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Amy Adams

Amy Adams
Birth name Amy Lou Adams
Born August 20, 1974 (1974-08-20) (age 33)
Vicenza, Italy

Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress.

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Adams was born in Vicenza, Italy,[1] the daughter of American parents Kathryn and Richard Adams, who was a U.S. serviceman stationed in Italy. She grew up as one of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado and attended Douglas County High School. Adams was raised in the LDS religion, although her family left the church after Adams's parents divorced when she was eleven.[2][3] While working at the famous dinner theater in Chanhassen, Minnesota, she was discovered by a movie producer. Shortly after she was cast in her first comedic role in Drop Dead Gorgeous.

Adams has dated actor Darren Le Gallo since 2002.[4]

Having appeared in the films Cruel Intentions 2 (2000), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Talladega Nights (2006) and Enchanted (2007), Adams has also guest-starred in such television shows as The Office, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, The West Wing, Dr. Vegas and Smallville. She has also done small films such as Psycho Beach Party.

She received critical acclaim for her role in the 2005 film Junebug. Among the awards she has won for the role are the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, the National Society of Film Critics award for "Best Supporting Actress" and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. She was also nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture and, in January 2006, Adams was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role. The Academy invited Adams to become a member in 2006.[5]

In 2007, Adams starred in the Walt Disney Pictures fantasy animated/live action film Enchanted, released on November 21. The film is about a princess going from cartoon to real life New York City, and co-stars Patrick Dempsey, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden and Idina Menzel. Enchanted drew a heavy contingent of family filmgoers, as expected, but Disney said it played broadly, with almost half the audience over age 25. Enthusiastic reviews helped: RottenTomatoes.com said 93% were positive.[6]Critics are calling it a star-making vehicle for Miss Adams the way Mary Poppins was for Julie Andrews.

Having finished filming Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day in London, Adams is currently filming an adaptation of the John Patrick Shanley play 'Doubt'.


  1. ^ Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil: Transcript of our chat with critics' award winner Amy Adams. The' Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
  2. ^ Fox, Killian. "Amy's fairytale of New York", The Observer, 2007-11-18. Retrieved on 2007-11-22. 
  3. ^ Rochlyn, Margy. "A Disney Princess, Not Winking but Floating", New York Times, 2007-11-04. Retrieved on 2007-11-22. 
  4. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1168363,00.html
  5. ^ http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2006/06.07.01a.html
  6. ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/enchanted/

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