[164][165][166] The magazine featured her on its annual Celebrity 100 list in 2014, and also ranked her among the most powerful actresses in the business. Directed by David O. Russell, the film tells the story of boxer half-brothers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund (played by Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, respectively); Melissa Leo played their mother and Adams portrayed Ward's aggressive girlfriend, a barmaid named Charlene Fleming. [31] She connected with Johnsten's faith in God and spent time with Morrison in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where the film is set, attending church. [15][16] Nonetheless, the grueling work took its toll on her: "I had a lot of recurring injuries—bursitis in my knees, pulled muscles in my groin, my adductor and abductor. [104] She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical and received her fifth Oscar nomination (her first for Best Actress). Get An Epic Flick Movie Rental. In 2012, she won a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress in “The Master.” She received an International Online Film Critics’ Poll Award that same year for the same film. [48], Following the success of Enchanted, Adams took on the part of Bonnie Bach, Congressman Charlie Wilson's assistant in Mike Nichols' political comedy-drama Charlie Wilson's War (2007), starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. "[144] Multiple outlets criticized the film for not giving Adams' character enough scenes to develop. Awards; Date of Birth: Aug 20, ... News Briefs: First Look at Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner in Sci-fi Movie 'Arrival' News Briefs: Amy Adams Heads to TV for Thriller by 'Gone Girl' Author. [63][73] The role marked a significant departure for her, and she was challenged by Russell's insistence on finding her character's strength in silence. I only knew I kept getting called in and lectured about my lack of professionalism. [6] She was named one of the most beautiful people in America by Elle in 2011, and several publications have featured her red carpet appearances in their listings of best-dressed celebrities. [182] Variety honored her for her work with them in 2010. According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes and the box-office site Box Office Mojo, Adams's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films are Catch Me If You Can (2002), Junebug (2005), Enchanted (2007), Doubt (2008), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), Julie & Julia (2009), The Fighter (2010), The Muppets (2011), The Master (2012), Man of Steel (2013), Her (2013), American Hustle (2013), Big Eyes (2014), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Arrival (2016), Noc… Amy Lou Adams was born on August 20, 1974, to American parents Richard and Kathryn Adams, when her father was stationed with the United States Army at the Caserma Ederle military complex in Vicenza, Italy. She served as an executive producer and starred as Camille Preaker, a self-harming reporter who returns to her hometown to cover the murder of two young girls. This Article is related to: Awards and tagged Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Oscars, Vice. Club wrote that Adams plays her "alpha-bitch role with vicious glee largely missing from Sarah Michelle Gellar's sterile take on the character". [118] Stephanie Zacharek of Time magazine found the film visually arresting, yet thematically weak, but commended Adams and Gyllenhaal for making their characters' pain seem genuine. News Briefs: First Look at Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner in Sci-fi Movie 'Arrival', News Briefs: Amy Adams Heads to TV for Thriller by 'Gone Girl' Author. Adams found little resemblance between herself and the "poised" and "aloof" Susan, and modeled the character's personality on that of Ford. [187], According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes and the box-office site Box Office Mojo, Adams's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films are Catch Me If You Can (2002), Junebug (2005), Enchanted (2007), Doubt (2008), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), Julie & Julia (2009), The Fighter (2010), The Muppets (2011), The Master (2012), Man of Steel (2013), Her (2013), American Hustle (2013), Big Eyes (2014), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Arrival (2016), Nocturnal Animals (2016), and Justice League (2017). [1][2] She is the middle of seven children, with four brothers and two sisters. Instead of a live ceremony, the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2021 arrive with a reimagined special. [6][181], Having experienced difficulty in her early years in the film industry, Adams works closely with underprivileged students at New York City's Ghetto Film School. [6] Adams has joined other actors in calling for equal pay for women in the film industry, but she finds that actresses are too often asked to explain the gender pay gap and feels the questions should be directed instead to producers. [43] The critic Roger Ebert commended Adams for being "fresh and winning" in a role that "absolutely depends on effortless lovability", and Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe wrote that she "demonstrates a real performer's ingenuity for comic timing and physical eloquence". Variety breaks down the biggest snubs and surprises of the 27th Annual SAG Awards nominations. [83] She agreed to the month-long production to "take on a challenge that seemed insurmountable", though she was overwhelmed and intimidated by it. [20] Adams later said that a controversial scene in which her character encourages a girl to masturbate on a horse was the primary reason for its cancellation. [67] That same year, Adams starred in the comedy-drama Julie & Julia as disgruntled government secretary Julie Powell who decides to blog about the recipes in Julia Child's cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking; in a parallel storyline, Meryl Streep portrays Child. Behind the Scenes: 'Chaos Walking' Visual Effects, This Week in Movie News: Adam Wingard to Direct âThunderCats,â Anthony Ramos to Star in âTransformersâ and More, Godzilla vs. Kong: 12 Fun Facts From The Set, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [130][131] Adams gained weight for the part and, on days of filming, underwent three hours of prosthetic makeup to create her character's scarred body. Top 6 SAG Awards film nomination surprises include Amy Adams, ‘Minari,’ Jared Leto (again!) It was her New York stage debut and her first theater appearance in 13 years. [100] Adams next featured in Her, a drama from writer-director Spike Jonze about a lonely man (Joaquin Phoenix) who falls in love with an artificial intelligence (voiced by Scarlett Johansson); Adams played his close friend. 'Awards Chatter' Podcast — Amy Adams ('Vice' & 'Sharp Objects') Steve Granitz/WireImage. [55], Adams next starred in Doubt, an adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's play of the same name. Amy Lou Adams was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, to American parents, Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams, a U.S. serviceman who was stationed at Caserma Ederle in Italy at the time. [4][6] Adams has compared her uninhibited early years with her siblings to Lord of the Flies. (Please note: These videos contain flashing images from the start). [73] Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal wrote that she is "as tough, tender, smart, and funny as she was ethereal and delightful in Enchanted. 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