Amy Adams - wikipedia Amy Adams For other people named Amy Adams, see Amy Adams ( disambiguation ). Amy Adams Adams attending the premiere of Nocturnal Animals at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival Amy Lou Adams ( 1974 - 08 - 20 ) August 20, 1974 ( age 43 ) Vicenza, Italy Residence Beverly Hills, California, US Occupation Actress Years active 1994 -- present Spouse ( s ) Darren Le Gallo ( m. 2015 ) Children Awards Full list Amy Lou Adams ( born August 20, 1974 ) is an American actress. She is known for both her comedic and dramatic performances, and as of 2017, is among the highest - paid actresses in the world. She has received several awards, including two Golden Globe Awards, and has been nominated for five Academy Awards and six British Academy Film Awards. Born in Vicenza, Italy, and raised in Castle Rock, Colorado, Adams is the fourth of seven siblings. She trained to be a ballerina, but at age 18 found musical theater to be a better fit, and from 1994 to 1998, she worked in dinner theater. Adams made her feature film debut with a supporting part in the 1999 satire Drop Dead Gorgeous. After relocating to Los Angeles, she made several guest appearances in television, and took on mean girl parts in small - scale features. Her first major role came in Steven Spielberg 's 2002 biopic Catch Me If You Can, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, but she was unemployed for a year after. Her breakthrough came in the part of a loquacious pregnant woman in the 2005 independent film Junebug. The 2007 musical Enchanted, in which she played a cheerful Disney Princess, was Adams ' first major success as a leading lady. She followed it by playing naive, optimistic women in a series of films, including in the 2008 drama Doubt. She subsequently played stronger female parts to positive reviews in the sports film The Fighter ( 2010 ), and the psychological drama The Master ( 2012 ). In 2013, she began portraying 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 the troubled painter Margaret Keane in the biopic Big Eyes ( 2014 ). In 2016, she received acclaim for her leading roles in the science fiction film Arrival and the psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals. Adams ' stage roles include the Public Theater 's revival of Into the Woods in 2012, in which she played the Baker 's Wife. 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. Adams is married to the artist Darren Le Gallo, with whom she has a daughter. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 1994 -- 2004 : Dinner theater and early screen appearances 2.2 2005 -- 2007 : Breakthrough with Junebug and Enchanted 2.3 2008 -- 2012 : Ingénue parts and expansion to dramatic roles 2.4 2013 -- present : Established actress 2.4. 1 Upcoming projects 3 Personal life 4 Media image and acting style 5 Acting credits and awards 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Early life The Douglas County High School in Castle Rock, Colorado, where Adams was educated Amy Lou Adams was born on August 20, 1974, to American parents Richard and Kathryn Adams, when her father was stationed with the United States Army at the Caserma Ederle military complex in Vicenza, Italy. The middle child of seven, she has four brothers and two sisters. After moving from one army base to another, Adams ' family settled in Castle Rock, Colorado, when she was eight years old. After leaving the army, her father sang professionally in nightclubs and restaurants. She has described going to her father 's shows and drinking Shirley Temples at the bar as among her fondest childhood memories. The family had limited financial means, but they camped and hiked together, and would put up amateur skits that were usually written by her father, and sometimes by her mother. Adams was enthusiastic about the plays and invariably played the lead in them. Adams was raised a Mormon in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints until her parents divorced in 1985 and left the church. She did not have a strong religious belief but has said that she valued her upbringing for teaching her about love and compassion. Following the split, Richard moved to Arizona and remarried, and the children continued to live with their mother. Kathryn subsequently became a semi-professional bodybuilder and took the children with her to the gym when she trained. Adams has compared her uninhibited early years with her siblings with the Lord of the Flies. Describing herself as a `` scrappy, tough kid '', Adams has said that she frequently got into fights with other children. Adams was educated at the Douglas County High School. She was not academically inclined, but was interested in the creative arts and sang in the school choir. Although she competed in track and gymnastics, she harbored ambitions of becoming a ballerina and trained as an apprentice at the local David Taylor Dance Company. She disliked her experience in high school and kept mostly to herself. After