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    Amy Adams

    Date of Birth
    20 August 1974, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy

    Height
    5' 4" (1.63 m)

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    Amy Lou Adams was born in Italy, to American parents Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams, while her father was a U.S. serviceman. She was raised in a Mormon family of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado.

    Adams sang in the school choir at Douglas County High School and was an apprentice dancer at a local dance company, with the ambition of becoming a ballerina. However, she worked as a greeter at The Gap and as a Hooters hostess to support herself before finding work as a dancer at Boulder's Dinner Theatre and Country Dinner Playhouse in such productions as "Brigadoon" and "A Chorus Line". It was there that she was spotted by a Minneapolis dinner-theater director who asked her to move to Chanhassen, Minnesota for more regional dinner theater work.

    Nursing a pulled muscle that kept her from dancing, she was free to audition for a part in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), which was filming nearby in Minnesota. During the filming, Kirstie Alley encouraged her to move to Los Angeles, where she soon won a part in the Fox television version of the film, Cruel Intentions (1999), in the part played in the film by Sarah Michelle Gellar, "Kathryn Merteuil". Although three episodes were filmed, the troubled series never aired. Instead, parts of the episodes were cobbled together and released as the direct-to-video Cruel Intentions 2 (2000). After more failed television spots, she landed a major role in Catch Me If You Can (2002), playing opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. But this did not provide the break-through she might have hoped for, with no work being offered for about a year. She eventually returned to television, and joined the short-lived series, Dr. Vegas (2004).

    Her role in the low-budget independent film Junebug (2005) (which was shot in 21 days) got her real attention, including an Academy award nomination for Best Supporting Actress as well as other awards. The following year, her ability to look like a wide-eyed Disney animated heroine helped her to be chosen from about 300 actresses auditioning for the role of "Giselle" in the animated/live-action feature film, Enchanted (2007), which would prove to be her major break-through role. Her vivacious yet innocent portrayal allowed her to use her singing and dancing talents. Her performance garnered a Golden Globe award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

    Adams next appeared in the major production, Charlie Wilson's War (2007), and went on to act in the independent film, Sunshine Cleaning (2008), which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Her role as "Sister James" in Doubt (2008) brought her a second Academy award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild award, and a British Academy Film award. She appeared as Amelia Earhart in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) and as a post-9/11 hot line counselor, aspiring writer, amateur cook and blogger in Julie & Julia (2009). More recently, she starred with Jason Segel in The Muppets (2011) and alongside Clint Eastwood in Trouble with the Curve (2012).
     

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      [02/02/09] Amy Adams @ 2009 Oscar Nominees Luncheon x14

      BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 02: Actress Amy Adams attends the 2009 Oscar Nominees Luncheon held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 2, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California.



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      Thx for Amy!

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      [02/07/09] Amy Adams @ The Orange British Academy Film Awards Nominees Party x6

      LONDON - FEBRUARY 07: Actress Amy Adams attends The Orange British Academy Film Awards Nominees Party hosted by Asprey, on February 7, 2009 in London, England.



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      [02/21/09] Amy Adams @ Disney and Miramax Oscar Nominees x3

      WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 21: Actress Amy Adams arrives to the Disney and Miramax Oscar Nominees Celebration held at The London Hotel on February 21, 2009 in West Hollywood, California



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      She looks incredible there!

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      [02/22/09] Amy Adams @ 81st Annual Academy Awards x14

      LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Actress Amy Adams arrives at the 81st Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on February 22, 2009 in Los Angeles, California



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      [03/09/09] Amy Adams @ screening of 'Sunshine Cleaning' x7

      LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 09: Actress Amy Adams arrives at the Overture Film's screening of 'Sunshine Cleaning' held at Pacific Theaters at The Grove on March 9, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.



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