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 in addition to nominations for six Academy Awards seven British Academy Film Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards Adams began her career as a dancer in dinner theater 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 in television and took on mean girl parts in lowbudget feature films Her first major role came in Steven Spielbergs biopic Catch Me If You Can 2002 but she was unemployed for a year afterward Her breakthrough came when she portrayed a loquacious pregnant woman in the independent comedydrama Junebug 2005 for which she received her first Academy Award nomination The musical fantasy film Enchanted 2007 in which Adams played a cheerful princesstobe was her first success as a leading lady She followed this by playing other naïve optimistic women in films like the drama Doubt 2008 and subsequently 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 the 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 Public Theaters 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