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    Amy Adams

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

    Height
    5' 4" (1.63 m)

    Mini Biography
    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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      [01/06/09] Amy Adams @ 2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards - x3 +7



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      [01/06/09] Amy Adams @ 2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival x5

      PALM SPRINGS, CA - JANUARY 06: Actress Amy Adams arrives at the 20th anniversary of the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala presented by Cartier held at the Palm Springs Convention Center on January 6, 2009 in Palm Springs, California.



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      She looks incredible there!

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      [01/08/09] Amy Adams @ VH1's 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards x14

      SANTA MONICA, CA - JANUARY 08: Actress Amy Adams arrives at VH1's 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on January 8, 2009 in Santa Monica, California



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      Mmmmm! She looks great there!

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      [01/11/09] Amy Adams @ 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards x7

      BEVERLY HILTON, CA - JANUARY 11: Actress Amy Adams arrives at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 11, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California



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      She looks amazing in that dress.

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      [01/14/09] Amy Adams @ 2008 National Board of Review awards gala x20

      NEW YORK - JANUARY 14: Actress Amy Adams attends the 2008 National Board of Review awards gala at Cipriani on January 14, 2009 in New York City.



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      Great shots of her!

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      [01/16/09] Amy Adams @ attends a VIP screening for 'Doubt' x15

      LONDON - JANUARY 16: Amy Adams attends a VIP screening for 'Doubt' at Browns Hotel on January 16, 2009 in London, England



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      Amy Adams - Jeff Vespa Portrait Photoshoot 2005 - x4



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      [01/25/09] Amy Adams @ 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards x16

      LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 25: Actress Amy Adams arrives at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.



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      [01/31/09] Amy Adams @ 61st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards, Arrivals - x3



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      [01/31/09] Amy Adams @ 61st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards x13

      LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 31: Actress Amy Adams arrives at the 61st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on January 31, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.



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