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Amy Adams

Amy Adams

Amy Adams is an Oscar-nominated actress famous for starring in the movies 'Enchanted,' 'Catch Me If You can,' 'Charlie Wilson's War,' and 'The Fighter.'

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About Amy Adams

Known for: Starring in 'Junebug,' 'Doubt,' 'Enchanted,' 'The Fighter,' and playing Lois Lane in 'Superman.'

Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams was born in Vicenza, Italy. Her father served in the US military and later as a professional singer, while her mother was a semi-professional bodybuilder. One of seven children and raised in a Mormon household until the age of 11, Adams participated in her high school's choir and studied as an apprentice at a dance company with the hopes of becoming a ballerina.

After graduating high school, chose to pursue a career in dance in favor of college. However, unable to make it professionally in ballet, Adams enrolled in musical theater productions and found that acting on stage much better suited her upbeat personality which was muted by the necessary discipline and rigors of dance. During this time, however, she worked as a waitress at Hooters, a fact which often accompanied stories about her in the early parts of her career.

Adams then performed for three years with the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, which became her professional home. But while unable to dance with a pulled muscle, Adams auditioned for and landed her first role in a movie, the 1999 comedy 'Drop Dead Gorgeous.' Prompted by her co-star Kirstie Alley to make it as an actress in Hollywood.

Adams appeared in numerous television series, including 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' 'Charmed,' 'That 70's Show,' 'Smallville' and 'The West Wing,' while also appearing in several B movies, such as 'Psycho Beach Party' (2000). In 2002, however, she was cast by Steven Spielberg alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks in 'Catch Me If You Can' as Frank Abiagnale's love interest, Brenda Strong. Though the role boosted Adams' confidence as an actress, Steven Spielberg said that it should have launched her career. Remarkably, Adams remained out of work for the next year.

Adams' big break came in 2005 when she starred in the independent comedy-drama 'Junebug' (2005). For her performance she won a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival and her first Oscar nomination. Following that critical acclaim, Adams starred in the Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly racing comedy 'Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby' (2006), had a recurring role on 'The Office,' and starred in the hit Disney comedy musical 'Enchanted' (2007), in which she portrayed a typically naive and sweet Disney princess who is transported from her perfect 2D animated world to the real world of New York City.

Now certifiably one of the best and freshest new faces in Hollywood, Adams acted in 'Charlie Wilson's War' (2007), 'Sunshine Cleaning' (2008), 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day' (2008), 'Doubt' (2008) for which she earned her second Oscar nomination, 'Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian' (2009), 'Julie & Julia' (2009), and 'The Fighter' (2010) for which she was nominated a third time for an Academy Award, losing to her 'Fighter' co-star Melissa Leo.

In 2001, Amy Adams met actor Darren Le Gallo in acting class. The next year they appeared in the film 'Pennies' together, began dating, and then engaged in 2008. Together, on March 15, 2010 Adams and Le Gallo had their first child, a girl named Aviana Olea Le Gallo.

On March 27, 2010, Warner Bros. and director Zack Snyder announced that Adams will star as Superman's love interest Lois Lane in Snyder's 2012 'Superman' film, alongside Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman.

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