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==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
===Early & personal life===
Adams was born in [[Vicenza|Vicenza, Italy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2006/01/transcript_our_.html |title=Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil: Transcript of our chat with critics' award winner Amy Adams |accessdate=2007-08-28 |format= |work=The Los Angeles Times }}</ref> to American parents Kathryn and Richard Adams, a U.S. serviceman stationed in Italy. She was raised as one of seven children in a [[Latter Day Saint|Mormon]] family in [[Castle Rock, Colorado|Castle Rock]], [[Colorado]] and attended [[Douglas County High School (Castle Rock, Colorado)|Douglas County High School]]. While working at the famous [[dinner theater]] in [[Chanhassen, Minnesota]], she was discovered by a movie producer. Shortly after she was cast in her first comedic role in the 1999 satire ''[[Drop Dead Gorgeous (film)|Drop Dead Gorgeous]]''.
Adams was born in [[Vicenza|Vicenza, Italy]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2006/01/transcript_our_.html |title=Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil: Transcript of our chat with critics' award winner Amy Adams |accessdate=2007-08-28 |format= |work=The Los Angeles Times }}</ref> the daughter of American parents Kathryn and Richard Adams, who was a U.S. serviceman stationed in Italy. She grew up as one of seven children in [[Castle Rock, Colorado|Castle Rock]], [[Colorado]] and attended [[Douglas County High School (Castle Rock, Colorado)|Douglas County High School]]. Adams was raised in the [[Latter Day Saint|Mormon]] religion, although her family left the church after Adams's parents divorced when she was eleven.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Killian|coauthors=|title=Amy's fairytale of New York|pages=|publisher=The Observer|date=[[2007-11-18]]|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2212691,00.html|accessdate=2007-11-22}}</ref><ref name="nytimes07">{{cite news|last=Rochlyn|first=Margy|coauthors=|title=A Disney Princess, Not Winking but Floating|pages=|publisher=New York Times|date=[[2007-11-04]]|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/movies/moviesspecial/04roch.html?ref=arts|accessdate=2007-11-22}}</ref> While working at the famous [[dinner theater]] in [[Chanhassen, Minnesota]], she was discovered by a movie producer. Shortly after she was cast in her first comedic role in the 1999 satire ''[[Drop Dead Gorgeous (film)|Drop Dead Gorgeous]]''.

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Adams has dated actor [[Darren LeGallo]] for three and a half years.<ref>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1168363,00.html</ref>


===Career===
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In 2007, Adams appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures fantasy animated/live action film ''[[Enchanted (2007 film)|Enchanted]]'', released on November 21. The film is about a princess going from cartoon to real life New York City, and co-stars [[Patrick Dempsey]], [[Susan Sarandon]] and [[James Marsden]]. Having finished filming ''[[Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day]]'' in [[London]] she is currently filming an adaptation of the [[John Patrick Shanley]] play 'Doubt'.
In 2007, Adams appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures fantasy animated/live action film ''[[Enchanted (2007 film)|Enchanted]]'', released on November 21. The film is about a princess going from cartoon to real life New York City, and co-stars [[Patrick Dempsey]], [[Susan Sarandon]] and [[James Marsden]]. Having finished filming ''[[Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day]]'' in [[London]] she is currently filming an adaptation of the [[John Patrick Shanley]] play 'Doubt'.

===Personal life===
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Adams has dated actor [[Darren LeGallo]] for three and a half years.<ref>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1168363,00.html</ref>


==Filmography==
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Amy Adams
Born
Amy Lou Adams

Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress.

Biography

Early & personal life

Adams was born in Vicenza, Italy,[1] the daughter of American parents Kathryn and Richard Adams, who was a U.S. serviceman stationed in Italy. She grew up as one of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado and attended Douglas County High School. Adams was raised in the Mormon religion, although her family left the church after Adams's parents divorced when she was eleven.[2][3] While working at the famous dinner theater in Chanhassen, Minnesota, she was discovered by a movie producer. Shortly after she was cast in her first comedic role in the 1999 satire Drop Dead Gorgeous.

Adams has dated actor Darren LeGallo for three and a half years.[4]

Career

Having appeared in the films Cruel Intentions 2 (2000), Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Talladega Nights (2006), Adams has also guest-starred in such television shows as The Office, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, The West Wing, Dr. Vegas and Smallville. She has also done small films such as Psycho Beach Party.

She received critical acclaim for her role in the 2005 film Junebug. Among the awards she has won for the role are the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, the National Society of Film Critics award for "Best Supporting Actress" and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. She was also nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture and, in January 2006, Adams was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role. The Academy invited Adams to become a member in 2006.[5]

In 2007, Adams appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures fantasy animated/live action film Enchanted, released on November 21. The film is about a princess going from cartoon to real life New York City, and co-stars Patrick Dempsey, Susan Sarandon and James Marsden. Having finished filming Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day in London she is currently filming an adaptation of the John Patrick Shanley play 'Doubt'.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil: Transcript of our chat with critics' award winner Amy Adams". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
  2. ^ Fox, Killian (2007-11-18). "Amy's fairytale of New York". The Observer. Retrieved 2007-11-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Rochlyn, Margy (2007-11-04). "A Disney Princess, Not Winking but Floating". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-11-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1168363,00.html
  5. ^ http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2006/06.07.01a.html

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amy_Adams_%28actress%29&diff=173060851&oldid=173008651

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