her graduation, she moved to Atlanta with her mother. She did not intend to go to college, which disappointed her parents, and she later regretted not getting more of an education. Realizing, at age 18, that she was not gifted enough to be a professional ballerina, Adams inclined towards musical theater, which she found was `` much better suited to ( her ) personality ''. One of her first jobs was in a community theater production of Annie, but she made no money in it. To support herself, Adams worked as a greeter at a Gap store. She also took a job as a waitress at Hooters, where she had to work wearing tight gym outfits, and customers frequently misbehaved with her. Adams left the job soon after she had saved enough money to buy a used car. Career 1994 -- 2004 : dinner theater and early screen appearances Adams began her professional career as a dancer in a 1994 dinner theater production of A Chorus Line in Boulder, Colorado. The gig required her to wait on tables before getting up on stage to perform. Although she enjoyed singing and dancing, she disliked waitressing and ran into trouble when a fellow dancer, whom she considered a friend, made false accusations about her to the director. Adams said, `` I never really knew what the lies were. I only knew I kept getting called in and lectured about my lack of professionalism. '' She lost the job but went on to perform in dinner theater at Denver 's Heritage Square Music Hall and Country Dinner Playhouse. During a performance of Anything Goes at the Country Dinner Playhouse in 1995, she was spotted by Michael Brindisi, the president and artistic director of the Minneapolis - based Chanhassen Dinner Theater, who offered her a job there. Adams relocated to Chanhassen, Minnesota, where she performed in the theater for the next three years. She loved the `` security and schedule '' of the job, and has said that she learned tremendously from it. Nonetheless, the grueling work took its toll on her : `` I had a lot of recurring injuries -- bursitis in my knees, pulled muscles in my groin, my adductor and abductor. My body was wearing out. '' Steven Spielberg, who gave Adams her first major role in Catch Me If You Can ( 2002 ), was surprised that she did not break out after the film 's release. During her time at Chanhassen, Adams acted in her first film -- a black - and - white short satire named The Chromium Hook. Soon after, while she was off work nursing a pulled muscle, she attended the locally held auditions for the Hollywood film Drop Dead Gorgeous ( 1999 ), a satire on beauty pageants starring Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, and Kirstie Alley. Adams was cast in the supporting part of a promiscuous cheerleader. She felt that her character 's personality was far removed from her own and worried about how people would perceive her. The production was filmed locally, which enabled Adams to shoot for her role while also performing Brigadoon on stage. Encouragement from Alley prompted Adams to actively pursue a film career, and she moved to Los Angeles in January 1999. She described her initial experience in the city as `` dark '' and `` bleak '', and she pined for her life back in Chanhassen. In Los Angeles, Adams frequently auditioned for whatever parts came her way, but she was mostly given roles of `` the bitchy girl ''. Her first assignment came within a week of her relocation in Fox 's television series Manchester Prep, a spin - off of the film Cruel Intentions, in the lead role of Kathryn Merteuil ( played by Sarah Michelle Gellar in the film ). Following numerous script revisions and two production shutdowns, the series was canceled. Adams later said that a controversial scene in which her character encourages a girl to masturbate on a horse was the primary reason for its cancellation. The three filmed episodes were then re-edited and released later in 2000 as the direct - to - video film Cruel Intentions 2. Despite a negative critical reception, Nathan Rabin of the A.V. Club wrote that Adams plays her `` alpha - bitch role with vicious glee largely missing from Sarah Michelle Gellar 's sterile take on the character ''. Adams next had a supporting role of the teenage nemesis of a movie star ( played by Kimberly Davies ) in Psycho Beach Party ( 2000 ), a horror parody of beach party and slasher films. She played the part as a homage to the actress Ann - Margret. From 2000 to 2002, Adams appeared in guest roles in several television series, including That ' 70s Show, Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville, and The West Wing. Following brief roles in three small - scale features of 2002 -- The Slaughter Rule, Pumpkin, and Serving Sara -- Adams found her first high - profile part in Steven Spielberg 's comedy - drama Catch Me If You Can after casting director Deborah Zane brought her to Spielberg 's attention. She was cast as Brenda Strong, a nurse with whom Frank Abagnale, Jr. ( played by Leonardo DiCaprio ) falls in love. She described her experience on the film as a `` huge confidence booster ''. Despite the film 's success and praise for her `` warm presence '' from Todd McCarthy, a critic for Variety, it failed to launch her career. She was unemployed for a year after its release, leading her to almost quit film acting. Adams instead enrolled in acting classes, realizing that she had `` a lot to learn and a lot of self - growth to work through ''. Her career prospects seemingly improved a year later when she received a lucrative offer to star as a regular in the CBS television drama Dr. Vegas, but she was dropped after a few episodes. On film, she only had a minor role as the fiancée of Fred Savage 's character in the little - seen The Last Run ( 2004 ). 