amy adams wiki life and career

Amy Lou Adamsborn August 20, 1974 is an American actress and singer. Adams began her performing career on stage in dinner theaters before making her screen debut in the 1999 black comedy film Drop Dead Gorgeous. After a series of television guest appearances and roles in B movies, she landed the role of Brenda Strong in 2002's Catch Me If You Can, but her breakthrough role was in the 2005 independent film Junebug, playing Ashley Johnsten, for which she received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Adams subsequently starred in Disney's 2007 film Enchanted, a critical and commercial success, and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance as Princess Giselle. She received her second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations the following year for her role as a young nun, Sister James, in Doubt. Though she has appeared in a range of dramatic and comedic roles, Adams has gained a reputation for playing characters with cheerful and sunny dispositions.Adams starred in Sunshine Cleaning with Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin, and the following yeaappeared as Amelia Earhart in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. She appeared in Julie & Julia in 2009 portraying writer Julie Powell followed by Leap Year in 2010. Her recent role as Charlene Fleming in The Fighter earned Adams her third Academy Award nomination, her third Golden Globe Award, second BAFTA Award, and fourth Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
Contents
* 1 Life and career
o 1.1 1974–1994: Early life
o 1.2 1995–2004: Career beginnings
o 1.3 2005–2007: Critical success and breakthrough
o 1.4 2008–present
o 1.5 Personal life
* 2 Filmography
* 3 References
* 4 External links
Life and career
1974–1994: Early life
Adams was born in Vicenza, Italy the fourth of seven children of American parents Kathryn née Hicken and Richard Adams She has four brothers and two sisters Her father, a US serviceman, was stationed at Caserma Ederle at the time of her birthand took the family from base to base before settling in Castle Rock, Colorado, when she was eight or nine years old Thereafter, her father sang professionally in restaurants, while her mother was a semi-professional bodybuilder.Adams was raised as a Mormon, although her family left the church after her parents' divorce when she was 11 years old] She said her religious upbringing "... instilled in me a value system I still hold true. The basic 'Do unto others...', that was what was hammered into me. And love."
Throughout her years at Douglas County High School, she sang in the school choir and trained as an apprentice at a local dance company with ambitions of becoming a ballerina Her parents had hoped that she would continue her athletic training, which she gave up to pursue dance, as it would have given her a chance to obtain a college scholarship. Adams later reflected on her decision not to go to college: "I wasn't one of those people who enjoyed being in school. I regret not getting an education, though.After graduating from high school, she moved to Atlanta with her mother.Deciding that she was not gifted enough to be a professional ballerina, she entered musical theater, which she found was "much better suited to personality Upon turning 18, Adams supported herself by working as a greeter at a Gap store while performing in community theater.For a few weeks after graduating high school she took her first full-time job as a hostess at Hooters, a fact that became her "entire press career" for a while. Adams left the job three weeks later after having saved enough money to buy her first car. She admittedthere was definitely an innocence to my interpretation of what Hooters was about. Though I did learn, quickly, that short shorts and beer don't mix!