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'''Amy Lou Adams'''<ref name="OSE-2007dec16">{{cite news |first=Nancy |last=Van Valkenburg |title=Adams' family awed by accolades |url=http://www.standard.net/live/features/121037/ |work=Ogden Standard-Examiner |date=December 16, 2007 |accessdate=December 29, 2008}}</ref> (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress and singer. She has been nominated for five Academy Awards, five Golden Globes (winning one), six Screen Actors Guild Awards (winning one), four BAFTA Awards, and nine BFCA Awards (winning four).
'''Amy Lou Adams'''<ref name="OSE-2007dec16">{{cite news |first=Nancy |last=Van Valkenburg |title=Adams' family awed by accolades |url=http://www.standard.net/live/features/121037/ |work=Ogden Standard-Examiner |date=December 16, 2007 |accessdate=December 29, 2008}}</ref> (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress and singer. She has been nominated for five Academy Awards, five Golden Globes (winning one), six Screen Actors Guild Awards (winning one), four BAFTA Awards, and nine BFCA Awards (winning four).


Adams was born to American parents in [[Vicenza]], Italy, and began her performing career on stage in [[dinner theater]]s, before making her screen debut in the 1999 [[black comedy]] film ''[[Drop Dead Gorgeous (film)|Drop Dead Gorgeous]]''. After a series of television guest appearances and roles in [[B movie]]s, she was cast in the role of Brenda Strong in 2002's ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'', but her breakthrough role was in the 2005 independent film ''[[Junebug (film)|Junebug]]'', playing Ashley Johnsten, for which she received critical acclaim and an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]. Adams subsequently starred in [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]'s 2007 film ''[[Enchanted (film)|Enchanted]]'', a critical and commercial success, and received a [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination for her performance as Giselle. She received her second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations the following year for her role as a young nun in ''[[Doubt (2008 film)|Doubt]]''.
Adams was born to American parents in [[Vicenza]], Italy, and began her performing career on stage in [[dinner theater]]s, before making her screen debut in the 1999 [[black comedy]] film ''[[Drop Dead Gorgeous (film)|Drop Dead Gorgeous]]''. After a series of television guest appearances and roles in [[B movie]]s, she was cast in the role of Brenda Strong in 2002's ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'', but her breakthrough role was in the 2005 independent film ''[http://www.gossiphitzlanka.com/index.php?cato=1/kkk|''Junebug'' ]'', playing Ashley Johnsten, for which she received critical acclaim and an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]. Adams subsequently starred in [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]'s 2007 film ''[[Enchanted (film)|Enchanted]]'', a critical and commercial success, and received a [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination for her performance as Giselle. She received her second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations the following year for her role as a young nun in ''[[Doubt (2008 film)|Doubt]]''.


In 2009, Adams portrayed [[Amelia Earhart]] in the highly successful adventure film ''[[Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian]]'', and starred as writer [[Julie Powell]] in the comedy-drama film ''[[Julie & Julia]]''. She received two more Golden Globes, BAFTA, and Academy Award nominations for her roles in the 2010 sports drama ''[[The Fighter (2010 film)|The Fighter]]'' and the 2012 psychological drama ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]''. Adams achieved further success in 2013 for portraying [[Lois Lane]] in the [[Superman]] movie ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'' and a con artist in ''[[American Hustle (2013 film)|American Hustle]]''; the latter earned her the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy]] and her fifth Academy Award nomination, this time for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]].
In 2009, Adams portrayed [[Amelia Earhart]] in the highly successful adventure film ''[[Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian]]'', and starred as writer [[Julie Powell]] in the comedy-drama film ''[[Julie & Julia]]''. She received two more Golden Globes, BAFTA, and Academy Award nominations for her roles in the 2010 sports drama ''[[The Fighter (2010 film)|The Fighter]]'' and the 2012 psychological drama ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]''. Adams achieved further success in 2013 for portraying [[Lois Lane]] in the [[Superman]] movie ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'' and a con artist in ''[[American Hustle (2013 film)|American Hustle]]''; the latter earned her the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy]] and her fifth Academy Award nomination, this time for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]].

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For other people named Amy Adams, see Amy Adams (disambiguation).

