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Amy Adams | Biography solidified her star power by scoring the role of Lois Lane in the upcoming Superman reboot. But can she do the iconic character justice

Amy Adams | Biography

Amy Adams | Biography

Amy Adams | Biography

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Amy Adams | Biography

Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress and singer. Amy began her performing career on stage in dinner theaters before making her screen debut in the 1999 black comedy film Drop Dead Gorgeous.

After Aseries of television guest appearances and roles in B-movies, she landed the role of Brenda Strong in 2002's Catch Me If You Can, but her break-through role was in the 2005 independent film June-bug, playing Ashley Johnsten, for which she received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

She received her second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations the following year for her role as a young nun, Sister James, in Doubt. Though she has appeared in a range of dramatic and comedic roles, Adams has gained a reputation for playing characters with cheerful and sunny dispositions. Amy Adams starred in Sunshine Cleaning with Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin, and the following year appeared as Amelia Earhart in ''Night at the Museum'' Battle of the Smithsonian.

She appeared in (Julie And Julia) in 2009 portraying writer Julie Powell followed by Leap Year in 2010. Her recent role as Charlene Fleming in The Fighter earned Adams her third Academy Award nomination, her third Golden Globe Award, second BAFTA Award, and fifth Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.

Amy Lou Adams[2] (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress and singer. Adams began her performing career on stage in dinner theaters before making her screen debut in the 1999 black comedy film Drop Dead Gorgeous. After a series of television guest appearances and roles in B movies, she landed the role of Brenda Strong in 2002's Catch Me If You Can, but her breakthrough role was in the 2005 independent film Junebug, playing Ashley Johnsten, for which she received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Adams subsequently starred in Disney's 2007 film Enchanted, a critical and commercial success, and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance as Princess Giselle. She received her second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations the following year for her role as a young nun, Sister James, in Doubt. Though she has appeared in a range of dramatic and comedic roles, Adams has gained a reputation for playing characters with cheerful and sunny dispositions.[3][4] Adams starred in Sunshine Cleaning with Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin, and the following year appeared as Amelia Earhart in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. She appeared in Julie & Julia in 2009 portraying writer Julie Powell followed by Leap Year in 2010. Her recent role as Charlene Fleming in The Fighter earned Adams her third Academy Award nomination, her third Golden Globe Award, second BAFTA Award, and fifth Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. She is scheduled to play Lois Lane in the upcoming The Man of Steel in 2013.Amy Adams was born in Italy to American parents Kathryn and Richard Adams, while her father was a U.S. serviceman. She was raised in a Mormon family of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado. Adams sang in the school choir at Douglas County High School and was an apprentice dancer at a local dance companyEver since her acclaimed performance in Junebug -- for which the previously unknown Amy Adams was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar -- and her star-making turn in Enchanted, the bubbly ginger has been Hollywood’s go-to nice girl, a role she’s embraced wholeheartedly (until now). After Leap Year flopped at the box office, Adams role in The Fighter, David O. Russell’s boxing-movie-slash-awards-magnet, couldn’t have come at a more crucial time. As Mark Wahlberg’s rough-around-the-edges girlfriend, the role is Adams’ most searing, grittiest performance to date, and it earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. As if that wasn't enough to solidify a career, Adams was just cast as Lois Lane in Zack Snyder's upcoming (for 2012) Superman reboot.

Amy Adams | Biography