Amy Adams Height, Movies, Age, Husband, Kids, Family, Net Worth

Amy Adams Height, Movies, Age, Husband, Kids, Family, Net Worth

Amy Adams is an American actress known for both her comedic and dramatic roles she has been featured three times in annual rankings of the world’s highest paid actresses born August 20th 1974 age 49 years bensa Italy spouse Darren legallo M 2015 height 1.63 M parents Katherine Adams Richard Adams siblings Eddie Adams Amy Adams net worth $60 million early life and education Adams was born around 1974 her father was an ex-serviceman who sang professionally in nightclubs and restaurants and she grew up in Castle Rock Colorado she has four brothers and two sisters Adams has described going to her father’s shows and drinking Shirley temples at the bar as among her fondest childhood memories the family was poor they camped and hiked together and performed amateur skits written by her father or sometimes by her mother Adams was enthusiastic about the place and always played the lead Adams was raised as a Mormon until her parents divorced in 1985 and left the church she did not have strong religious beliefs but has said that she valued her upbringing for teaching her love and compassion after the breakup her father moved to a Arizona and remarried while the children remained with their mother her mother became a semi-professional bodybuilder who took the children with her to the gym when she trained Adams has compared her uninhibited early years with her siblings to Lord of the Flies describing herself as a scrappy tough kid she has said she fought frequently with other children Adams attended Douglas County High School she was not academically inclined but was interested in the creative arts and saying in the school choir she competed in track and gymnastics harbored Ambitions of becoming a ballerina and trained as an apprentice at the local David Taylor Dance Company she disliked high school and kept mostly to herself after graduation she and her mother moved to Atlanta she did not go to college to her parents disappointment and she later regretted not pursuing higher education at age 18 she realized she was not gifted enough to be a professional ballerina and found musical theater more to her taste one of her first stage roles was in a community theater production of Annie which she did as a volunteer to support herself she worked as a greeter at a Gap store she also worked as a waitress at Hooters but left the job when she saved enough money to buy a used car career 1994 to 2004 dinner theater and early screen appearances Adams began her professional career as a a dancer in a 1994 dinner theater production of A Chorus Line in Boulder Colorado the job required her to wait on tables before getting up on stage to perform she enjoyed singing and dancing but disliked whiteing and ran into trouble when a fellow dancer whom she considered a friend made false accusations about her to the director Adam said I never really knew what the lies were I only knew I kept getting called in and lectured about my lack of professionalism she lost the job but went on to perform in dinner theater at Denver’s Heritage Square Music Hall and Country Dinner Playhouse during a performance of anything goes at the Country Dinner Playhouse in 1995 she was spotted by Michael brindy the president and artistic director of the Minneapolis based Chanhassen Dinner Theater who offered her a job there Adams moved to Chanhassen Minnesota where she performed in the theater for the next 3 years she loved the security and schedule of the job and has said that she learned tremendously from it nonetheless the grueling work took its toll on her I had a lot of recurring injuries btis in my knees pulled muscles in my groin my adductor and abductor my body was wearing out during her time at Chanhassen Adams acted in her first film a black and white short satire named the chromium hook soon after while she was off work nursing a pulled muscle she attended the locally held auditions for The Hollywood film drop dead gorgeous 1999 a satire on beauty pageant starring kirst and Dunst Ellen Barkin and Kirsty Aly Adams was cast in The Supporting part of a promiscuous cheerleader she felt that her character’s personality was far removed from her own and worried about how people would perceive her the production was filmed locally which enabled Adams to shoot for her role while also performing brigin on stage encouragement from La prompted Adams to actively pursue a film career and she moved to Los Angeles in January 1999 she described her initial experience in the city as dark and Bleak and she ped for her life back in Chanhassen in Los Angeles Adam’s audition for whatever Parts came her way but she was mostly given roles of the girl her first assignment came within a week of her relocation in the Fox television series Manchester prep a spin-off of the film Cruel Intentions in the lead role of Katherine Mur played by Sarah Michelle Geller in the film following numerous script revisions and production shutdowns the series was cancelled Adams later said a controversial scene in which her character encourages a girl to masturbate on a horse was the primary reason for its cancellation the three filmed episodes were re-edited and released later in 2000 as the direct to video film Cruel Intentions too despite a negative critical reception Nathan Raben of the AV club wrote that Adams plays her alphabit rooll with vicious Glee largely missing from Sarah Michelle Geller’s sterile take on the character Adams next had a supporting role as the teenage Nemesis of a movie star played by Kimberly Davies in Psycho beach party 2000 a horror par of beach party and slasher films she played the part as a homage to actress an Margaret from 2000 to 2002 Adams appeared in guest roles in several television series including That 70s Show Charmed Buffy the Vampire Slayer Smallville and The West Wing following brief rols in three smallscale features of 2002 the slaughter rule pumpkin and serving Sarah Adams got her first high-profile part in Steven Spielberg’s comedy drama Catch Me If You Can she played Brenda strong a nurse with whom Frank a bagil Jr played by Leonardo DiCaprio falls in love despite the film’s success and praise for her warm presence from variety critic Todd McCarthy it failed to boost her career she was unemployed for a year after its release leading her to almost quit film acting Adams instead enrolled in acting classes realizing that she had a lot to learn and a lot of self-growth to work through her career prospects seemingly improved a year later when she received a lucrative offer to Star as a regular in the CBS television drama Dr Vegas but she was dropped after a few episodes in film she only had a minor role in the Fred Savage durring the last run 2004 personal life Adams met actor and painter Darren legallo at an acting class in 2001 and they began dating a year later while collaborating on a short film titled pennies they became engaged in 2008 and she gave birth to their daughter Aviana in 2010 7 years after their engagement the couple married in a private ceremony at a ranch near Santa Barbara California Adams said in 2016 that she appreciates the numerous sacrifices lugalo had made as the primary caregiver for their family they reside in Beverly Hills California she has described her family life as Prett Loki and has said that her routine involves going to work taking her daughter to the park and having weekly date nights with her husband Adams finds little value in being a celebrity and maintains that the more that people know about me the less they’ll believe me in my characters she attracts little gossip or tablet attention and strives to keep a healthy work life balance she makes an effort to remain unaffected by her Fame believing that it would hinder her ability to play roles with honesty Adams has spoken about suffering from insecurity and a lack of Confidence from a young age and how motherhood had made her calmer she 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

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