Amy Adams
File:Amy Adams cropped.jpg
Adams at the premiere of Her, 2013 New York Film Festival
Born
Amy Lou Adams

(1974-08-20) August 20, 1974 (age 49)
Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1995–present
Children1

Template:Amy Adams sidebar Amy Lou Adams[1] (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress and singer. She has been nominated for five Academy Awards, five Golden Globes (winning one), six Screen Actors Guild Awards (winning one), four BAFTA Awards, and nine BFCA Awards (winning four).

Adams was born to American parents in Vicenza, Italy, and 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 was cast in 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 Giselle. She received her second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations the following year for her role as a young nun in Doubt.

In 2009, Adams portrayed Amelia Earhart in the highly successful adventure film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, and starred as writer Julie Powell in the comedy-drama film Julie & Julia. She received two more Golden Globes, BAFTA, and Academy Award nominations for her roles in the 2010 sports drama The Fighter and the 2012 psychological drama The Master. Adams achieved further success in 2013 for portraying Lois Lane in the Superman movie Man of Steel and a con artist in American Hustle; the latter earned her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and her fifth Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress.

Early life

Adams was born in Vicenza, Veneto Region, Italy,[2] the fourth of seven children of American parents Richard Kent and Kathryn (née Hicken) Adams.[1] She has four brothers and two sisters.[3] Her father was a U.S. serviceman stationed at Caserma Ederle at the time of her birth,[4] and took the entire family from base to base, before settling in Castle Rock, Colorado, when Adams was eight years old.[5] Thereafter, her father sang professionally in restaurants and her mother was a semi-professional bodybuilder.[5][6] Adams was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but her family left the Mormon church after her parents' divorce in 1985.[7] Adams 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."[8]

Throughout her years at Douglas County High School, Adams sang in the school choir[9] and trained as an apprentice at a local dance company with ambitions of becoming a ballerina.[10] 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."[11] After graduating from high school, she moved to Atlanta with her mother.[5] Deciding that she was not gifted enough to be a professional ballerina, she entered musical theater, which she found was "much better suited to [her] personality".[8] She said that ballet was "too disciplined and too restrained and I was always told off in the chorus lines"[12] and her body at the time was "just wrecked from dancing all these years."[8] Upon turning 18, Adams supported herself by working as a greeter at a Gap store while performing in community theater.[10] For a few weeks after graduating high school,[13] she took her first full-time job as a hostess at Hooters, a fact that became her "entire press career" for a while.[14] Adams left the job three weeks later after having saved enough money to buy her first car. She admitted: "... there 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!"[5]

Career

1995–2004: Early work

Adams began working professionally as a dancer at Boulder's Dinner Theatre and Country Dinner Playhouse and Heritage Square Music Hall. There, she was spotted by a Minneapolis dinner theater director, Michael Brindisi, in 1995.[15] Adams relocated to Chanhassen, Minnesota, and worked at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres for the next three years. While she was off work nursing a pulled muscle, she auditioned for the satirical 1999 comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous, which was being filmed in Minnesota, and was cast in her first film role. Persuaded by her Drop Dead Gorgeous co-star Kirstie Alley, Adams moved to Los Angeles, California, in January 1999.[6][15] Describing her first year there as her "dark year" and "bleak",[8] she recalled that she would "pine for that time" at Chanhassen because she "really loved that security and schedule", and said, "The people I worked with there were also a great family to me."[16] Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, she was cast in Fox Network's television series spin-off of Cruel Intentions, Manchester Prep, in the role of Kathryn Merteuil. The series did not live up to the network's expectations and following numerous script revisions and two production shutdowns, it was canceled.[17] The filmed episodes were then re-edited to be released as the direct-to-video film, Cruel Intentions 2.

From 2000 to 2002, Adams appeared in a series of small films like Psycho Beach Party while guest-starring on television series such as That '70s Show, Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville and The West Wing. She then appeared in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can as Brenda Strong, a nurse with whom Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) falls in love. It was, in Spielberg's words, "the part that should have launched her career" but she was unemployed for a year after that.[3][18] However, Adams said, "It was the first time I knew I could act at that level with those people. To be believed in by Steven Spielberg... it was a huge confidence booster."[19] In 2004, she starred in The Last Run as well as voicing characters on the animated television series King of the Hill. She was also cast as a regular in the television series, Dr. Vegas, in the role of Alice Doherty but was later fired after a contract dispute.[20]

