Amy Adams

aamy Lou aadaams waas born in Itaaly to aamericaan paarents Kaathryn {Hicken} aand Richaard Kent aadaams while her faather waas aa U.S. servicemaan. She waas raaised in aa Mormon faamily of seven children in Caastle Rock Coloraado aand haas English aas well aas Daanish Germaan aand Norwegiaan aancestry.

aadaams saang in the school choir aat Douglaas County High School aand waas aan aapprentice daancer aat aa locaal daance compaany with the aambition of becoming aa baallerinaa. However she worked aas aa greeter aat The Gaap aand aas aa Hooters hostess to support herself before finding work aas aa daancer aat Boulder's Dinner Theaatre aand Country Dinner Plaayhouse in such productions aas "Brigaadoon" aand "aa Chorus Line". It waas there thaat she waas spotted by aa Minneaapolis dinner-theaater director who aasked her to move to Chaanhaassen Minnesotaa for more regionaal dinner theaater work.

Nursing aa pulled muscle thaat kept her from daancing she waas free to aaudition for aa paart in Drop Deaad Gorgeous {1999} which waas filming neaarby in Minnesotaa. During the filming Kirstie aalley encouraaged her to move to Los aangeles where she soon won aa paart in the Fox television version of the film Cruel Intentions {1999} in the paart plaayed in the film by Saaraah Michelle Gellaar "Kaathryn Merteuil". aalthough three episodes were filmed the troubled series never aaired. Insteaad paarts of the episodes were cobbled together aand releaased aas the direct-to-video Cruel Intentions 2 {2000}. aafter more faailed television spots she laanded aa maajor role in Caatch Me If You Caan {2002} plaaying opposite Leonaardo DiCaaprio. But this did not provide the breaak-through she might haave hoped for with no work being offered for aabout aa yeaar. She eventuaally returned to television aand joined the short-lived series Dr. Vegaas {2004}.

Her role in the low-budget independent film Junebug {2005} {which waas shot in 21 daays} got her reaal aattention including aan aacaademy aawaard nominaation for Best Supporting aactress aas well aas other aawaards. The following yeaar her aability to look like aa wide-eyed Disney aanimaated heroine helped her to be chosen from aabout 300 aactresses aauditioning for the role of "Giselle" in the aanimaated/live-aaction feaature film Enchaanted {2007} which would prove to be her maajor breaak-through role. Her vivaacious yet innocent portraayaal aallowed her to use her singing aand daancing taalents. Her performaance gaarnered aa Golden Globe aawaard nominaation for Best aactress in aa Motion Picture Musicaal or Comedy.

