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Amy Lou Adams born August 20, 1974 is an American actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles, she has been included three times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actresses. She has received numerous awards, 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 theater, which she continued from 1994 to 1998, and made her film debut with a supporting role in the dark comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). She made guest appearances on television and played "mean girl" roles in low-budget feature films. Her first leading role was in Steven Spielberg's biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002), but she was unemployed for a year after that. Her breakthrough came when she played a talkative 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, was her first success as a leading lady. She then played other naïve, optimistic women in films such as the drama Doubt (2008) and later took on more assertive roles in the sports film The Fighter (2010) and the psychological drama The Master (2012), to positive reviews. 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 conman in the crime film American Hustle (2013) and for playing painter Margaret Keane in the biopic Big Eyes (2014).
Adams' stage roles include the Public Theater's revival of Into the Woods in 2012 and the West End Theater's 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 was included in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list.
Early life
Adams was born on August 20, 1974, in Aviano, Italy to American parents Katherine and Richard Adams, while her father was serving in the U.S. Army.She has four brothers and two sisters.After moving from one army base to another, she and her family settled in Castle Rock, Colorado when she was eight years old.After leaving the Army, her father sang professionally in nightclubs and restaurants. Adams has described going to her father's shows and drinking Shirley Temple at bars as some of her fondest childhood memories. The family was poor; they would go camping and hiking together, and perform amateur plays written by her father or sometimes her mother. Adams was enthusiastic about plays and always played the lead role.
Adams was raised as a Mormon until her parents divorced and she left the church in 1985. She did not have strong religious beliefs, but has said she values her upbringing for teaching her love and compassion.After the breakup, her father moved to Arizona and remarried, while the children stayed with their mother.Her mother became a semi-professional bodybuilder, taking the children with her to the gym when she trained.Adams has compared her wild early years with her siblings to Lord of the Flies.Describing herself as a "quarrelsome, tough kid", she has said she often fought with other children.
Personal life and off-screen work
Adams met actor and painter Darren Le Gallo in an acting class in 2001 and they began dating a year later while collaborating on a short film called Pennies. They became engaged in 2008 and she gave birth to their daughter Aviana in 2010. Seven years after their engagement, the couple married in a private ceremony at a ranch near Santa Barbara, California. Adams said in 2016 that she appreciated the many sacrifices Le Gallo made as their family's primary caregiver. They live in Beverly Hills, California. She has described her family life as "fairly low-key".
Adams sees little value in being a celebrity and says that "the more people know about me, the less they believe in me and my characters". She seeks little gossip or tabloid attention, and attempts to maintain a healthy work–life balance.She attempts to remain unaffected by her fame, believing it would hinder her ability to approach roles with integrity. Adams has spoken about suffering from insecurity and a lack of self-confidence from an early age, and how motherhood has made her calmer. She often sings when stressed at work. She has joined other actors in calling for equal pay for women in the film industry, but feels that actresses are often asked to explain the gender pay gap and feels that questions should be directed at producers.
After experiencing difficulty in her early years in the film industry, Adams works closely with underprivileged students at the Ghetto Film School in New York City. Variety honored her for her work with them in 2010. She supports The Trevor Project, a non-profit organization that helps troubled LGBT teens, and served as a presenter for the 2011 event "Trevor Live". In 2013, she launched the book The Beauty Book for Brain Cancer to help raise funds for brain cancer charity Snog and Headrush. The following year, she attended a charity event at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica to raise funds for sexually abused children. Adams is an ambassador for The Rightway Foundation, a charity that provides employment and mental health services to former foster youth.
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