Joey Lauren Adams is professional American actress as well as a director who is currently 48 years old and she has appeared in a vast majority of different movies. She was born on the 9th of January, back in 1968. Her home town is North Little Rock which is located in the state of Arkansas in the United States of America. She is quite active and her career took off back in 1991 and she runs up to date. It’s safe to say that she is an aspiring actress with a lot of experience.
Professional Career
Her career began in 1977 when she got a role in the movie Exorcist II: The Heretic. However, she also got in the 1991 Top of the Head and she had a role in the 100th episode of the incredibly popular worldwide show called Married… with Children. In 1993 Joey managed to get her first really major role and she portrayed the character of Simone in the film called Dazed and Confused. During this same year she also got an appearance in Saturday Night Live which had a spinoff film called Coneheads.
It’s safe to say that one of her most impressing appearances was in the movies of Kevin Smith called Mallrats and Chasing Amy. The latter one of them got her the Golden Globe for Best Actress award nomination which is quite significant. She also did a few comedy movies such as the Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back in 2001 and Clerks The Lost Scene which was an animated short movie.
However, after the Kevin Smith projects she started playing in some different comedy movies such as the 1998 A Cool, Dry Place, playing alongside Hollywood superstar comedian Vince Vaughn. The year after that she played in a big budget Hollywood production with the one of the best comedians of all times – Adam Sandler in the movie called Big Daddy. In that production she played the role of the love interest of Sandler’s character. She also had a guest role on the Veronica Mars TV show in 2005.
Awards
Joey Lauren Adams got the Women in Film Dorothy Arzner Directors Award back in 2006 alongside actresses Nicole Holofcener as well as Lian Lunson.
Apart from this, Joey made a stunning role on the Kevin Smith’s movie Chasing Amy. For her professional and extraordinary portrayal of her character she got nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actress which is supposedly one of the most prestigious awards that an actress can get.
Personal Life
As far as her personal life goes, Adams was born in the small town of North Little Rock in the state of Arkansas and she was the youngest children of three. Her father owned a lumber yard. She went to the North Little Rock Northeast High School back in 1986. However, as far as her married life goes, there is no publically distributed information about her having a husband. There are several speculations but the official statement is that she is currently not married. More details about her professional and personal life could be found on her online profile in Twitter.
| Birth Date: | 9 Jan, 1968 |
| Age: | 52 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Little Rock |
| residence: | Beverly Hills |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American actress |
| Net Worth 2021: | 2 million |