2005–2007: Critical success and breakthrough acting roles

Prior to leaving Dr. Vegas, she had received the script for the low-budget independent film Junebug and auditioned for the role of Ashley Johnsten, a young, cheerful and talkative pregnant woman.[5] Director Phil Morrison explains his decision to cast Adams: "Lots of people looked at Ashley and thought, 'What's the sorrow she's masking?' To me, the fact that Amy didn't approach it from the angle of 'What's she covering up?' was key."[21] The film was shot in 21 days in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[22] During that time, Adams turned 30 and was worried about her film career: "I thought maybe I should move to New York, maybe I should do something else. It wasn't that I was quitting or making a dramatic statement. It was more like maybe this just wasn't a good fit."[23] On the experience of making Junebug, Adams said, "It was really empowering. At the end of the summer I was unemployed but I was happy and I was proud. I was like, you know what, I'm done with being pushed around."[22] Junebug premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival with Adams winning a Special Jury Prize for her performance.[24]

After the theatrical release of The Wedding Date, in which Adams appeared alongside Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney, Junebug was released in theaters by Sony Pictures Classics. Adams earned critical accolades for her work in Junebug; Carina Chocano of Los Angeles Times noted, "Adams' performance in a role that could have easily devolved into caricature is complex and nuanced."[25] Joe Leydon of Variety commented, "Partly due to her character's generosity of spirit, but mostly due to her own charisma, Adams dominates pic with her appealing portrayal of a nonjudgmental optimist savvy enough to recognize the shortcomings of others, but sweet enough to offer encouragement, not condemnation".[26] She received several awards for Best Supporting Actress including the National Society of Film Critics award and the Independent Spirit Award. She was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited Adams to become a member in 2006.[27]

Casual head shot of blue-eyed young woman with long reddish-blond hair pulled back.
Adams on the set of Enchanted (2007)

Although Junebug had a limited audience, Adams' critically acclaimed performance in the film helped to increase interest in her acting career. Adams went on to appear in films like Standing Still and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and played the recurring guest role of Katy on the television series The Office. After providing the voice for Polly Purebred in Walt Disney Pictures' Underdog, Adams starred in Disney's 2007 big-budget animated/live-action feature film, Enchanted. The film, which co-stars Patrick Dempsey, Idina Menzel, Susan Sarandon and James Marsden, revolves around Giselle, who is forced from her hand-drawn animated world to real-life New York City. Adams was amongst 300 or so actresses who auditioned for the role of Giselle,[28] but she stood out to director Kevin Lima because her "commitment to the character, her ability to escape into the character's being without ever judging the character was overwhelming."[29]

Enchanted was a commercial success, grossing more than $340 million worldwide.[30] Her performance was well received by critics, with Todd McCarthy of Variety describing Enchanted as a star-making vehicle for Adams the way Mary Poppins was for Julie Andrews.[31] Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times commented that Adams was "fresh and winning,"[32] while Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe stated that she "demonstrates a real performer's ingenuity for comic timing and physical eloquence."[33] Adams garnered a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, a Critics' Choice Award nomination for Best Actress, and the Saturn Award for Best Actress. Three of the film's songs were nominated for Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards. Adams performed one of the songs, "Happy Working Song", live on stage during the Oscar ceremony. "That's How You Know", originally performed by Adams in the film, was sung by Kristin Chenoweth at the ceremony. In an interview, Adams remarked that the song was "perfect" for Chenoweth since Chenoweth "was a huge inspiration for how [she] approached Giselle."[19]

The success of Enchanted increased Adams' media exposure during the 2007–08 film awards season. As well as appearing on the covers of Interview, Elle and the Hollywood issue of Vanity Fair, which named her as one of the "10 fresh faces of 2008,"[34] Adams hosted the seventh episode of the 33rd season of Saturday Night Live in March 2008. In the episode, she played various characters, including Heidi Klum, as well as singing "What is this Feeling" from Wicked in a mock battle with SNL cast member Kristen Wiig during the opening monologue.