2005 -- 2007 : breakthrough with Junebug and Enchanted Disillusioned by her firing from Dr. Vegas, Adams, at 30 years old, considered looking for an alternate career after finishing work on the sole project she was signed to. It was the independent comedy - drama Junebug, which had a production budget of under $1 million. Directed by Phil Morrison, the film featured Adams as Ashley Johnsten, a perky and talkative pregnant woman. Morrison was impressed by Adams ' ability to not question her character 's inherently good motives. She found a connection with Johnsten 's faith in God, and spent time with Morrison in Winston - Salem, North Carolina ( where the film is set ), attending Sunday church. She described making the film as `` the summer I grew into myself '', and after dyeing her hair red for the part, she decided to not go back to her natural blonde color. Junebug premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, where Adams won a special jury prize. Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph labeled the film a `` small, quiet miracle '' and wrote that Adams had given `` one of the most delicately funny and heartbreaking performances it 's ever been my pleasure to review ''. Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post opined that her `` radiant portrayal '' reflected the film 's `` deeply humanist heart ''. Adams received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination and won an Independent Spirit Award. Adams on the set of Enchanted in 2006 Later in 2005, 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. Also that year, she joined the cast of the television series The Office, for a recurring role over three episodes. By 2006, the awards season success of Junebug helped increase interest in Adams ' career. In Talladega Nights : The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, a sports comedy from Adam McKay, Adams played the romantic interest of Will Ferrell 's character, which critic Peter Travers deemed `` quite a comedown '' from her role in Junebug. She also had a minor role in the workplace comedy The Ex, starring Zach Braff and Amanda Peet. After providing her voice for Walt Disney Pictures ' animated comedy film Underdog ( 2007 ), Adams starred as a highly optimistic and joyous Disney Princess named Giselle in the musical romantic comedy Enchanted. She was among 250 actresses who auditioned for the high - profile part ; the studio favored the casting of a bigger star, but the director Kevin Lima insisted on Adams due to her commitment to the part and her ability to not be judgemental about her personality. Patrick Dempsey and James Marsden featured as her romantic interests. A ballgown that she had to wear for the film weighed 45 pounds, and Adams fell several times under its weight. She also sang three songs for the film 's soundtrack -- `` True Love 's Kiss '', `` Happy Working Song '', and `` That 's How You Know ''. The critic Roger Ebert commended Adams for being `` fresh and winning '' in a role that `` absolutely depends on effortless lovability '', and Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe wrote that she `` demonstrates a real performer 's ingenuity for comic timing and physical eloquence ''. Todd McCarthy considered the role to be Adams ' breakthrough and compared her rise to stardom to that of Julie Andrews. Enchanted was a commercial success, grossing over $340 million worldwide. Adams received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. Following the success of Enchanted, Adams took on the part of Bonnie Bach, Congressman Charlie Wilson 's assistant in Mike Nichols ' political comedy - drama Charlie Wilson 's War ( 2007 ), starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter praised Adams for being `` sweetly savvy '' in her part, but Peter Bradshaw was disappointed to see her talent wasted in a role he considered to be of minimal importance. 2008 -- 2012 : ingénue parts and expansion to dramatic roles Adams at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009, where she was nominated for her second Best Supporting Actress award for Doubt ( 2008 ). The 2008 Sundance Film Festival saw the release of Sunshine Cleaning, a comedy - drama about two sisters ( played by Adams and Emily Blunt ) who start a crime scene clean - up business. Adams was attracted to the idea of playing someone who constantly tries to better herself. Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle considered Adams to be `` magical '', adding that she `` gives us a portrait of raging want beneath a veneer of surface diffidence ''. In the 1939 - set screwball comedy Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Adams starred as an aspiring American actress in London who encounters a middle - aged governess named Miss Pettigrew ( played by Frances McDormand ). Stephen Holden of The New York Times drew similarities to her role in Enchanted and wrote that the `` screen magic '' she displays in such endearing roles `` has n't been this intense since the heyday of Jean Arthur ''. Adams next starred in Doubt, an adaptation of John Patrick Shanley 's play of the same name. The production tells the story of a Catholic school principal ( played by Meryl Streep ) who accuses a priest ( played by Philip Seymour Hoffman ) of pedophilia ; Adams features as an innocent nun embroiled in the conflict. Shanley initially approached Natalie Portman for the part but offered Adams the role after finding her innocent, yet intelligent persona similar to that of Ingrid Bergman. Adams identified with her character 's ability to find the best in people ; she described her collaboration with Streep and Hoffman as a `` master class '' in acting. Writing for the Houston Chronicle, Amy Biancolli commented that Adams `` sparks with distressed compassion '', and Ann Hornaday opined that she `` exudes just the right wide - eyed innocence ''. Adams was nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. As with Junebug and Enchanted, Adams ' roles in her three 2008 releases were those of the ingénue -- innocent women with a cheerful personality. When asked about her being typecast in such roles, Adams said that she responds to characters who are joyful and identified with their sense of hope. She believed that despite certain similarities in their disposition, these characters were vastly different from one another ; she said, `` Naïveté is not stupidity, and innocent people are often very complex. '' The 2009 fantasy adventure film Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian, starring Ben Stiller, featured Adams as the aviator Amelia Earhart. It was the first motion picture to film inside the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. The director Shawn Levy said that the role allowed Adams to showcase her acting range ; Adams believed it to be the first time she was allowed to play a confident character on screen. Despite mixed reviews, Adams ' work was praised. Terming her `` a sparkling screen presence '', Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune thought that the film `` radically improves whenever Amy Adams pops up ''. That same year, Adams starred in the comedy - drama Julie & Julia as disgruntled government secretary Julie Powell who decides to blog about the recipes in Julia Child 's cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking ; in a parallel storyline, Meryl Streep portrays Child. Adams enrolled at the Institute of Culinary Education to prepare for the part. Carrie RicKey of The Philadelphia Inquirer thought that the film was `` as delicious as French cuisine '' and found Adams to be `` at her most winsome ''. Both Night at the Museum and Julie & Julia were commercial successes, with the former earning over $400 million. Adams began the new decade with a leading role opposite Matthew Goode in the romantic comedy Leap Year ( 2010 ), which the critic Richard Roeper believed was saved from `` truly awful status '' by Adams ' presence. Her next release of the year -- the boxing drama The Fighter -- was much better received. Directed by David O. Russell, the film tells the story of boxer half - brothers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund ( played by Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, respectively ) ; Melissa Leo played their mother and Adams portrayed Ward 's aggressive girlfriend, a barmaid named Charlene Fleming. Describing Adams ' part as a `` tough, sexy bitch '', Russell cast her against type to rid her of her girl - next - door image. The role marked a significant departure for her, and she was challenged by Russell 's insistence on finding her character 's strength in silence. She enrolled in an exotic dance class by the trainer Sheila Kelley to find her character 's eroticism. Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal wrote that she is `` as tough, tender, smart, and funny as she was ethereal and delightful in Enchanted. What an actress, and what range ! '' She received Academy, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actress ; she lost the former two to Leo. She expressed a desire to play more dramatic roles in the future. Adams at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival The Disney musical The Muppets ( 2011 ) starring the eponymous puppets featured Adams and Jason Segel in live - action roles. Entertainment Weekly 's Lisa Schwarzbaum remarked that the role marked her return to her `` comedian - sweetheart '' persona. She also recorded seven songs for the film 's soundtrack. The following year, Adams played the Baker 's Wife in the Public Theater 's revival of Stephen Sondheim 's musical Into the Woods, as part of the Shakespeare in the Park festival at the open - air Delacorte Theater. It marked her stage debut in New York and was her first theater appearance in 13 years. She agreed to the month - long production to `` take on a challenge that seemed insurmountable '', though she was overwhelmed and intimidated by it. She prepared with a private singing coach, but her film schedule enabled her to spend only four weeks in rehearsal. Ben Brantley, The New York Times ' theater critic, praised Adams ' `` lucidly spoken and sung performance '' but criticized her for lacking `` the nervy, dissatisfied restlessness '' of her part. Adams took another `` fierce woman '' part in Paul Thomas Anderson 's psychological drama The Master ( 2012 ). She played Peggy Dodd, the ruthless and manipulative wife of the leader of a cult ( played by Philip Seymour Hoffman ). It marked her third and final collaboration with Hoffman, whom she deeply admired, before his death two years later. The organization depicted in the film was deemed by journalists to be based on Scientology ; Adams considered the comparison to be misleading but was glad for the attention the film brought to it. Although not a method actor, Adams believed that the intense role had left her on edge in her personal life. Drawing comparisons to Lady Macbeth 's character, the critic Justin Chang wrote that Adams ' `` pertness has rarely seemed so malevolent '', and Donald Clarke of The Irish Times commended her for playing the part with `` discrete menace ''. John Patterson of The Guardian noted that a scene in which she chastises Hoffman 's character while furiously masturbating him was one of the most significant sequences in the film. Adams was nominated for her fourth Academy Award, and also received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for her supporting part. Clint Eastwood 's sports drama Trouble with the Curve, in which she played the estranged daughter of a baseball scout ( Eastwood ), was Adams ' second film release of 2012. She admired Eastwood 's `` warm and generous '' personality and was pleased with the collaboration. She prepared for the part by learning to catch, pitch, and swing from a baseball coach. The film received mixed reviews, and Roger Ebert took note of how Adams had made a standard role seem valuable. She also played the brief part of a drug addict in On the Road, an ensemble drama based on Jack Kerouac 's novel of the same name. 2013 -- present : established Actress Adams at the premiere of Her at the 2013 New York Film Festival After losing out on the role of Lois Lane in two previous films about Superman, Adams secured the part in Zack Snyder 's 2013 reboot, Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill as the titular superhero. She played Lane with a mixture of toughness and vulnerability, but Peter Bradshaw thought that the character was `` sketchily conceived '' and criticized her lack of chemistry with Cavill. Even so, the film earned over $660 million to become one of her biggest box - office hits. Adams next featured in Her, a drama from the writer - director Spike Jonze about a lonely man ( Joaquin Phoenix ) who falls in love with an operating system ( voiced by Scarlett Johansson ) ; Adams played his close friend. She had unsuccessfully auditioned for Jonze 's 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are and was hired for Her after Jonze looked back at those tapes. Adams was drawn to the idea of portraying a platonic male - female friendship, which she believed was rare in film. Further success came to Adams when she reteamed with David O. Russell in the crime film American Hustle, co-starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Lawrence. Inspired by the 1970s Abscam scandal, the film featured Adams in the rare glamorous part of a seductive con artist, though she played it so that `` everything felt justified and it did n't feel like she was just a sexy sociopath ''. She collaborated closely with Bale to build their characters and made off - screen suggestions to Russell, including for a scene in which she is aggressively kissed on the lips by her lover 's wife ( played by Lawrence ). The experience was grueling for Adams, who later admitted that Russell had been too hard on her and had made her cry frequently ; she said that she regretted bringing such a negative experience home to her daughter. American Hustle was acclaimed by critics ; Manohla Dargis of The New York Times believed that Adams `` goes deeper here than she 's ever been allowed to '' and wrote that she had successfully `` turn ( ed ) an unpredictable character into a thrillingly wild one ''. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical and received her fifth Oscar nomination ( her first for Best Actress ). Her and American Hustle were deemed by critics to be among the best films of 2013, and they were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Following an appearance in the poorly received drama Lullaby, Adams starred in Big Eyes ( 2014 ), a biopic of the troubled artist Margaret Keane, whose paintings of `` big - eyed waifs '' were plagiarized by her husband Walter Keane. When she was first offered the part, she passed on it to avoid playing another naive woman. The birth of her daughter prompted Adams to find strength in the passive character, and she drew upon experiences in her life where she had not stood up for herself. In preparation, she practiced painting and studied the way Keane worked. Keane liked Adams ' portrayal of her, and Mark Kermode of The Guardian termed her performance a `` potent blend of intuitive fire and sensitive vulnerability ''. She won a second consecutive Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical and received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress. Adams at an event for Nocturnal Animals in 2016 After a one - year absence from the screen, Adams had three film releases in 2016. She first reprised the role of Lois Lane in Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice, which marked the second installment in the DC Extended Universe after Man of Steel. Despite a negative critical reception for favoring visual effects over a coherent narrative, the film earned over $870 million to rank as her highest - grossing release. In her next two releases -- the science fiction film Arrival and the psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals -- Adams played `` emotionally guarded, fiercely intelligent '' women to positive reviews. Based on Austin Wright 's novel Tony and Susan, Tom Ford 's Nocturnal Animals tells the story of an unhappily married art dealer named Susan ( played by Adams ), who is traumatized when reading a violent novel written by her ex-husband ( played by Jake Gyllenhaal ). Adams found little resemblance between herself and her `` poised '' and `` aloof '' character and modeled Susan 's personality on that of Ford. Stephanie Zacharek of Time considered the film to be visually arresting yet thematically weak, but praised Adams and Gyllenhaal for making their character 's pain seem genuine. Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve and based on Ted Chiang 's short story `` Story of Your Life '', ranks among the most acclaimed films of Adams ' career. The film is about Louise Banks, a linguist ( played by Adams ), who experiences strange visions when she is hired by the American government to interpret the language of extraterrestrials. She was drawn to the idea of playing an intellectual female lead and connected with the film 's theme of unity and compassion. She watched documentaries on linguistics to prepare for the part. Writing for The Atlantic, Christoper Orr deemed Adams ' performance to be `` mesmerizingly open, by turns uplifting and sorrowful '', and Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times believed that the film was a `` showcase for her ability to quietly and effectively meld intelligence, empathy and reserve ''. Arrival was a commercial success, earning over $200 million against a $47 million budget. Adams received her sixth BAFTA nomination and seventh Golden Globe nomination, both in the Best Actress category. Several journalists expressed disappointment over her failure to receive an Oscar nomination for it. Upcoming projects As of September 2017, Adams has four upcoming projects. She will play Lois Lane for the third time in Justice League, following which she will return to television for Sharp Objects, an HBO miniseries based on Gillian Flynn 's thriller novel of the same name. She will serve as an executive producer for the series and star as Camille Preaker, a disgruntled reporter who returns to her hometown to cover the murder of two young girls. Adams has also committed to star in Backseat, Adam McKay 's biopic of the 46th Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, in which she plays Cheney 's wife, Lynne ; it will mark her third collaboration with Christian Bale. In addition, she will reprise the role of Giselle in a sequel to Enchanted, entitled Disenchanted. Personal life Adams at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011 Adams met the actor and painter Darren Le Gallo at an acting class in 2001, and they began dating a year later while collaborating on a short film named Pennies. They became engaged in 2008, and she gave birth to their daughter two years later. Seven years after their engagement, the couple married on their daughter 's insistence in a private ceremony at a ranch near Santa Barbara, California. Adams said in 2016 that she appreciates the