Amy Adams Biography
A refined starlet more in the mold of Julianne Moore than Julia Roberts, Amy Adams has proven to be a serious and versatile actress capable of saying no even if a project promises riches and fame. In fact, Adams has throughout her career maintained a steady focus on craft rather than celebrity–atypical for a business chock full of media-hungry wannabes willing to do anything to get on the cover of Us magazine. To no one’s surprise, Adams’s attention to her acting skills paid dividends early in her career. After a head-turning performance as a naive candy-striper who marries a con man (Leonardo DiCaprio) in “Catch Me If You Can” (2002), she received kudos from critics and colleagues for her role as an optimistic and overly pregnant Southern belle in “Junebug” (2005). With a nuanced performance that earned several award nominations, Adams put herself on firm footing for a vibrant and potentially productive career.