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 Amy Lou Adams was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, to American parents, Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams, a U.S. serviceman who was stationed at Caserma Ederle in Italy at the time. She was raised in a Mormon family of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado, and has English, as well as smaller amounts of Danish, Swiss-German, and Norwegian, ancestry.Adams sang in the school choir at Douglas County High School and was an apprentice dancer at a local dance company, with the ambition of becoming a ballerina. However, she worked as a greeter at The Gap and as a Hooters hostess to support herself before finding work as a dancer at Boulder's Dinner Theatre and Country Dinner Playhouse in such productions as "Brigadoon" and "A Chorus Line". It was there that she was spotted by a Minneapolis dinner-theater director who asked her to move to Chanhassen, Minnesota for more regional dinner theatre work.Nursing a pulled muscle that kept her from dancing, she was free to audition for a part in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), which was filming nearby in Minnesota. During the filming, Kirstie Alley encouraged her to move to Los Angeles, where she soon won a part in the Fox television version of the film, Cruel Intentions (1999), in the part played in the film by Sarah Michelle Gellar, "Kathryn Merteuil". Although three episodes were filmed, the troubled series never aired. Instead, parts of the episodes were cobbled together and released as the direct-to-video Cruel Intentions 2 (2000). After more failed television spots, she landed a major role in Catch Me If You Can (2002), playing opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. But this did not provide the break-through she might have hoped for, with no work being offered for about a year. She eventually returned to television, and joined the short-lived series, Dr. Vegas (2004).Her role in the low-budget independent film Junebug (2005) (which was shot in 21 days) got her real attention, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress as well as other awards. The following year, her ability to look like a wide-eyed Disney animated heroine helped her to be chosen from about 300 actresses auditioning for the role of "Giselle" in the animated/live-action feature film, Enchanted (2007), which would prove to be her major break-through role. Her vivacious yet innocent portrayal allowed her to use her singing and dancing talents. Her performance garnered a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.Adams next appeared in the major production, Charlie Wilson's War (2007), and went on to act in the independent film, Sunshine Cleaning (2008), which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Her role as "Sister James" in Doubt (2008) brought her a second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild award, and a British Academy Film award. She appeared as Amelia Earhart in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) and as a post-9/11 hot line counselor, aspiring writer, amateur cook and blogger in Julie & Julia (2009). In the early 2010s, she starred with Jason Segel in The Muppets (2011), with Philip Seymour Hoffman in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master (2012), and alongside Clint Eastwood and Justin Timberlake in Trouble with the Curve (2012). She played reporter Lois Lane in Man of Steel (2013) and con artist Sydney Prosser in American Hustle (2013), before portraying real-life artist Margaret Keane in Tim Burton's biopic Big Eyes (2014).In 2016, she reprised her role as Lane in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and headlined Denis Villeneuve's science fiction drama Arrival (2016) and Tom Ford's dark thriller Nocturnal Animals (2016). In 2018, she received another Oscar nomination, her sixth, for starring as Lynne Cheney in the biographical drama Vice (2018), opposite Christian Bale as Dick Cheney.