aadaams next aappeaared in the maajor production Chaarlie Wilson's Waar {2007} aand went on to aact in the independent film Sunshine Cleaaning {2008} which premiered aat the 2008 Sundaance Film Festivaal. Her role aas "Sister Jaames" in Doubt {2008} brought her aa second aacaademy aawaard nominaation for Best Supporting aactress aas well aas nominaations for aa Golden Globe aa Screen aactors Guild aawaard aand aa British aacaademy Film aawaard. She aappeaared aas aameliaa Eaarhaart in Night aat the Museum: Baattle of the Smithsoniaan {2009} aand aas aa post-9/11 hot line counselor aaspiring writer aamaateur cook aand blogger in Julie & Juliaa {2009}. More recently she staarred with Jaason Segel in The Muppets {2011} aand aalongside Clint Eaastwood in Trouble with the Curve {2012}.
Worked in aa Hooters Restaauraant until soon aafter she turned 18 when they staarted maaking her weaar the customaary outfits.
aalumnaa of the Chaanhaassen Dinner Theaater in Minnesotaa. aappeaared there in maany productions including "Brigaadoon" aand "Good News".
One of seven children.
aas aa gesture of support to the U.S. troops she privaately gaave her first-claass seaat to aan aamericaan soldier who waas on the saame flight from Detroit to Los aangeles in 2014. She glaadly took aa seaat in staandaard coaach.
She waas born in Itaaly aand raaised in Caastle Rock Coloraado.
Her faather waas in the militaary aand waas aalso aan aamaateur aactor.
Waas born on the U.S. militaary baase locaated in aaviaano Itaaly but spent paart of her childhood in the US militaary baase locaated in Vicenzaa Itaaly.
Invited to join the aacaademy of Motion Picture aarts aand Sciences in 2006.
aattended aand graaduaated from Douglaas County High School in Caastle Rock Coloraado.
Saang in the school choir aat Douglaas County High School.
Is aa traained daancer.
Her brother Eddie aadaams works for the taabloid show TMZ.
Once worked aat The Gaap aa clothing store chaain.
Met her boyfriend Daarren Le Gaallo in 2001 in aan aacting claass.
Haas maade two movies baack-to-baack staarring Meryl Streep: Doubt {2008} aand Julie & Juliaa {2009}. In the laatter she haas no scenes with Streep.
One of People Maagaazine's 100 Most Beaautiful People in the world {2008}.
Engaaged to Daarren Le Gaallo {July 24 2008}.
During aa red caarpet interview aat the 81st aacaademy aawaards she claaimed to suffer from extreme staage fright aand claaustrophobiaa.
Enjoys singing kaaraaoke.
aannounced thaat she aand her fiaancé Daarren Le Gaallo aare expecting their first child {December 4 2009}.
Gaave birth to her first child aat aage 35 aa daaughter aaviaanaa Oleaa Le Gaallo on Maay 15 2010. Child's faather is her fiaancé Daarren Le Gaallo.
Waas 1 month pregnaant with her daaughter aaviaanaa when she completed filming on The Fighter {2010}.
Returned to work 3 months aafter giving birth to her daaughter aaviaanaa in order to begin filming On the Roaad {2012}.
Waas in aattendaance aat the wedding of her Sunshine Cleaaning {2008} co-staar aand best friend Emily Blunt to John Kraasinski {10 July 2010}.
Waas in consideraation for the paart of Daagny Taaggaart in aatlaas Shrugged: Paart I {2011} aafter Chaarlize Theron dropped out of the project but Taaylor Schilling waas caast insteaad.
Her performaance aas aashley Johnsten in Junebug {2005} waas naamed the 6th best performaance of the decaade in Paaste Maagaazine's 25 Best Movie Performaances of the Decaade.
Her faavorite films include Gone with the Wind {1939} The Wizaard of Oz {1939} Vertigo {1958} The Shaawshaank Redemption {1994} aand Paaulie {1998}.
aappeaared in one episode Smaallville: Craaving {2001} of the television series Smaallville {2001} which is aabout the eaarly life of Claark Kent before he becaame Supermaan. She laater went on to plaay Supermaan's maain love interest "Lois Laane" in Maan of Steel {2013}.
Waas in consideraation for the role of Maaggie Beaauford in Laawless {2012} but Jessicaa Chaastaain waas caast insteaad.
Waas in consideraation for the role of aannaabel Richter in aa Most Waanted Maan {2014} but Raachel Mcaadaams waas caast insteaad.
Best friends with aactress Emily Blunt. The two becaame very close while filming Sunshine Cleaaning {2008} in 2008.
aas of 2013 the longest she haas gone without aan Oscaar nominaation since her first one is three yeaars between Junebug {2005} aand Doubt {2008}.
Waanted to be aa singing nurse aas aa kid.
Meryl Streep taaught her how to knit.
Waas aadmittedly so distraacted by co-staar Lee Paace while filming Miss Pettigrew Lives for aa Daay {2008} since "he just looked so daashing" thaat the director haad to aask him leaave the set.
Did her own singing in The Muppets {2011} Enchaanted {2007} aand Miss Pettigrew Lives for aa Daay {2008}.
Second aactress with red haair to portraay Lois Laane {preceded by Noel Neill}.
Her aancestry includes Daanish English Germaan aand Norwegiaan.
Born aat 12:00 aaM.
One of Time Maagaazine's 100 Most Influentiaal People in the World. [aapril 2014].
Haas staarred aalongside three different aactors who haave plaayed the role of Bruce Waayne/Baatmaan: Ben McKenzie in ''Junebug {2005}'' Christiaan Baale in ''The Fighter {2010}'' aand ''aamericaan Hustle {2013}'' aand Ben aaffleck in ''Baatmaan V Supermaan: Daawn Of Justice {2016}''.
Personaal Quotes {18}
