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Amy Adams
Amy Lou Adams 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 Globes, and has been nominated for six Academy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
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entertainment · American actress (born 1974) · film actor · singer · dancer · television actor · stage actor · actor · voice actor · film producer · musician · also Amy Adams, Amy Lou Adams, Adams
Born 20 August 1974 · Q481832
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2027· 1 entry
2026· 12 entries
“s a sunny delight, an open-hearted Good Girl who tends to play the part on-screen, whether it”
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“She had a steely strength. Yes, she was manipulated. But I didn’t see her as weak. I saw her as complicit.”
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“But Margaret apparently when she saw it felt transported back in time.”
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“It would be easy to play her as victim. She’s written very quietly on the page. But she has moments of boldness, which I love.”
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“I just saw her again as being this complex woman who was just very full of life,”
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“I never really knew what the lies were. I only knew I kept getting called in and lectured about my lack of professionalism.”
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The Guardian: Cape Fear review – Amy Adams and Javier Bardem’s immaculate update is a wild, wild ride
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The Guardian: Cape Fear: Amy Adams is incredible in this twisty remake of the classic Scorsese thriller
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The Guardian: At the Sea review – Amy Adams plays it overly straight in insufferable upper-middle-class drama
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The Guardian: Amy Adams, Ashley Walters and Charli xcx among the stars lined up for Berlin film festival
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Adams starred in Kornél Mundruczó's drama At the Sea, and returned to television with the Apple TV+ thriller miniseries Cape Fear
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2025· 2 entries
“s intent. She received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance. In 2025, Adams voiced the title character in the animated miniseries Charlotte”
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Adams voiced the title character in the animated miniseries Charlotte's Web, streaming on HBO MAX
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2024· 6 entries
The Guardian: Nightbitch review – Amy Adams carries frustrating mum-on-the-edge comedy drama
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The Guardian: Nightbitch review – Amy Adams doggy fantasy-satire stays fatally muzzled
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The Guardian: ‘That’s my own hair. I can really grow whiskers’: Amy Adams and Marielle Heller on toddlers, incontinence and Nightbitch
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The Guardian: Nightbitch review – Amy Adams turns into a dog in rough dark comedy
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The Guardian: Aliens, artists and Abscam: Amy Adams’ 20 best performances – ranked!
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“Able to Channel My Own Experiences”
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2022· 2 entries
The Guardian: Disenchanted review – Amy Adams returns for engaging, if lesser, sequel
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Adams made her first appearance in West End theatre in a revival of The Glass Menagerie at the Duke of York's Theatre
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2020· 1 entry
Adams teamed up with actress Jennifer Garner to launch the campaign #SaveWithStories to promote children's education during school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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2018· 2 entries
The film was delayed several times due to poor test screenings and later, due to the COVID-19 pandemic; it was eventually released on Netflix in 2021
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With Sharp Objects, an HBO miniseries based on Gillian Flynn's thriller novel of the same name
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2017· 1 entry
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2017).
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2016· 2 entries
Adams said that she appreciates the numerous sacrifices Le Gallo has made as the primary caregiver for their family
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Saying that she "is extremely engaging, serious but with a hint of a straight-talking broad once she gets going"
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2015· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Big Eyes (2015).
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Collaborated with Max Mara to design and promote a line of handbags
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2014· 4 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for American Hustle (2014).
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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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And also ranked her among the most powerful actresses in the business
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And in 2016, and over $11 million in 2017
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2013· 1 entry
Launched the book The Beauty Book for Brain Cancer to help raise money for brain cancer charities Snog and Headrush
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2012· 3 entries
And a West End revival of The Glass Menagerie in 2022
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And two years later, she endorsed accessories and handbags of Max Mara
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And in a 2022 West End revival of The Glass Menagerie
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2011· 1 entry
And several publications have featured her red carpet appearances in their listings of best-dressed celebrities
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2010· 1 entry
Prompted Adams to find strength in the passive character, and she drew on real-life experiences where she had not stood up for herself
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Saturn Awards for Enchanted (2008).
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Film Independent Spirit Awards (2006).
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2005· 1 entry
Adams had supporting parts in two critically panned films—the romantic comedy The Wedding Date, starring Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney, and the ensemble coming-of-age film Standing Still
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2000· 1 entry
As the direct-to-video film Cruel Intentions 2
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1995· 1 entry
Was spotted by Michael Brindisi, the president and artistic director of the Chanhassen, Minnesota-based Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, who offered her a job there
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1974· 2 entries
In Aviano, Friuli, Italy, to American parents Kathryn and Richard Adams, while her father served in the United States Army at the local air base
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Born 1974-08-20.
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