Born in Italy on Aug. 20, 1974, ginger-haired Amy Adams was raised in Castle Rock, Colo., one of seven siblings in a Mormon family. Aside from a brief stint as a Hooters waitress, Adams moved directly into acting after high school, performing in dinner theater.Adams landed her first feature-film part in 1999's Drop Dead Gorgeous and after moving to Los Angeles, appeared in a string of TV shows, including "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "That '70s Show." In 2002, she was cast in Serving Sara and Pumpkin, and she delivered an attention-grabbing performance as Leonardo DiCaprio's naive fiancée in Catch Me If You Can.
Adams's breakthrough came with 2005's Junebug, when her Oscar-nominated turn as a pregnant Southern belle caught the eye of audiences and critics. She received another Academy Award nod in 2009 for Doubt and later earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for her supporting work in The Fighter (2010).
Julie & JuliaThis heartwarming, truth-inspired tale stars Amy Adams as Julie Powell, who decides to spice up her uneventful life by cooking all 524 recipes outlined in Julia Child's culinary classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Read More
Night at the Museum 2In this sequel to the hit comedy, Ben Stiller returns as hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley, who must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close... Read More
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a DayWhen her gruff demeanor costs her yet another nanny position, desperate Guinevere Pettigrew lands a job as the assistant of an aspiring American actress and soon gets swept up in a dizzying world of glamour and high society. Read More
Sunshine CleaningFinancially on shaky ground yet determined to send her son to a top private school, Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) teams up with her unreliable sister, Norah (Emily Blunt), to start a new company that specializes in biohazard removal and crime scene cleanup. Tired of doing all of the work for other... Read More
The Muppets (2011) | PG | |
R | ||
Leap Year (2010) | PG | |
Love & Distrust (2010) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
PG | ||
PG-13 | ||
PG-13 | ||
Sunshine Cleaning (2008) | R | |
R | ||
Enchanted (2007) | PG | |
Underdog (2007) | PG | |
Moonlight Serenade (2006) | PG-13 | |
Talladega Nights (2006) | UR | |
Standing Still (2006) | R | |
Junebug (2005) | R | |
The Wedding Date (2005) | PG-13 | |
NR | ||
The Last Run (2004) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
The Slaughter Rule (2002) | R | |
Pumpkin (2002) | R | |
Serving Sara (2002) | PG-13 | |
Cruel Intentions 2 (2001) | R | |
Psycho Beach Party (2000) | UR | |
PG-13 | ||
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitizer (1989) | NR | |
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