Bio:
Amy Lou Adams was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, to American parents, Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams, a U.S. serviceman who was stationed at Caserma Ederle in Italy at the time. She was raised in a Mormon family of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado, and has English, as well as smaller amounts of Danish, Swiss-German, and Norwegian, ancestry.Adams sang in the school choir at Douglas County High School and was an apprentice dancer at a local dance company, with the ambition of becoming a ballerina. However, she worked as a greeter at The Gap and as a Hooters hostess to support herself before finding work as a dancer at Boulder's Dinner Theatre and Country Dinner Playhouse in such productions as "Brigadoon" and "A Chorus Line". It was there that she was spotted by a Minneapolis dinner-theater director who asked her to move to Chanhassen, Minnesota for more regional dinner theatre work.Nursing a pulled muscle that kept her from dancing, she was free to audition for a part in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), which was filming nearby in Minnesota. During the filming, Kirstie Alley encouraged her to move to Los Angeles, where she soon won a part in the Fox television version of the film, Cruel Intentions (1999), in the part played in the film by Sarah Michelle Gellar, "Kathryn Merteuil". Although three episodes were filmed, the troubled series never aired. Instead, parts of the episodes were cobbled together and released as the direct-to-video Cruel Intentions 2 (2000). After more failed television spots, she landed a major role in Catch Me If You Can (2002), playing opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. But this did not provide the break-through she might have hoped for, with no work being offered for about a year. She eventually returned to television, and joined the short-lived series, Dr. Vegas (2004).Her role in the low-budget independent film Junebug (2005) (which was shot in 21 days) got her real attention, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress as well as other awards. The following year, her ability to look like a wide-eyed Disney animated heroine helped her to be chosen from about 300 actresses auditioning for the role of "Giselle" in the animated/live-action feature film, Enchanted (2007), which would prove to be her major break-through role. Her vivacious yet innocent portrayal allowed her to use her singing and dancing talents. Her performance garnered a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.Adams next appeared in the major production, Charlie Wilson's War (2007), and went on to act in the independent film, Sunshine Cleaning (2008), which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Her role as "Sister James" in Doubt (2008) brought her a second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild award, and a British Academy Film award. She appeared as Amelia Earhart in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) and as a post-9/11 hot line counselor, aspiring writer, amateur cook and blogger in Julie & Julia (2009). In the early 2010s, she starred with Jason Segel in The Muppets (2011), with Philip Seymour Hoffman in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master (2012), and alongside Clint Eastwood and Justin Timberlake in Trouble with the Curve (2012). She played reporter Lois Lane in Man of Steel (2013) and con artist Sydney Prosser in American Hustle (2013), before portraying real-life artist Margaret Keane in Tim Burton's biopic Big Eyes (2014).In 2016, she reprised her role as Lane in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and headlined Denis Villeneuve's science fiction drama Arrival (2016) and Tom Ford's dark thriller Nocturnal Animals (2016). In 2018, she received another Oscar nomination, her sixth, for starring as Lynne Cheney in the biographical drama Vice (2018), opposite Christian Bale as Dick Cheney.
Tivia:
Amy is so often mistaken for friend Isla Fisher that Isla and her prankster husband Sacha Baron Cohen once pasted Amy's face over Isla's on their custom holiday greeting cards with the message, "Season Greetings from Sacha, Isla and the Kids." Apparently, no one noticed.Best friends with actress Emily Blunt. The two became very close while filming Sunshine Cleaning (2008).Was admittedly so distracted by co-star Lee Pace while filming Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), since "he just looked so dashing", that the director had to ask him leave the set.Did her own singing in The Muppets (2011), Enchanted (2007) and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008).As of 2019, she has appeared in five films that have been Oscar nominated for Best Picture: The Fighter (2010), American Hustle (2013), Her (2013), Arrival (2016) and Vice (2018).Is a trained dancer.Meryl Streep taught her how to knit.Worked in a Hooters Restaurant until soon after she turned 18, when they started making her wear the customary outfits.Was born on the U.S. military base located in Aviano, Italy, but spent part of her childhood