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. She 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, a pursuit she followed from 1994 to 1998. They 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 roles as the "mean girl" 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), in which Adams played a cheerful princess-to-be, marked her first success in a leading role. She followed it by playing other naïve, optimistic women in films like the drama Doubt (2008). Subsequently, she played more assertive parts, earning 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 2012 revival of Into the Woods at the Public Theatre and the 2022 West End revival of The Glass Menagerie. 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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Movies (65)
Star Wars: Starfighter
2027
Klara y el sol
2026 · Chrissie
At the Sea
2026 · Laura
Canina
2024 · Mother, Producer
Disney 100: Remember That
2023 · Self
Desencantada
2022 · Giselle, Producer
Todo queda en casa
2022 · Executive Producer
Querido Evan Hansen
2021 · Cynthia Murphy
La mujer en la ventana
2021 · Anna Fox
La Liga de la Justicia de Zack Snyder
2021 · Lois Lane
Hillbilly, una elegía rural
2020 · Bev
The Making of 'Nocturnal Animals'
2019 · Self
El Vicepresidente: Más allá del poder
2018 · Lynne Cheney
Liga de la Justicia
2017 · Lois Lane
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
2017 · Self
La Llegada
2016 · Louise Banks
Animales nocturnos
2016 · Susan Morrow
Batman vs Superman: El Origen de la Justicia
2016 · Lois
The Making of Big Eyes
2015 · Herself
Ojos grandes
2014 · Margaret Keane
Lullaby
2014 · Emily
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
2014 · Self
The Making of American Hustle
2014 · Self
Her: Love in the Modern Age
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Ella
2013 · Amy
Escándalo Americano
2013 · Sydney Prosser
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013
El hombre de acero
2013 · Lois Lane
Wide-Awake
2012 · The Light-Bringer
Curvas de la vida
2012 · Mickey Lobel
The Master: Todo hombre necesita un guía
2012 · Peggy Dodd
En el camino
2012 · Jane / Joan Vollmer
Los Muppets
2011 · Mary
El peleador
2010 · Charlene Fleming
Love and Distrust
2010 · Charlotte Brown (segment "Pennies")
Propuesta de Año Bisiesto
2010 · Anna Brady
Moonlight Serenade
2009 · Chloe
Monkey Mischief
2009 · Amelia Earhart
Julie & Julia
2009 · Julie Powell
Una Noche en el Museo 2: La Batalla del Smithsoniano
2009 · Amelia Earhart / Tess
Doubt: Stage to Screen
2009 · Self
Sunshine Cleaning
2009 · Rose Lorkowski
La duda
2008 · Sister James
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008 · Delysia LaFosse
Juego de poder
2007 · Bonnie Bach
Encantada
2007 · Giselle, Songs
Supercan
2007 · Polly Purebred (voice)
The Ex
2006 · Abby March
Tenacious D: La Pua del Destino
2006 · Gorgeous Woman
Pennies
2006 · Charlotte Brown
Ricky Bobby: Loco por la velocidad
2006 · Susan
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
2006 · Self
Junebug
2005 · Ashley
Amores, enredos y una boda
2005 · Amy Ellis
Standing Still
2005 · Elise
The Last Run
2004 · Alexis
Atrápame si puedes
2002 · Brenda Strong
Serving Sara
2002 · Kate
Pumpkin
2002 · Alex
The Slaughter Rule
2002 · Doreen
Juegos sexuales 2
2000 · Kathryn Merteuil
Psycho Beach Party
2000 · Marvel Ann
The Chromium Hook
2000 · Jill Royaltuber
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · Leslie Miller
Lazy Susans
· Producer
TV shows (42)
The Great British Bake Off: Second Helpings
2026 · Self
Cape Fear
2026 · Anna Bowden, Executive Producer
La Telaraña de Charlotte
2025 · Charlotte (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Heridas Abiertas
2018 · Camille Preaker, Executive Producer
Talking with Chris Hardwick
2017 · Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest, Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
The Frame
2013 · Lois Lane
Conan
2010 · Self
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2008 · Self
DP/30: Conversations About Movies
2007 · Self
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
La Oficina
2005 · Katy
Dr. Vegas
2004 · Alice Doherty
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self, Self - Guest
American Idol
2002 · Self
Smallville
2001 · Jodi Melville
Critics Choice Awards
2001 · Self - Presenter
The West Wing
1999 · Cathy
Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane
1999 · Dinah
Providence
1999 · Rebecca 'Becka' Taylor
Charmed
1998 · Maggie Murphy
That '70s Show
1998 · Kat Peterson
The View
1997 · Self
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 · Cousin Beth
King of the Hill
1997 · Misty (voice), Merilynn / Sunshine (voice), (voice), Dawn's little Musician (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest, Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Self - Presenter
Sesame Street
1969 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
Manchester Prep
Kings of America
· Executive Producer