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Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress. Known for 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, and has been nominated for six Academy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Adams began her career as a dancer in dinner theatre, 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 on television and took on "mean girl" parts in low-budget feature films. Her first major role was in Steven Spielberg's biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002), but she was unemployed for a year afterwards. 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), where Adams played a cheerful princess-to-be, was her first success as a leading lady. She followed it by playing other naïve, optimistic women in films like the drama Doubt (2008). Subsequently, she 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 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.
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2025 The Holdout
2025 Lazy Susans Producer
2025 At the Sea as Laura
2025 Finding the Mother Tree as Suzanne Simard Producer
2025 Klara and the Sun as The Mother
2024 Nightbitch as Mother Producer
2022 Disenchanted as Giselle Producer
2022 Sam & Kate Executive Producer
2021 Dear Evan Hansen as Cynthia Murphy
2021 The Woman in the Window as Anna Fox
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League as Lois Lane
2020 Hillbilly Elegy as Beverly "Bev" Vance
2018 Vice as Lynne Cheney
2017 Justice League as Lois Lane
2017 Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' as Self
2016 Arrival as Louise Banks
2016 Nocturnal Animals as Susan Morrow
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Lois
2015 The Making of Big Eyes as Herself
2014 Big Eyes as Margaret Keane
2014 Lullaby as Emily
2014 Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project as Self
2014 Her: Love in the Modern Age as Self (archive footage)
2013 Her as Amy
2013 American Hustle as Sydney Prosser
2013 The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
2013 Man of Steel as Lois Lane
2012 Wide-Awake as The Light-Bringer
2012 Trouble with the Curve as Mickey Lobel
2012 The Master as Peggy Dodd
2012 On the Road as Jane / Joan Vollmer
2011 The Muppets as Mary
2010 The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
2010 Love and Distrust as Charlotte Brown (segment "Pennies")
2010 Leap Year as Anna Brady
2009 Moonlight Serenade as Chloe
2009 Julie & Julia as Julie Powell
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as Amelia Earhart
2009 Doubt: Stage to Screen as Self
2008 Doubt as Sister James
2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day as Delysia LaFosse
2008 Sunshine Cleaning as Rose Lorkowski
2007 Charlie Wilson's War as Bonnie Bach
2007 Enchanted as Giselle
2007 Underdog as Polly Purebred (voice)
2006 The Ex as Abby March
2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Gorgeous Woman
2006 Pennies as Charlotte Brown
2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as Susan
2006 Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party as Self
2005 Junebug as Ashley
2005 The Wedding Date as Amy Ellis
2005 Standing Still as Elise
2004 The Last Run as Alexis
2002 Catch Me If You Can as Brenda Strong
2002 Serving Sara as Kate
2002 Pumpkin as Alex
2002 The Slaughter Rule as Doreen
2000 Cruel Intentions 2 as Kathryn Merteuil
2000 Psycho Beach Party as Marvel Ann
2000 The Chromium Hook as Jill Royaltuber
1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous as Leslie Miller