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Amy Adams

Amy Adams is known as an American actress. She is most famous for her roles in 'Talladega Nights', 'Enchanted', and 'American Hustle'.

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Background and Age

Amy Lou Adams was born on August 20, 1974, in Vicenza, Italy. She was the fourth of seven children born to Americans Kathryn and Richard Kent Adams. Her father was positioned at Caserma Ederle army installation when she was born. The Adams family, which was Mormon, relocated many times until they settled in Castle Rock, Colorado when Adams was around eight years of age.

Adams sang in the Douglas County High School ensemble and, seeking to turn into a ballet performer, prepared as a student at a neighborhood dance organization. Afterward, she felt that the inflexibility of expressive dance training was not for her, and she started to pursue a career in a musical performance center.

Career and Net Worth

In the mid-1990s, Adams worked as a dancer at various theaters and playhouses in Colorado and Minnesota. Before the decade ended, she handled her first film role in the comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous. In 2007, Adams handled the lead in the dream musical Enchanted, depicting a Disney cartoon songstress who enters the three-dimensional world. The next year she got another Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role as a cloister adherent in 2008's Doubt, co-featuring Meryl Streep.

In 2014, Adams featured in Big Eyes, playing artist Margaret Keane and winning her second Golden Globe for her endeavors. In 2016, Adams got recognition and a Golden Globe nomination for her featuring role in the science fiction blockbuster Arrival, based on a story by Ted Chiang. That same year she featured in the thrill ride Nocturnal Animals, directed by Tom Ford and co-featuring Jake Gyllenhaal. In 2017, she returned as Lois Lane for the superhuman outfit Justice League.

Adams went on to co-produce and star in the Jean-Marc Vallée-directed HBO adaptation of Gillian Flynn's tale Sharp Objects, gaining a Golden Globe for her lead performance in obscurity miniseries. She also earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for her depiction of Lynne Cheney, spouse of former VP Dick Cheney, in Vice.

In September 2019, at the 2019 Emmy Awards show, Amy was nominated for the award, Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie because of her performance in Sharp Objects.

Biography | Marriage, Husband and Kids

Adams started dating actor Darren Le Gallo in 2001. She brought forth their little girl Aviana Olea Le Gallo on May 15, 2010. Adams and Le Gallo tied the know and were married on May 2, 2015


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 20 Aug, 1974
Age: 46 yrs
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Vicenza
residence: Beverly Hills
Education: Douglas County High School
Gender: Female
Description: American actress and singer
Spouse: Darren Le Gallo [M. 2015]
Net Worth 2021: 60 million
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Last Modified: Feb 19 2023
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