Amy Adams

**Amy Lou Adams** (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress and singer. She portrayed Lois Lane in *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* and *Justice League*.
Known for both her comedic and dramatic performances, she has placed three times in annual rankings of the highest-paid actresses in the world. Her accolades include two Golden Globes, and nominations for six Academy Awards and seven British Academy Film Awards.

## Life & Career

Born to Richard and Kathy Adams, and raised in Castle Rock, Colorado, Adams is the fourth of seven siblings; at the time of her birth, her dad, who was serving in the U.S. Army, was stationed overseas at the Caserma Ederle military complex in Vicenza, Italy..

Adams was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints until her parents divorced in 1985 and left the church.  She did not have strong religious beliefs, but has said that she valued her upbringing for teaching her love and compassion. After the breakup, her father moved to Arizona and remarried, while the children remained with their mother. Her mother became a semi-professional bodybuilder who took the children with her to the gym when she trained.

Adams has compared her uninhibited early years with her siblings to *Lord of the Flies*. Describing herself as a "scrappy, tough kid", she has said she fought frequently with other children.

Adams attended Douglas County High School. She was not academically inclined, but was interested in the creative arts and sang in the school choir. She competed in track and gymnastics, harbored ambitions of becoming a ballerina, and trained as an apprentice at the local David Taylor Dance Company. She disliked high school and kept mostly to herself. After graduation, she and her mother moved to Atlanta, Georgia. She did not go to college, which disappointed her parents, and she later regretted not pursuing higher education.

At 18, Amy realized she was not gifted enough to be a professional ballerina, and found musical theater more to her taste. One of her first stage roles was in a community theater production of *Annie*, which she did on a volunteer basis. To support herself, she worked as a greeter at a Gap store. She also worked as a waitress at Hooters,  but left the job after she saved enough money to buy a used car.

Since childhood, Amy had trained to become a ballerina, but at age 18, she found musical theater a better fit, and from 1994 to 1998, she worked in dinner theater. She made her feature film debut with a supporting part in the 1999 satire *Drop Dead Gorgeous*. After moving to Los Angeles, she made guest appearances in television and took on "mean girl" parts in small-scale features.
Amy's 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 afterward. Her breakthrough came in the part of a loquacious pregnant woman in the 2005 independent film Junebug.

The 2007 musical *Enchanted*, in which Adams played a cheerful princess, was her first major success as a leading lady. She followed it by playing naïve, optimistic women in a series of films such as the 2008 drama Doubt. She subsequently played stronger 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 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 miniseries *Sharp Objects* (2018), and Lynne Cheney in the satirical film *Vice* (2018).

Adams's 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.

## Personal life

Amy is married to actor and artist Darren Le Gallo, whom she met 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, Aviana, in 2010.

## References

1. ↑ Amy Adams Biography: Actress (1974). Biography.
2. ↑ Shnayerson, Michael. "Some Enchanted Amy", *Vanity Fair*, December 18, 2008.
3. ↑ Freeman, Hadley. "Amy Adams: 'I thought, if I can't figure this out, I can't work any more'", *The Guardian*, November 5, 2016.
4. ↑ Heawood, Sophie. "Amy Adams: punching above her weight", *The Guardian*, January 23, 2011.
5. ↑ "Oscar Roundtable: The Actresses", *The Hollywood Reporter*, December 8, 2008.
6. ↑ Head, Steve (January 8, 2003). An Interview with Amy Adams. IGN Entertainment.
7. ↑ Freedom du Lac, Josh. "'The Real Thing': Amy Adams Enchants, Impresses in Nun's Role", *The Washington Post*, December 11, 2008.
8. ↑ "Names & Faces", *The Washington Post*, July 26, 2008.
9. ↑ "Amy Adams Marries Darren Le Gallo After Seven-Year Engagement", *Us Weekly*, May 4, 2015.

## External links

* Amy Adams at Babepedia
* Amy Adams links at FreeOnes
* Amy Adams article at *Wikipedia*