:Amy Adams

{{About|the American actress|other people with the same name|Amy Adams (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Amy Adams

| image = Amy Adams UK Nocturnal Animals Premiere (cropped).jpg

| alt = A photograph of Amy Adams attending the UK premiere of 'Nocturnal Animals' at the BFI London Film Festival in 2016

| caption = Adams in 2016

| birth_name = Amy Lou Adams

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|8|20}}

| birth_place = Aviano, Italy

| occupation = Actress

| nationality = American

| years_active = 1994{{ndash}}present

| spouse = {{marriage|Darren Le Gallo|2015}}

| children = 1

| works = Full list

| awards = Full list

}}

Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) 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. She has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, and has been nominated for six Academy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Adams began her career as a dancer in dinner theater, which she pursued from 1994 to 1998, and made her film debut with a supporting part in the dark comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). She made guest appearances in television and took on "mean girl" parts in low-budget feature films. Her first major role was in Steven Spielberg's biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002), but she was unemployed for a year afterward. Her breakthrough came when she portrayed a loquacious pregnant woman in the independent comedy-drama Junebug (2005), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination.

The musical fantasy film Enchanted (2007), where Adams played a cheerful princess-to-be, was her first success as a leading lady. She followed it by playing other naïve, optimistic women in films like the drama Doubt (2008), and subsequently played more assertive parts to positive reviews in the sports film The Fighter (2010) and the psychological drama The Master (2012). From 2013 to 2017, she portrayed Lois Lane in superhero films set in the DC Extended Universe. She won two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress for playing a seductive con artist in the crime film American Hustle (2013) and painter Margaret Keane in the biopic Big Eyes (2014). Further acclaim came for playing a linguist in the science fiction film Arrival (2016), a self-harming reporter in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018), and Lynne Cheney in the satire Vice (2018).

Adams' stage roles include the Public Theater's revival of Into the Woods in 2012 and the West End theatre revival of The Glass Menagerie in 2022. In 2014, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time, and featured in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list.

Early life

Adams was born on August 20, 1974,{{cite web | last=Mallenbaum | first=Carly | title=Photos: Amy Adams turns 40 and we admire her beauty | website=USA Today | date= August 20, 2014 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2014/08/20/amy-adams-birthday/77345674/ | access-date=May 18, 2024| quote=Happy 40th Birthday, Amy Adams!}} in Aviano, Italy,{{Cite news |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |date=October 16, 2017 |title=The Versatile and Resilient Amy Adams|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/t-magazine/amy-adams.html |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415044547/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/t-magazine/amy-adams.html |archive-date=April 15, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}} to American parents Kathryn and Richard Adams, while her father was serving in the U.S. Army.{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/amy-adams-20883223 |title=Amy Adams Biography: Actress (1974) |publisher=Biography |access-date=December 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705215702/https://www.biography.com/actor/amy-adams |archive-date=July 5, 2022}}{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Shnayerson|author-link=Michael Shnayerson|title=Some Enchanted Amy|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/11/amyadams200811|work=Vanity Fair|date=December 18, 2008|access-date=December 31, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218105250/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/11/amyadams200811|archive-date=December 18, 2008|url-status=dead}} She has four brothers and two sisters.{{cite news|first=Naomi |last=West |title=Amy Adams: Happily ever after |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3669358/Amy-Adams-Happily-ever-after.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=November 16, 2007 |access-date=December 31, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214212134/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3669358/Amy-Adams-Happily-ever-after.html |archive-date=February 14, 2009 }} After moving from one army base to another, she and her family settled in Castle Rock, Colorado when she was eight. After leaving the army, her father sang professionally in nightclubs and restaurants.{{cite news|last=Bilmes|first=Alex|author-link=Alex Bilmes|url=http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/film/news/a5469/amy-adams-interview-esquire-american-hustle/|title=Amy Adams Interview: Esquire Meets The Star Of 'American Hustle'|work=Esquire|date=December 18, 2013|access-date=September 21, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921144022/http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/film/news/a5469/amy-adams-interview-esquire-american-hustle/|archive-date=September 21, 2017}} Adams has described going to her father's shows and drinking Shirley Temples at the bar as among her fondest childhood memories.{{cite news|first=Barry |last=Koltnow |title='Enchanted' with Amy Adams. |url=http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/entertainment/abox/article_1924507.php |work=The Orange County Register |date=November 17, 2007 |access-date=December 31, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120052642/http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/entertainment/abox/article_1924507.php |archive-date=November 20, 2007 }} The family was poor; they camped and hiked together, and performed amateur skits written by her father or sometimes by her mother.{{cite news |last=McGurk |first=Stuart |title=Amy Adams: David O Russell made me cry every day on American Hustle |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/amy-adams-arrival-nocturnal-animals-tom-ford |work=GQ |date=October 7, 2016 |access-date=September 20, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000744/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/amy-adams-arrival-nocturnal-animals-tom-ford |archive-date=September 21, 2017 }} Adams was enthusiastic about the plays and always played the lead.{{cite news|first=Margy |last=Rochlyn |title=A Disney Princess, Not Winking but Floating |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/movies/moviesspecial/04roch.html |work=The New York Times |date=November 4, 2007 |access-date=December 31, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617042721/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/movies/moviesspecial/04roch.html |archive-date=June 17, 2013 }}