Adams appeared in Charlie Wilson's War, co-starring with Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Adams portrayed Bonnie Bach, the title character's administrative assistant. On the experience of making the film, Adams said, "It was so much fun. Just to be on that set and learn from these people and get to watch Philip Seymour Hoffman and Tom Hanks do these amazing scenes together, directed by Mike Nichols, it was for me like going to school."[35]

Adams' next project was Sunshine Cleaning playing a single mother who starts her own crime scene clean-up business in order to make enough money to send her son to a private school. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and received mixed reviews.[36] When it received a limited theatrical release in March 2009, it was generally well received.[37] Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle gave the film a positive review, saying: "The play of emotion on Amy Adams' face is the main reason to see Sunshine Cleaning."[38]

2008–present

Her first theatrically released film of 2008 was the 1939-set film Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, in which she plays Delysia Lafosse, an aspiring American actress living in London whose life is changed after meeting a governess named Miss Pettigrew, played by Frances McDormand. While the film received generally favorable reviews,[39] Adams' role was noted to be similar to her joyful and naïve characters in Junebug and Enchanted. Carina Chocano of the Los Angeles Times stated that "Adams is amazingly adept at playing smart playing dumb".[40] Similarly, Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "Adams more or less reprises her princess from Enchanted, only with a beguiling touch of ditzy naughtiness".[41] When asked whether she is in danger of being typecast, Adams responded, "Not at this point... Right now I'm just doing what I enjoy and I've done some different films, I've done some different types of roles. I've done drama this year, we had a film at Sundance (Sunshine Cleaning), but I enjoy playing upbeat characters, I really do because you take your characters home with you whether you intend to or not."[42] In another interview, Adams said, "I think I just respond to those kinds of characters... They're so layered, and I love the fact that they've made this choice to be joyful... I really identify with that sense of hope."[43] She also noted that before dyeing her naturally blonde hair red, she mostly played the role of "the bitchy girl".[44]

Adams at the premiere of Man of Steel

In late 2008, Adams starred in Doubt, an adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's play of the same name, as the young and innocent Sister James alongside Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Viola Davis. After being informed of the project by her Sunshine Cleaning co-star, Emily Blunt, Adams pursued the role of Sister James but was told that it had already been offered to another actor.[45] Shanley eventually cast Adams in the role because "she's got this Ingrid Bergman thing going on, this luminosity. You see a good person struggling in this complicated world. She's fiercely intelligent but has this peculiar innocence about her. She has a beautiful face of light."[46] On acting alongside Streep and Hoffman, Adams revealed that there was "a sense of uncertainty, a sense of doubt, a sense of wanting to please these amazing actors".[47] The film was well received by critics, while Adams' role was noted to be the "least-showy" among the four major parts.[48] Though her performance was criticized by Manohla Dargis of The New York Times as "unsteady",[49] Todd McCarthy of Variety commented that "Adams does all anyone could with the role of a nice young nun."[50] Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "Adams provides one of the film's singular advantages. She takes the role of Sister James, which onstage seemed little more than a sounding board for Sister Aloysius, and turns the young nun into someone quite specific and lovely."[51] Adams was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 81st Academy Awards, the 66th Golden Globe Awards, the 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the 62nd British Academy Film Awards.

Adams' next role was as Amelia Earhart in Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian, opposite Ben Stiller. The film premiered over the 2009 Memorial Day weekend and topped the U.S. box office with a gross of $15.3 million on its first day, beating Terminator Salvation.[52] Although the film received "mixed or average reviews", Adams' performance was praised by most critics.[53] Among those to give it a positive review, Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune thought that the film "radically improves whenever Amy Adams pops up as aviatrix Amelia Earhart... she's terrific —a sparkling screen presence"; and Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Battle of the Smithsonian has plenty of life. But it's Adams who gives it zing."[54][55] On the other hand, Ty Burr of The Boston Globe disliked the film, describing Adams' Earhart as "a flighty pill with no resemblance to the woman herself".[56] While Lael Loewenstein of Variety thought Adams was "trying a bit too hard", Roger Ebert commented that she was the only actor who surpassed the material.[57][58] The film's director, Shawn Levy, says of her: "I don't know that there's a better actress in her generation... I mean, there are other big female actors, but someone who can do Doubt and Julie & Julia, and Night at the Museum 2, all in the same year? Her range is almost unparalleled. It's a huge part of why we feel that this movie is even better than the first."[59] That same year Adams starred in Julie & Julia alongside her Doubt co-star Meryl Streep as Julia Child, with Adams as government secretary Julie Powell, who decides to cook all of the recipes in Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

