followed it by playing other naïve, optimistic women in films like the drama Doubt (2008). Subsequently, she 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 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.

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