Amy Adams
Milestones
- Birthplace: Vicenza, Italy
- Birthday: August 20, 1975
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2009
Nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (“Doubt”)
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2009
Played a single mother who starts her own crime scene clean-up business in the independent film, "Sunshine Cleaning"
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2009
Portrayed Amelia Earhart in the comedy, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian"
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2009
Portrayed author Julie Powell in Nora Ephron's "Julie & Julia"; screenplay is adapted from Powell's Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen and Julia Child's My Life in France
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2008
Cast as Sister James in the feature adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's play "Doubt"
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2008
Co-starred in the romantic comedy "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day"
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2008
Nominated for the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (“Doubt”)
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2008
Nominated for the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (“Doubt”)
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2007
Cast as a Princess in Disney's modern-day animation and live-action fairy tale, "Enchanted"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
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2007
Cast in "Charlie Wilson's War" as the title character's chief of staff
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2006
Co-starred in the indie comedy "Standing Still"
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2005
Starred in the romantic comedy "The Wedding Date," opposite Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney
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2005
Starred in the southern drama "Junebug"; earned Oscar and SAG nominations for Best Supporting Actress
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2004
Cast in the short-lived medical drama "Dr. Vegas" (CBS)
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2002
Cast opposite Matthew Perry and Elizabeth Hurley in the romantic comedy "Serving Sara"
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2002
Played Leonardo DiCaprio’s dimwitted fiancée, Brenda in "Catch Me if You Can"
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2000
Appeared in the independent comedy "Psycho Beach Party," a spoof of 1960's Beach Party/Gidget surfing movies
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2000
Made guest appearances on "That 70s Show" (FOX) and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (UPN)
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2000
Starred in the direct-to-video feature "Cruel Intentions 2"; originally filmed as a TV spin-off of the hit film "Cruel Intentions," titled "Manchester Prep" that was never aired
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1999
Made feature debut in the satiric comedy "Drop Dead Gorgeous," opposite Denise Richards and Kirsten Dunst
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Discovered by a movie producer, while working at a dinner theater in Chanhassen, Minnesota