in the U.S. military base located in Vicenza, Italy.She and Leonardo DiCaprio where both 28 years old when they portrayed teenage lovers in Catch Me if You Can. Adams considered that film a turning point in her career.As a gesture of support to the U.S. troops, she privately gave her first-class seat to an American soldier who was on the same flight from Detroit to Los Angeles in 2014. She gladly took a seat in standard coach.Was 1 month pregnant with her daughter Aviana when she completed filming on The Fighter (2010).During a red carpet interview at the 81st Academy Awards, she claimed to suffer from extreme stage fright and claustrophobia.Her favorite films include Gone with the Wind (1939), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Casablanca (1942), Vertigo (1958), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Paulie (1998) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).She was born in Italy and raised in Castle Rock, Colorado.Her father was in the military and was also an amateur actor.Was in attendance at the wedding of her Sunshine Cleaning (2008) co-star and best friend Emily Blunt to John Krasinski (July 10, 2010).She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6280 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 11, 2017. Introduced by her Arrival (2016) co-star, Jeremy Renner, and director, Denis Villeneuve.Has made two movies back-to-back starring Meryl Streep: Doubt (2008) and Julie & Julia (2009). In the latter, she has no scenes with Streep.Auditioned for Lois Lane twice before being cast in Man of Steel (2013). She first auditioned for the cancelled project "Superman Flyby" and Superman Returns (2006).Is one of seven children of Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams.Her performance as Ashley Johnsten in Junebug (2005) was named the sixth best performance of the decade in Paste magazine's 25 Best Movie Performances of the Decade.She had considered quitting acting before doing the film Junebug (2005).Her brother, Eddie Adams, works for the tabloid show TMZ.Mother, with husband Darren Le Gallo, of a daughter Aviana Olea Le Gallo (b. May 15, 2010).Tenth highest paid actress of 2017 with $11.5 million.Wanted to be a singing nurse as a child.As of 2019, the longest she has gone without an Oscar nomination, since her first one, is six years, between American Hustle (2013) and Vice (2018).Is a natural blonde. Dyes her hair red.Named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. (April 2014)Met her boyfriend, Darren Le Gallo, in 2001 in an acting class.Enjoys singing karaoke.She didn't attend drama school or study acting.Has appeared in the series episode, Craving (2001), which is about the early life of Clark Kent before he became Superman. She later went on to play Superman's main love interest, Lois Lane, in Man of Steel (2013). Is one of several actors who guest starred on the series and returned in the Superman film, along with Alessandro Juliani, Tahmoh Penikett and David James Lewis.In elementary school, she was diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed Ritalin, which she still takes as an adult. Attended and graduated from Douglas County High School in Castle Rock, Colorado.Once worked at Gap, a clothing store chain.Is just 10 years younger than Laura Linney, who played her mother in Nocturnal Animals (2016).Adams, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Marion Cotillard, Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Daniel Br��hl and Jake Gyllenhaal are the only actors to receive a Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA and Critics' Choice Award nomination for the same performance and then fail to be Oscar-nominated for it: for their performances in Arrival (2016), The Departed (2006), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Rust and Bone (2012), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Captain Phillips (2013), Rush (2013) and Nightcrawler (2014), respectively.Named one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in the World (2008).Her ancestry includes English, as well as smaller amounts of Danish, Swiss-German, and Norwegian, and more distant Welsh, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish.She and Gal Gadot are the first live action Lois Lane and Diana Prince/Wonder Woman to be onscreen together.Alumna of the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre in Minnesota. Appeared there in many productions including "Brigadoon" and "Good News.".For a time Amy's teenage crush was future co-star Leonardo DiCaprio during his stint in Growing Pains (1985).Invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 2006.Second actress with red hair to portray Lois Lane (preceded by Noel Neill).The first job she ever had (at age 12) was selling licorice at a rodeo in Ogden, Utah, while staying with her grandparents. She later worked as a 'greeter' at The Gap store in the Lenox Mall in Buckhead, Atlanta, where she once had rare opportunity to greet Whitney Houston as she entered the store. Whitney didn't take too kindly to Amy's cloying store formalities and quickly requested a different salesperson to assist her.Through her sixth generation great-grandparents Thomas and Elizabeth Shipp is a fifth cousin twice removed of Harry S. Truman. Through the same Shipp ancestors is a seventh cousin once removed to both Johnny Depp and John Edwards.Sang in the school choir at Douglas County High School.Returned to work 3 months after giving birth to her daughter Aviana in order to begin filming On the Road (2012).Engaged to Darren Le Gallo on July 24, 2008. |