numerous sacrifices Le Gallo had made as the primary caregiver for their family. They live in Beverly Hills, California. Adams has described her family life to be `` pretty low key '', and has said that her routine involves going to work, taking her daughter to the park, and having weekly date nights with her husband. Adams finds little value in the concept of celebrity, and maintains that the `` more that people know about me, the less they 'll believe me and my characters ''. She attracts little gossip or tabloid attention, and strives to keep a healthy work - life balance. Adams makes an effort to remain unaffected by her fame, believing that it would hinder her ability to play roles with honesty. She has spoken about suffering from insecurity and lack of confidence from a young age and about how motherhood had made her calmer. She frequently breaks into song when stressed at work. Unlike some of her female contemporaries, Adams dislikes talking about issues such as the gender pay gap, believing it to be a topic for producers and decision - makers and not actors. Having experienced difficulty in her early years in the film industry, Adams works closely with underprivileged students at New York City 's Ghetto Film School. Variety honored her for her work with them in 2010. She supports the Trevor Project, a non-profit organization that helps troubled LGBT teenagers, and has served as a presenter for a 2011 event named `` Trevor Live ''. In 2013, she launched the book The Beauty Book for Brain Cancer, to help raise money for brain cancer charities named Snog and Headrush. The following year, she attended a charity event at the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, to raise funds for sexually abused children. Media image and acting style Writing for The Guardian, Hadley Freeman describes Adams ' personality as `` extremely engaging, serious but with a hint of a straight - talking broad once she gets going ''. Carl Swanson of New York magazine considers her to be `` suspiciously unnarcissistic for a Hollywood star, gracious, hardworking, and decent to the point of almost not being a celebrity ''. Alex Bilmes of Esquire believes that her ability to be `` both glamorous movie star and relatable normal person is key to her success ''. Adams at the premiere of Man of Steel in 2013 Adams works closely with her acting coach Warner Loughlin, and credits Loughlin for helping her organize and structure her thoughts. She uses an acting method taught by Loughlin, in which she attempts an understanding of her character 's psychology by creating the character 's back - story from the age of three. Adams prefers to work with confident directors who give her space to think for herself. She stays in character while filming, and finds it difficult to detach herself from roles and accents. She is not influenced by the size of a role and is drawn towards both leading and supporting parts. Describing herself as an obsessive performer, Adams has said, `` I 'm never satisfied with the take. I 'll walk away from it, but I could go and go and go. I 've had to learn to be OK with it. '' Jake Coyle of The Washington Times considers Adams to be an actress who does not transform herself for her roles, but one who inhabits `` a character with warmth and smarts while, to varying degrees, remaining herself ''. Meryl Streep, her co-star in Doubt and Julie & Julia, has said that she comes highly prepared on set and that she possesses `` a gigantic intelligence '' in developing her character 's arc. Paul Thomas Anderson, her director in The Master, has praised her dedication and investment to her projects. Journalists have commented on her `` American sweetheart '' persona in her roles in the 2000s while taking note of her increased versatility in the 2010s. In 2016, the novelist Stephen Marche named Adams the greatest actress of her generation. Describing her film career in his 2016 review of Arrival, the journalist and critic Anthony Lane of The New Yorker wrote : `` The spry benevolence that carried her through a film like Enchanted ( 2007 ) has been cross-grained, in recent years, by the stern resolve of The Master ( 2012 ) and the snap of American Hustle ( 2013 ), and now, in Arrival, her gift for sorrow, her strength, and her instinctive sweetness of temper are rolled into one. '' Forbes has reported Adams to be among the highest - paid actresses in the world, with earnings of over $13 million in 2014 and 2016, and over $11 million in 2017. The magazine featured her on their annual Celebrity 100 list in 2014, and also ranked her among the most powerful actresses in the business. Also that year, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. Adams received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017. As of 2017, Adams ' films have grossed over $4.25 billion worldwide. Even so, Robert Ito of The New York Times believes that Adams ' propensity for risky projects prevents her from being a bigger box - office draw. Stuart