Adams was raised as a Mormon until her parents divorced in 1985 and left the church.{{cite news|last=Freeman|first=Hadley|author-link=Hadley Freeman|title=Amy Adams: 'I thought, if I can't figure this out, I can't work any more'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/05/amy-adams-if-cant-figure-out-cant-work-any-more|date=November 5, 2016|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=The Guardian|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818142113/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/05/amy-adams-if-cant-figure-out-cant-work-any-more|archive-date=August 18, 2017}} 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 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.{{cite news|last=Heawood|first=Sophie|title=Amy Adams: punching above her weight|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/23/amy-adams-fighter-film-boxing|date=January 23, 2011|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=The Guardian|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920043857/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/23/amy-adams-fighter-film-boxing|archive-date=September 20, 2017}}

Adams attended Douglas County High School in Colorado. She was not academically inclined, but was interested in the creative arts and sang 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.{{cite news|first1=Stephen |last1=Galloway |last2=Guider |first2=Elizabeth |title=Oscar Roundtable: The Actresses |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-roundtable-actresses-124073 |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 8, 2008 |access-date=September 10, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103040035/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-roundtable-actresses-124073 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 }} 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,{{cite web|first=Steve |last=Head |title=An Interview with Amy Adams |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/381/381687p1.html |publisher=IGN Entertainment |date=January 8, 2003 |access-date=January 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211213654/http://movies.ign.com/articles/381/381687p1.html |archive-date=February 11, 2008 |url-status=live }} but left the job when she saved enough money to buy a used car.{{cite news|first=Josh|last=Freedom du Lac|title='The Real Thing': Amy Adams Enchants, Impresses in Nun's Role|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/11/AR2008121103977.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 11, 2008|access-date=December 31, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109144212/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/11/AR2008121103977.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012}}

Career

=1994–2004: Dinner theater and early screen appearances=

Adams began her professional career as a dancer in a 1994 dinner theater production of A Chorus Line in Boulder, Colorado.{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=John |title="Junebug" role takes flight |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2006/02/04/junebug-role-takes-flight/ |work=The Denver Post |date=February 4, 2006 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000804/http://www.denverpost.com/2006/02/04/junebug-role-takes-flight/ |archive-date=September 21, 2017 }}{{cite book|last=Rowan|first=Tom|title=A Chorus Line FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Broadway's Singular Sensation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nb7XCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT392|date=September 1, 2015|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|isbn=978-1-4950-4602-5|page=392}} The job required her to wait on tables before getting up on stage to perform. She enjoyed singing and dancing, but disliked waitressing and ran into trouble when a fellow dancer, whom she considered a friend, made false accusations about her to the director.{{cite news|last=Goldfarb|first=Brad|year=2008|title=Amy Adams profile|journal=Interview|publisher=Brant Publications, Inc.|volume=38|issue=1|pages=100–107, 150|issn=0149-8932}} Adams 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 Brindisi, the president and artistic director of the Minneapolis-based Chanhassen Dinner Theater, who offered her a job there.{{cite news |first=Covert |last=Colin |title='Minnesota is my adopted home,' says Hollywood star Amy Adams |url=http://www.startribune.com/amy-adams-all-the-hollywood-star-power-none-of-the-hubris/400558381/ |work=Star Tribune |date=November 10, 2016 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000853/http://www.startribune.com/amy-adams-all-the-hollywood-star-power-none-of-the-hubris/400558381/ |archive-date=September 21, 2017 }} Adams moved to Chanhassen, Minnesota, where she performed in the theater for the next three 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{{mdash}}bursitis 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{{mdash}}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 pageants starring Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, and Kirstie Alley. 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.{{cite news|first=Brandon |last=Voss |title=Big Gay Following: Amy Adams |url=https://www.advocate.com/news/2007/11/16/amy-adams?pg=1#article-content|work=The Advocate|date=November 16, 2007 |access-date=September 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002122005/https://www.advocate.com/news/2007/11/16/amy-adams?pg=1 |archive-date=October 2, 2017 }} The production was filmed locally, which enabled Adams to shoot for her role while also performing Brigadoon on stage.{{cite web |first=Maloney |last=Darby |title=Telluride: How Amy Adams went from dinner theater to Hollywood star |url=http://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2016/09/05/51844/telluride-how-amy-adams-went-from-dinner-theater-t/ |publisher=KPCC |date=September 6, 2016 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920192137/http://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2016/09/05/51844/telluride-how-amy-adams-went-from-dinner-theater-t/ |archive-date=September 20, 2017 }} Encouragement from Alley 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 pined for her life back in Chanhassen.