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Amy Adams |
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Actress,Producer,Executive (IMDB) |
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All World |
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Business scope: |
Actress,Producer,Executive |
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Actress,Producer,Executive |
| Model rank: |
22 |
| Last update: |
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| Height: |
5' 4' (1.63 m) |
| Biography: |
Amy Lou Adams was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, to American parents, Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams, a U.S. serviceman who was stationed at Caserma Ederle in Italy at the time. She was raised in a Mormon family of seven children in Castle |
| Trivia: |
Amy is so often mistaken for friend Isla Fisher that Isla and her prankster husband Sacha Baron Cohen once pasted Amy's face over Isla's on their custom holiday greeting cards with the message, "Season Greetings from Sacha, Isla and the Kids." Apparently, no one noticed.Best friends with actress Emily Blunt. The two became very close while filming Sunshine Cleaning (2008).Was admittedly so distracted by co-star Lee Pace while filming Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), since "he just looked so dashing", that the director had to ask him leave the set.Did her own singing in The Muppets (2011), Enchanted (2007) and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008).As of 2019, she has appeared in five films that have been Oscar nominated for Best Picture: The Fighter (2010), American Hustle (2013), Her (2013), Arrival (2016) and Vice (2018).Is a trained dancer.Meryl Streep taught her how to knit.Worked in a Hooters Restaurant until soon after she turned 18, when they started making her wear the customary outfits.Was born on the U.S. military base located in Aviano, Italy, but spent part of her childhood in the U.S. military base located in Vicenza, Italy.She and Leonardo DiCaprio where both 28 years old when they portrayed teenage lovers in Catch Me if You Can. Adams considered that film a turning point in her career.As a gesture of support to the U.S. troops, she privately gave her first-class seat to an American soldier who was on the same flight from Detroit to Los Angeles in 2014. She gladly took a seat in standard coach.Was 1 month pregnant with her daughter Aviana when she completed filming on The Fighter (2010).During a red carpet interview at the 81st Academy Awards, she claimed to suffer from extreme stage fright and claustrophobia.Her favorite films include Gone with the Wind (1939), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Casablanca (1942), Vertigo (1958), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Paulie (1998) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).She was born in Italy and raised in Castle Rock, Colorado.Her father was in the military and was also an amateur actor.Was in attendance at the wedding of her Sunshine Cleaning (2008) co-star and best friend Emily Blunt to John Krasinski (July 10, 2010).She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6280 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 11, 2017. Introduced by her Arrival (2016) co-star, Jeremy Renner, and director, Denis Villeneuve.Has made two movies back-to-back starring Meryl Streep: Doubt (2008) and Julie & Julia (2009). In the latter, she has no scenes with Streep.Auditioned for Lois Lane twice before being cast in Man of Steel (2013). She first auditioned for the cancelled project "Superman Flyby" and Superman Returns (2006).Is one of seven children of Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams.Her performance as Ashley Johnsten in Junebug (2005) was named the sixth best performance of the decade in Paste magazine's 25 Best Movie Performances of the Decade.She had considered quitting acting before doing the film Junebug (2005).Her brother, Eddie Adams, works for the tabloid show TMZ.Mother, with husband Darren Le Gallo, of a daughter Aviana Olea Le Gallo (b. May 15, 2010).Tenth highest paid actress of 2017 with $11.5 million.Wanted to be a singing nurse as a child.As of 2019, the longest she has gone without an Oscar nomination, since her first one, is six years, between American Hustle (2013) and Vice (2018).Is a natural blonde. Dyes her hair red.Named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. (April 2014)Met her boyfriend, Darren Le Gallo, in 2001 in an acting class.Enjoys singing karaoke.She didn't attend drama school or study acting.Has appeared in the