Amy Adams
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, in addition to nominations 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 pursued from 1994 to 1998, and made her film debut with a supporting part in the dark comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). She made guest appearances in television and took on "mean girl" parts in low-budget feature films. Her first major role came in Steven Spielberg's biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002), but she was unemployed for a year afterward. 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, was her first success as a leading lady. She followed this by playing other naïve, optimistic women in films like the drama Doubt (2008), and subsequently played more assertive parts to 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 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 HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018), and Lynne Cheney in the satire Vice (2018). Adams' stage roles include the Public Theater's revival of Into the Woods in 2012 and the West End theatre 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 featured in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list.
Doubt: Stage to Screen
(Self)
Junebug
(Ashley)
Catch Me If You Can
(Brenda Strong)
Drop Dead Gorgeous
(Leslie Miller)
Enchanted
(Giselle)
Cruel Intentions 2
(Kathryn Merteuil)
The Slaughter Rule
(Doreen)
Charlie Wilson's War
(Bonnie Bach)
Underdog
(Polly Purebred (voice))
Dear Evan Hansen
(Cynthia Murphy)
The Wedding Date
(Amy Ellis)
Julie & Julia
(Julie Powell)
Leap Year
(Anna Brady)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
(Delysia LaFosse)
Serving Sara
(Kate)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
(Susan)
The Last Run
(Alexis)
Sunshine Cleaning
(Rose Lorkowski)
Psycho Beach Party
(Marvel Ann)
Moonlight Serenade
(Chloe)
Standing Still
(Elise)
Doubt
(Sister James)
The Fighter
(Charlene Fleming)
Man of Steel
(Lois Lane)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
(Amelia Earhart)
Love and Distrust
(Charlotte Brown (segment "Pennies"))
The Master
(Peggy Dodd)
The Invite
On the Road
(Jane / Joan Vollmer)
Big Eyes
(Margaret Keane)
Trouble with the Curve
(Mickey Lobel)
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
(Self)
Her
(Amy)
American Hustle
(Sydney Prosser)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(Lois)
Lullaby
(Emily)
Untitled Graham Moore Project
Her: Love in the Modern Age
(Self (archive footage))
Justice League
(Lois Lane)
The Muppets
(Mary)
Klara and the Sun
(The Mother)
Arrival
(Louise Banks)
Nocturnal Animals
(Susan Morrow)
At the Sea
(Laura)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
(Gorgeous Woman)
Pumpkin
(Alex)
The Ex
(Abby March)
The Chromium Hook
(Jill Royaltuber)
Disenchanted
(Giselle)
Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia
(Self)
Vice
(Lynne Cheney)
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
(Self)
The Woman in the Window
(Anna Fox)
Wide-Awake
(The Light-Bringer)
Pennies
(Charlotte Brown)
Hillbilly Elegy
(Beverly "Bev" Vance)
The Making of Big Eyes
(Herself)
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
(Self)
Nightbitch
(Mother)
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
(Self (archive footage))
Zack Snyder's Justice League
(Lois Lane)
Finding the Mother Tree
(Suzanne Simard)
Lazy Susans
Gaming the System: The Making of 'Vice'
(Self)
Providence
(Rebecca 'Becka' Taylor)
King of the Hill
(Misty (voice))
The Office
(Katy)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Charmed
(Maggie Murphy)
Smallville
(Jodi Melville)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
Dr. Vegas
(Alice Doherty)
Manchester Prep
The Oscars
(Self)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(Cousin Beth)
Saturday Night Live
Critics Choice Awards
(Herself - Presenter)
The West Wing
(Cathy)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
King of the Hill
(Merilynn / Sunshine (voice))
King of the Hill
((voice))
73 Questions
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Talking with Chris Hardwick
(Self)
American Idol
(Self)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self - Guest)
Sharp Objects
(Camille Preaker)
Kings of America
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
Sesame Street
(Herself)
The View
(Self)
The Frame
(Lois Lane)
Entertainment Tonight
(Self)
King of the Hill
(Dawn's little Musician (voice))
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane
(Dinah)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
DP/30: Conversations About Movies
(Self)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self)
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
(Self)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self)
That '70s Show
(Kat Peterson)
Conan
(Self)