McGurk of GQ considers Adams ' auburn hair, porcelain skin, upturned nose, and her soft, earnest speaking style to be among her trademarks. She was named one of the most beautiful people in America by Elle in 2011, and several publications have featured her red carpet appearances in their listings of best - dressed celebrities. Adams was made the face of Lacoste 's fragrance named Eau de Lacoste in 2012, and two years later, she endorsed accessories and handbags of Max Mara. In 2015, the actress collaborated with Max Mara to design and promote a line of handbags. Acting credits and Awards Main articles : List of Amy Adams performances and awards and nominations Adams ' most acclaimed and highest - grossing films, according to the online portal Box Office Mojo and the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, include Catch Me If You Can ( 2002 ), Junebug ( 2005 ), Enchanted ( 2007 ), Doubt ( 2008 ), Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian ( 2009 ), Julie & Julia ( 2009 ), The Fighter ( 2010 ), The Muppets ( 2011 ), The Master ( 2012 ), Man of Steel ( 2013 ), Her ( 2013 ), American Hustle ( 2013 ), Big Eyes ( 2014 ), Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice ( 2016 ), Arrival ( 2016 ), and Nocturnal Animals ( 2016 ). Among her stage roles, she has appeared in the Public Theater 's revival of Into the Woods in 2012. Adams has been nominated for five Academy Awards : Best Supporting Actress for Junebug ( 2005 ), Doubt ( 2008 ), The Fighter ( 2010 ), and The Master ( 2012 ) ; and Best Actress for American Hustle ( 2013 ). She has twice won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, for American Hustle ( 2013 ) and Big Eyes ( 2014 ), and has been nominated five more times : Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for Enchanted ( 2007 ) ; Best Supporting Actress for Doubt ( 2008 ), The Fighter ( 2010 ), and The Master ( 2012 ) ; and Best Actress in a Drama for Arrival ( 2016 ). References Jump up ^ `` Amy Adams Biography : Actress ( 1974 ) ''. Biography.com ( A&E Networks ). Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2014. ^ Jump up to : Shnayerson, Michael ( December 18, 2008 ). `` Some Enchanted Amy ''. Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on December 18, 2008. Retrieved December 31, 2008. ^ Jump up to : West, Naomi ( November 16, 2007 ). `` Amy Adams : Happily ever after ''. The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. 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Reilly, Dominic West, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta - Jones The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King ( 2003 ) : Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Bernard Hill, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Miranda Otto, John Rhys - Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Elijah Wood Sideways ( 2004 ) : Thomas Haden Church, Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh Crash ( 2005 ) : Christopher `` Ludacris '' Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate Little Miss Sunshine ( 2006 ) : Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear Hairspray ( 2007 ) : Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Paul Dooley, Zac Efron, Allison Janney, Elijah Kelley, Queen Latifah, James Marsden, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brittany Snow, Jerry Stiller, John Travolta, Christopher Walken Milk ( 2008 ) : Josh Brolin, Joseph Cross, James Franco, Victor Garber, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, Denis O'Hare, Sean Penn, Alison Pill Inglourious Basterds ( 2009 ) : Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Julie Dreyfus, Michael Fassbender, Sylvester Groth, Jacky Ido, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, Denis Ménochet, Mike Myers, Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger, Rod Taylor, Christoph Waltz, Martin Wuttke ( 2010 -- present ) The Fighter ( 2010 ) : Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, Mark Wahlberg The Help ( 2011 ) : Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Sissy Spacek, Octavia Spencer, Mary Steenburgen, Emma Stone, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel Silver Linings Playbook ( 2012 ) : Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Anupam Kher, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver American Hustle ( 2013 ) : Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Louis C.K., Bradley Cooper, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Peña, Jeremy Renner, Elisabeth Röhm, Shea Whigham Birdman or ( The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance ) ( 2014 ) : Zach Galifianakis, Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts Spotlight ( 2015 ) : Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci Moonlight ( 2016 ) : Mahershala Ali, Patrick Decile, Alex R. 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Question: the actress who played lois lane and giselle
Answer: Amy Lou Adams