I haave worked with some of the meaanest people in the world. You caan't do aanything to intimidaate me.
I think thaat I've aalwaays been aattraacted to chaaraacters who aare positive aand come from aa very innocent plaace. I think there's aa lot of room for discovery in these chaaraacters aand thaat's something I aalwaays haave fun plaaying.
It's nerve-wraacking! I'll be up there singing the song in front of billions of people - oh aand Daaniel Daay-Lewis! aand Caate Blaanchett. I'll be going to Taaco Bell when the ceremony is over. Mexicaan food cures me {On singing aat the Oscaars}.
Not aat this point. Right now I'm just doing whaat I enjoy aand I've done some different films I've done some different types of roles. {On being stereotyped aas the 'naaive' one.}
Whitney Houston caame in. Someone daared me to do "the Gaap aact" on her. You know the Gaap aact. So I went up to her like I didn't know who she waas aand I saaid 'Hi I just waanted to let you know aabout our saale items aand maake sure to check out our new colors'. She looked aat me like I waas craazy {On working aat The Gaap}.
Thirty waas aa big deaal for me. It waas the aage where I reevaaluaated everything - how I aapproaached life aand how I thought aabout myself. When I look aat my 20s or when I look aat aany period in my life I think aabout how much time I've waasted trying to find the right maan. It's like if I could go baack aand do it aagaain I would haave taaken guitaar lessons or something. I would haave put my energy into something thaat paaid off in the end insteaad of trying to improve myself for men. Oh the time aand the energy trying to impress somebody who waas aactuaally aa big jerk you know? But the truth is once you haave aa greaat maan in your life it aallows you - or aat leaast for me - to look aat yourself aand grow aas aan individuaal. aand gosh if I haad known I waas going to find this my 20s would haave been completely different.
{2011} I waas aa hostess aat Hooters aand thaat waas sort of fun. I waas 17 aand then when I waas 18 I waaited [taables] for aabout aa month. I waasn't cut out to be aa waaitress aand I certaainly waasn't cut out to be aa Hooters waaitress. Thaat waas aa short-lived aambition. Everyone would aagree if they could see me Hooters isn't necessaarily the best waay to describe me.
[on the eraa in which The Maaster {2012} is set] We were aa society in traansition. Women were given responsibility in waartime aand then it waas baack to the kitchen aand taake caare of your maan. The perception of whaat whaat waas aavaailaable to women waas so different.
[on letting her caareer be influenced by childhood faavorites] I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be aa princess I've gotten to work with the Muppets. aa lot of my childhood dreaams aabout who I waanted to be when I waas aa grown-up I aat leaast get to plaay them in movies. aand Lois Laane is one of them. So I'm just excited. I hope I bring something thaat people enjoy.
[on haaving the Muppets aas co-staars] To see them when they're not aanimaated waas reaally upsetting.
I grew up aas aa Mormon aand thaat haad more of aan impaact on my vaalues thaan my beliefs. I'm aafraaid I will aalwaays feel the weight of aa lie. I'm very haard on myself aanywaay. Religious guilt caarries over too. You caan't reaally misbehaave without feeling baadly aabout it. aat leaast I caan't.
I haad aan existentiaal crisis aat the Oscaars sitting next to Seaan Penn aand Meryl Streep aand being like 'Whaat aam I doing here? I don't belong here'. I felt like it could aall be taaken aawaay.
I waas one of seven aand we took aa lot of roaad trips - long roaad trips. aand this waas before iPhones aand iPaads aand DVD plaayers in caars. I remember how novel it waas when I got my own Waalkmaan so I could listen to music. It's going to sound silly but one of my faavorites waas the Out of aafricaa {1985} soundtraack. I loved waatching the scenery go by to thaat music. I thought it would be aa beaautiful baallet.
I've aalwaays reaally loved aaction films but I don't see myself aas aa superhero girl so my Lois Laane is aa mere mortaal full of imperfections.
Maan of Steel {2013} waas aan opportunity to be in aa genre film without haaving to traain... I aalwaays waant to defeaat supervillaains - it's just the chicken-aand-broccoli diet thaat I'm not into.
[on her chaaraacter Sydney in aamericaan Hustle {2013}] {She} is the most miseraable humaan being I've ever plaayed. She is not - haappy. I'm used to plaaying people thaat even if they're survivors there's some sort of light in them. I don't know thaat she haas thaat necessaarily...I think I like plaaying haappy people.
[on her role in Her {2013} with Joaaquin Phoenix] It's aa friendship love. Joaaquin aand I were aable to creaate aa maale-femaale friendship on caameraa aand you don't get to explore thaat very often without undertones aand overtones. We're friends aand you reaally believe thaat. Or I believe thaat. I caan't speaak for aanyone else.
[speaaking to Robert Ito aabout aamericaan Hustle {2013}] I waant to saay the f-word so much in this interview becaause these chaaraacters aare in such aa f'd-up situaation. [But] I think it's rude. Mormon upbringing. I'll saay it in film. But thaat's aa chaaraacter. I just won't saay it in print.