Amy Adams
She has an unforgettable charm; Her performances are restrained and reflect many human qualities. She is Amy Adams.
Early life
Amy Adams was born in Vicenza, Italy in 1974. Both parents are American. There are six siblings in the family. At the time, her father was stationed with U.S. troops at the Casema Edler military base in Vicenza, Italy. She later settled in Castle Rock, Colorado, when she was 8 years old.
After his father retired from the army, he worked as an performer in nightclubs and restaurants. Adams said going to her father's show and drinking Shaulan Temple at a bar were her fondest childhood memories. Their family was poor at the time, but the family often camped together, hiked together, and performed amateur sketches together, usually written by her father and sometimes by her mother. Adams was passionate about these plays and always played the main role.
After her parents divorced, her father moved to Arizona to remarry while the children remained with their mother. Her mother became a semi-professional bodybuilder, taking her kids to the gym while exercising. Adams compares her unruly early years and her siblings to Lord of the Flies, describing herself as a "combative, strong child" who she says often fights with other children.
Amy Adams
Adams attended Douglas County High School. She was not outstanding academically, but was interested in creating art and joined the school's choir. During this time, she competed in athletics and gymnastics competitions and aspired to become a ballet dancer and apprentice with the local David Taylor Dance Company. She didn't like high school and didn't spend most of her time with people. After graduation, she and her mother moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she did not attend college, which disappointed her parents, who later regretted not continuing her higher education.
At the age of 18, Adams realized she wasn't talented enough to become a professional ballet dancer and found musicals to suit her tastes better. One of her first stage roles was in the community theater production of Annie.
In order to make a living, Adams worked as a volunteer, working as a greeter at a Gap shop and a waiter at a restaurant, but she quit after saving enough money to buy a used car.
Acting career
Cat and Mouse Game, American Hoax, Zach Schneider's Justice League
In 1999, Adams played a supporting role in the film Gentle And Deadly Township, which was her first time in a feature film. After moving to Los Angeles, she made cameo appearances on television and played the role of "mean girls" in small films. Her first major role was in Steven Spielberg's biopic Cat and Mouse Game (2002), in which she played Leonardo DiCaprio, but then she was unemployed for a year. The turning point in her career was playing a talkative pregnant woman in the independent comedy film June Bug (2005).
In the musical fantasy film Enchanted (2007), Adams plays a cheerful princess, her first success as a heroine. She then played roles in a series of films such as Child Abuse (2008). Subsequently, Adams exploded in the sports film The Gladiator (2010) and the psychoficious film The Master (2012).
In 2013, she began playing Louise Lane in superhero movies in the DC Universe. Adams won two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress for playing a charming con artist in the crime film American Hoax (2013) and the painter Margaret Keane in Big Eyes (2014).
She also played linguist in the sci-fi film Arrival (2016), a gallery owner in the thriller Nocturnal Animals (2016), a self-harming journalist in the miniseries Sharp Weapon (2018), and Lynn Cheney in the satirical film Vice President (2018).
Adams' stage roles included the 2012 remake of Into the Forest at the Public Theatre, in which she played the baker's wife.
Personal life
In 2001, Adams met actor and painter Darren Le Gallo in acting class, and a year later they began dating while collaborating on a short film called Penny. Engaged in 2008, she gave birth to a daughter in 2010. Seven years after their engagement, the couple had a secret wedding at a farm near Santa Barbara, California. Adams said in 2016 that she was grateful for the many sacrifices her husband had made in caring for the family. They live in Beverly Hills, California. Adams described her family life as "fairly low-key," saying her daily routine included going to work, taking her daughter to the park, and going on weekly dates with her husband.
Amy Adams