series episode, Craving (2001), which is about the early life of Clark Kent before he became Superman. She later went on to play Superman's main love interest, Lois Lane, in Man of Steel (2013). Is one of several actors who guest starred on the series and returned in the Superman film, along with Alessandro Juliani, Tahmoh Penikett and David James Lewis.In elementary school, she was diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed Ritalin, which she still takes as an adult. Attended and graduated from Douglas County High School in Castle Rock, Colorado.Once worked at Gap, a clothing store chain.Is just 10 years younger than Laura Linney, who played her mother in Nocturnal Animals (2016).Adams, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Marion Cotillard, Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Daniel Br��hl and Jake Gyllenhaal are the only actors to receive a Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA and Critics' Choice Award nomination for the same performance and then fail to be Oscar-nominated for it: for their performances in Arrival (2016), The Departed (2006), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Rust and Bone (2012), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Captain Phillips (2013), Rush (2013) and Nightcrawler (2014), respectively.Named one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in the World (2008).Her ancestry includes English, as well as smaller amounts of Danish, Swiss-German, and Norwegian, and more distant Welsh, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish.She and Gal Gadot are the first live action Lois Lane and Diana Prince/Wonder Woman to be onscreen together.Alumna of the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre in Minnesota. Appeared there in many productions including "Brigadoon" and "Good News.".For a time Amy's teenage crush was future co-star Leonardo DiCaprio during his stint in Growing Pains (1985).Invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 2006.Second actress with red hair to portray Lois Lane (preceded by Noel Neill).The first job she ever had (at age 12) was selling licorice at a rodeo in Ogden, Utah, while staying with her grandparents. She later worked as a 'greeter' at The Gap store in the Lenox Mall in Buckhead, Atlanta, where she once had rare opportunity to greet Whitney Houston as she entered the store. Whitney didn't take too kindly to Amy's cloying store formalities and quickly requested a different salesperson to assist her.Through her sixth generation great-grandparents Thomas and Elizabeth Shipp is a fifth cousin twice removed of Harry S. Truman. Through the same Shipp ancestors is a seventh cousin once removed to both Johnny Depp and John Edwards.Sang in the school choir at Douglas County High School.Returned to work 3 months after giving birth to her daughter Aviana in order to begin filming On the Road (2012).Engaged to Darren Le Gallo on July 24, 2008. |
| Trademarks: |
Long hair, most usually red, sometimes strawberry blonde
Often plays optimistic characters with cheerful dispositions
Her wide-eyed expressions
Sparkling blue eyes
Her bright smile |
| Quotes: |
I have worked with some of the meanest people in the world. You can't do anything to intimidate me.
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I think that I've always been attracted to characters who are positive and come from a very innocent place. I think there's a lot of room for discovery in these characters and that's something I always have fun playing.
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[on singing at the Academy Awards] It's nerve-wracking! I'll be up there, singing the song in front of billions of people - oh, and Daniel Day-Lewis! And Cate Blanchett. I'll be going to Taco Bell when the ceremony is over. Mexican food cures me.
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[on being stereotyped as the na?ve one] Not at this point. Right now, I'm just doing what I enjoy and I've done some different films, I've done some different types of roles.
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[on working at The Gap] Whitney Houston came in. Someone dared me to do "the Gap act" on her. You know, the Gap act. So I went up to her like I didn't know who she was, and I said, "Hi, I just wanted to let you know about our sale items and make sure to check out our new colors." She looked at me like I was crazy. |
| Salaries: |
American Hustle (2013) - $1,250,000 + 7% gross point
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Leap Year (2010) - $5,000,000 |
| Job title: |
Actress,Producer,Executive |
| Others works: |
Modeled for the front and back cover of the book "Going Hollywood: How to get started, keep going, and not turn into a sleaze," by Kristin M. Burke (Published July 27, 2004)
Stage Production: "Brigadoon" Chanhassen Dinner Theater in M |
| Spouse: |
Darren Le Gallo (May 2, 2015 - present) (1 child) |
| Children: |
Aviana Le Gallo |
| Parents: |
Richard Kent Adams
Kathryn Adams |
| Relatives: |
Eddie Adams (Sibling)
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