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.
Acted in
Nightbitch
2024
as Mother
Disenchanted
2022
as Giselle
Dear Evan Hansen
2021
as Cynthia Murphy
The Woman in the Window
2021
as Anna Fox
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Lois Lane
Hillbilly Elegy
2020
as Beverly "Bev" Vance
Vice
2018
as Lynne Cheney
Sharp Objects
2018
as Camille Preaker
Justice League
2017
as Lois Lane
Talking with Chris Hardwick
2017
as Self
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
2017
as Self
Arrival
2016
as Louise Banks
Nocturnal Animals
2016
as Susan Morrow
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Lois
The Making of Big Eyes
2015
as Herself
Big Eyes
2014
as Margaret Keane
Lullaby
2014
as Emily
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
2014
as Self
Her: Love in the Modern Age
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Her
2013
as Amy
American Hustle
2013
as Sydney Prosser
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Man of Steel
2013
as Lois Lane
Wide-Awake
2012
as The Light-Bringer
Trouble with the Curve
2012
as Mickey Lobel
The Master
2012
as Peggy Dodd
On the Road
2012
as Jane / Joan Vollmer
The Muppets
2011
as Mary
The Fighter
2010
as Charlene Fleming
Love and Distrust
2010
as Charlotte Brown (segment "Pennies")
Leap Year
2010
as Anna Brady
Moonlight Serenade
2009
as Chloe
Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia
2009
as Self
Julie & Julia
2009
as Julie Powell
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009
as Amelia Earhart
Doubt: Stage to Screen
2009
as Self
Doubt
2008
as Sister James
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008
as Delysia LaFosse
Sunshine Cleaning
2008
as Rose Lorkowski
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
as Bonnie Bach
Enchanted
2007
as Giselle
DP/30: Conversations About Movies
2007
as Self
Underdog
2007
as Polly Purebred (voice)
The Ex
2006
as Abby March
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006
as Gorgeous Woman
Pennies
2006
as Charlotte Brown
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006
as Susan
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
2006
as Self
Junebug
2005
as Ashley
The Office
2005
as Katy
The Wedding Date
2005
as Amy Ellis
Standing Still
2005
as Elise
Dr. Vegas
2004
as Alice Doherty
The Last Run
2004
as Alexis
Catch Me If You Can
2002
as Brenda Strong
Serving Sara
2002
as Kate
Pumpkin
2002
as Alex
American Idol
2002
as Self
The Slaughter Rule
2002
as Doreen
Smallville
2001
as Jodi Melville
Cruel Intentions 2
2000
as Kathryn Merteuil
Psycho Beach Party
2000
as Marvel Ann
The Chromium Hook
2000
as Jill Royaltuber
The West Wing
1999
as Cathy
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999
as Leslie Miller
Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane
1999
as Dinah
Providence
1999
as Rebecca 'Becka' Taylor
Charmed
1998
as Maggie Murphy
That '70s Show
1998
as Kat Peterson
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
as Cousin Beth
King of the Hill
1997
as Misty (voice)
King of the Hill
1997
as Merilynn / Sunshine (voice)
King of the Hill
1997
as (voice)
King of the Hill
1997
as Dawn's little Musician (voice)
Critics Choice Awards
1996
as Herself - Presenter
Sesame Street
1969
as Herself
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Invite
Untitled Graham Moore Project
Klara and the Sun
as The Mother
At the Sea
as Laura
Finding the Mother Tree
as Suzanne Simard
Lazy Susans
Gaming the System: The Making of 'Vice'
as Self
Manchester Prep