Amy Adams
Acting • Born 1974-08-20
Biography
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 world's highest-paid actresses. She has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards. She 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 theatre, a pursuit she followed from 1994 to 1998. They made her film debut with a supporting part in the dark comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). She made guest appearances on television and took on roles as the "mean girl" in low-budget feature films. Her first major role was in Steven Spielberg's biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002), but she was unemployed for a year afterwards. Her breakthrough came when she portrayed a loquacious pregnant woman in the independent comedy-drama Junebug(2005), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. The musical fantasy film Enchanted (2007), in which Adams played a cheerful princess-to-be, marked her first success in a leading role. She followed it by playing other naïve, optimistic women in films like the drama Doubt (2008). Subsequently, she played more assertive parts, earning 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 painter Margaret Keane in the biopic Big Eyes (2014). Further acclaim came for playing a linguist in the science fiction film Arrival (2016), a self-harming reporter in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018), and Lynne Cheney in the satire Vice (2018). Adams' stage roles include the 2012 revival of Into the Woods at the Public Theatre and the 2022 West End revival of The Glass Menagerie. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Adams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
110 credits
Doubt: Stage to Screen
Movie • 2009
Self
Junebug
Movie • 2005
Ashley
Catch Me If You Can
Movie • 2002
Brenda Strong
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Movie • 1999
Leslie Miller
Enchanted
Movie • 2007
Giselle
Cruel Intentions 2
Movie • 2000
Kathryn Merteuil
The Slaughter Rule
Movie • 2002
Doreen
Charlie Wilson's War
Movie • 2007
Bonnie Bach
Underdog
Movie • 2007
Polly Purebred (voice)
Dear Evan Hansen
Movie • 2021
Cynthia Murphy
The Wedding Date
Movie • 2005
Amy Ellis
Julie & Julia
Movie • 2009
Julie Powell
Leap Year
Movie • 2010
Anna Brady
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Movie • 2008
Delysia LaFosse
Serving Sara
Movie • 2002
Kate
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Movie • 2006
Susan
The Last Run
Movie • 2004
Alexis
Sunshine Cleaning
Movie • 2008
Rose Lorkowski
Psycho Beach Party
Movie • 2000
Marvel Ann
Moonlight Serenade
Movie • 2009
Chloe
Standing Still
Movie • 2005
Elise
Doubt
Movie • 2008
Sister James
The Fighter
Movie • 2010
Charlene Fleming
Man of Steel
Movie • 2013
Lois Lane
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Movie • 2009
Amelia Earhart
Love and Distrust
Movie • 2010
Charlotte Brown (segment "Pennies")
The Master
Movie • 2012
Peggy Dodd
On the Road
Movie • 2012
Jane / Joan Vollmer
Big Eyes
Movie • 2014
Margaret Keane
Trouble with the Curve
Movie • 2012
Mickey Lobel
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
Movie • 2006
Self
Her
Movie • 2013
Amy
American Hustle
Movie • 2013
Sydney Prosser
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Movie • 2016
Lois
Lullaby
Movie • 2014
Emily
The Holdout
Movie
Her: Love in the Modern Age
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Justice League
Movie • 2017
Lois Lane
The Muppets
Movie • 2011
Mary
Klara and the Sun
Movie
The Mother
Arrival
Movie • 2016
Louise Banks
Nocturnal Animals
Movie • 2016
Susan Morrow
At the Sea
Movie • 2026
Laura
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Movie • 2006
Gorgeous Woman
Pumpkin
Movie • 2002
Alex
The Ex
Movie • 2006
Abby March
The Chromium Hook
Movie • 2000
Jill Royaltuber
Disenchanted
Movie • 2022
Giselle
Vice
Movie • 2018
Lynne Cheney
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
Movie • 2014
Self
The Woman in the Window
Movie • 2021
Anna Fox
Wide-Awake
Movie • 2012
The Light-Bringer
Pennies
Movie • 2006
Charlotte Brown
Hillbilly Elegy
Movie • 2020
Beverly "Bev" Vance
The Making of Big Eyes
Movie • 2015
Herself
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
Movie • 2017
Self
Nightbitch
Movie • 2024
Mother
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie • 2021
Lois Lane
Lazy Susans
Movie
The Making of American Hustle
Movie • 2014
Self
Star Wars: Starfighter
Movie • 2027
Monkey Mischief
Movie • 2009
Amelia Earhart
Disney 100: Remember That
Movie • 2023
Self
Imagine
Movie • 2020
Self
Providence
TV • 1999
Rebecca 'Becka' Taylor
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Misty (voice)
The Office
TV • 2005
Katy
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Charmed
TV • 1998
Maggie Murphy
Smallville
TV • 2001
Jodi Melville
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Dr. Vegas
TV • 2004
Alice Doherty
Manchester Prep
TV
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV • 1997
Cousin Beth
Critics Choice Awards
TV • 2001
Self - Presenter
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Cathy
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Merilynn / Sunshine (voice)
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
(voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Talking with Chris Hardwick
TV • 2017
Self
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Sharp Objects
TV • 2018
Camille Preaker
Kings of America
TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Sesame Street
TV • 1969
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Frame
TV • 2013
Lois Lane
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Dawn's little Musician (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane
TV • 1999
Dinah
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
DP/30: Conversations About Movies
TV • 2007
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
TV • 2008
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self
That '70s Show
TV • 1998
Kat Peterson
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Cape Fear
TV • 2026
Amanda Bowden
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
TV • 2025
Charlotte (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self - Guest