• Amy Adams is an Academy Award-nominated actress who has built her career on playing perky, sweet heroines in a number of popular films. After her Academy Award-nominated breakout role in the independent film Junebug, Adams appeared in the movies Talladega Nights, Standing Still and the Golden Globe nominated Disney film Enchanted. Adams also received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her work in the film Doubt, but the award went to Penelope Cruz for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

  Most recently, Adams starred opposite Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and opposite Meryl Streep in Julie and Julia, written and directed by Nora Ephron.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: August 20, 1974
  2. Born in Vincenza, Italy
  3. Hometown: Castle Rock, Colorado
  4. Has six siblings
  5. Attended Douglas County High School
  6. Raised in the Mormon faith
  7. Childhood aspiration of becoming a ballerina
  8. Nominated for Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Junebug
  9. First movie: Drop Dead Gorgeous
  10. Engaged to Darren LegalloI'm Not Obsessed: Amy Adams & Fiance Darren Legallo At Barney's (December 30, 2008)
  11. Nominated for Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Doubt"

• Notable Roles

  • 1999: Drop Dead Gorgeous
  • 2002: Catch Me If You Can
  • 2005: Junebug
  • 2006: Talladega Nights
  • 2007: Enchanted
  • 2008: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

• Amy Adams Quotes

  "I don't know if it's the nomination or the attention that it brought to Junebug, but it also I think brought people's attention to my previous work. I got a long time without people making the connection to all my different films and all my different acting things so I think it's the firs time where I was really identified. I think it absolutely has brought amazing opportunities and introduced me to so many people and it was just a really wonderful experience."Dark Horizons: Interview with Amy Adams (November 21, 2007)

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