Casual photo of a young woman sitting between two men in director chairs. The woman is wearing a black, sleeveless dress and is intently listening to one of the men, Ben Stiller, talk into a microphone.
Adams with Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller while promoting Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian in May 2009

In 2010, Adams began the new decade with roles in two films: the romantic comedy Leap Year and The Fighter, in which she portrayed Charlene Fleming, the aggressive and gritty girlfriend of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward. The Best Picture nominated-film received critical praise for its actors in which Adams starred alongside Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo. Adams later said about being cast in The Fighter that the director, David O. Russell, said "'Oh you are so not a princess type – we'll have to do something about that! I just want to expose that side of you, and give you the opportunity to shed the whole princess thing, because that isn't who you are – it's just one aspect of the work you've done."[60] Adams received acclaim for her work. Joe Morgenstern of Wall Street Journal wrote that she's "as tough, tender, smart and funny as she was ethereal and delightful in Enchanted. What an actress, and what range!"[61] For her role in The Fighter, Adams was nominated for the BAFTA Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress losing the latter three awards to her co-star Leo. In 2011, she again worked with Disney, starring in the acclaimed film The Muppets alongside Jason Segel and The Muppets;[62] in the film, she returned to singing.

Adams at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 2012

In July 2012, Adams played the role of the Baker's Wife in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods at the The Public Theater as part of their annual Shakespeare in the Park summer festival at their outdoor home, The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, marking her New York Stage debut and her first appearance in theater in 13 years.[63] Adams received some of the best reviews of her career for her performance in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master. In the film, Adams plays Peggy Dodd, the ruthless and manipulative wife of a religious organization leader played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that she "deserves serious award attention for the subtle authority she brings to this so-called dutiful wife".[64] She was nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and BAFTA Award for this role. Adams also starred as the daughter of Clint Eastwood's character in the baseball drama Trouble with the Curve. Whilst the film itself received mixed reviews, Adams' performance was praised by critics.[65] Roger Ebert wrote that she "takes a standard role and makes us value it."[66] Adams also stars in Walter Salles' film On the Road opposite Viggo Mortensen. The film is an adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel of the same name. In the film, Adams plays Jane Lee, a junkie and beat poet based on Joan Vollmer. The film debuted in Cannes to mixed reviews.

Adams portrayed Lois Lane, opposite Henry Cavill as Superman, in the 2013 comic book reboot film, Man of Steel. Director Zack Snyder said in statement, "We are excited to announce the casting of Amy Adams, one of the most versatile and respected actresses in films today. Amy has the talent to capture all of the qualities we love about Lois: smart, tough, funny, warm, ambitious and, of course, beautiful." Adams had previously worked in Superman-related media in 2001 on the series Smallville.[67] Also in 2013, Adams starred alongside Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Lawrence in the film, American Hustle, directed by David O. Russell. In the film, she played the character of Sydney Prosser, a former stripper and a con artist who creates the fake persona of a British heiress named Lady Edith Greensley. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said that "And Adams, decked out in boob-baring Seventies fashions, owns the role. Whether putting on a Brit accent to fool a mark or showing the emotional toll of trying to fool herself, Adams scores a knockout. With four supporting-Oscar nominations (Junebug, Doubt, The Fighter, The Master), Adams fully earns the spotlight she inhabits here."[68] She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and the BFCA award for Best Comedy Actress and received Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for the role as well. Adams also appeared in Spike Jonze's critically acclaimed film, Her.[69]

Her upcoming projects include Tim Burton's Big Eyes in which she will play artist Margaret Keane alongside Christoph Waltz and an adaptation of Steve Martin's novella Object of Beauty, which she will also be producing.[70] Adams will reprise her role as Lois Lane for the sequel to Man of Steel.[71]

Personal life

Adams is currently engaged to actor and artist Darren Le Gallo,[5] whom she met in 2001 in an acting class.[72] In May 2010, Adams gave birth to their daughter Aviana Olea Le Gallo.[73][74]

Filmography

Main article: Amy Adams filmography

Discography

Music
Year Song Soundtrack Label
2007 "True Love's Kiss" Enchanted Walt Disney Records
2007 "Happy Working Song"
2007 "That's How You Know"
2008 "If I Didn't Care" Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Varèse Sarabande
2011 "Life's a Happy Song" The Muppets Walt Disney Records
"Me Party"
"Life's A Happy Song Finale"

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Amy Adams

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