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In Los Angeles, Adams auditioned for whatever parts came her way, but she was mostly given roles of "the bitchy 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 Kathryn Merteuil (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar in the film). Following numerous script revisions and two production shutdowns, the series was canceled.{{cite magazine|first=Joe |last=Flint |title=On The Air |url=https://ew.com/article/1999/10/22/air-sex-and-city-writers-scooped/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=October 22, 1999 |access-date=January 26, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122081355/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C271267%2C00.html |archive-date=November 22, 2008 }} 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 2. Despite a negative critical reception, Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club wrote that Adams plays her "alpha-bitch role with vicious glee largely missing from Sarah Michelle Gellar's sterile take on the character".{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cruel_intentions_2/ |title=Cruel Intentions 2 (2000) |access-date=September 22, 2017 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011051434/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cruel_intentions_2/ |archive-date=October 11, 2016 }}{{cite web |first=Rabin |last=Nathan |title=Cruel Intentions 2 |url=https://www.avclub.com/cruel-intentions-2-1798192317 |publisher=The A.V. Club |date=March 13, 2000 |access-date=September 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922212508/https://film.avclub.com/cruel-intentions-2-1798192317 |archive-date=September 22, 2017 }}

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 parody of beach party and slasher films.{{cite book|last=Holden|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Holden|title=The New York Times Film Reviews 1999–2000|date=December 2001|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-93696-5|page=359}} She played the part as a homage to actress Ann-Margret.{{cite web|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2006/01/transcript_our_.html |title=Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil: Transcript of our chat with critics' award winner Amy Adams |access-date=December 30, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 12, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120213550/http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2006/01/transcript_our_.html |archive-date=November 20, 2009 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.tvguide.com/shows/that-70s-show-100433/episode-15-season-2/burning-down-the-house/|title=That '70s Show Season 2 Episode 15|work=TV Guide|access-date=March 24, 2015|archive-date=October 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014115648/https://www.tvguide.com/|url-status=live}}
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Following brief roles in three small-scale features of 2002{{mdash}}The Slaughter Rule, Pumpkin, and Serving Sara{{mdash}}Adams got her first major role in Steven Spielberg's comedy-drama Catch Me If You Can.{{cite news|title=Amy Adams talks about her struggling beginnings|work=Backstage|date=April 6, 2008}} She played Brenda Strong, a nurse with whom Frank Abagnale 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.{{cite magazine|last=Combe |first=Rachael |date=February 2, 2008 |title=Chasing Amy |url=http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a9144/chasing-amy-19099/ |magazine=Elle |access-date=December 9, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220083250/http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a9144/chasing-amy-19099/ |archive-date=December 20, 2016 }}{{cite news|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|title=Review: 'Catch Me If You Can'|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/awards/catch-me-if-you-can-5-1200544381/|work=Variety|date=December 13, 2002|access-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920191106/http://variety.com/2002/film/awards/catch-me-if-you-can-5-1200544381/|archive-date=September 20, 2017}} Spielberg was surprised that she did not break through soon after the film's release. 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-starring The Last Run (2004).{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1176863_last_run |title=The Last Run (2004) |access-date=March 24, 2015 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127004412/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1176863_last_run |archive-date=November 27, 2017 |url-status=live }}

=2005–2007: Breakthrough with ''Junebug'' and ''Enchanted''=

Disillusioned by her firing from Dr. Vegas, Adams, aged 30, considered quitting acting altogether after completing work on the independent comedy-drama Junebug, which had a production budget of under $1 million.{{cite news |first=Donna |last=Freydkin |title=Rising star Amy Adams's career seems enchanted |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-03-04-amy-adams_N.htm |work=USA Today |date=March 5, 2008 |access-date=December 31, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209035152/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-03-04-amy-adams_N.htm |archive-date=February 9, 2009 }} Directed by Phil Morrison, the film featured her as Ashley Johnsten, a perky and talkative pregnant woman. Morrison was impressed with Adams's ability to not question her character's inherently good motives.{{cite news|first=Janice |last=Page |title=For actress Amy Adams, role was a turning point |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/08/07/for_actress_amy_adams_role_was_a_turning_point/ |work=The Boston Globe |date=August 7, 2005 |access-date=January 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050810020306/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/08/07/for_actress_amy_adams_role_was_a_turning_point/ |archive-date=August 10, 2005}} 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. She described making the film as "the summer I grew into myself", and after dyeing her hair red for the role, she decided not to go back to her natural blonde color. Junebug premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, where Adams won a special jury prize. Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph labeled the film a "small, quiet miracle" and wrote that Adams had given "one of the most delicately funny and heartbreaking performances it's ever been my pleasure to review".{{cite news |last=Robey |first=Tim |title=A small, quiet miracle |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3651577/A-small-quiet-miracle.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=April 14, 2006 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234536/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3651577/A-small-quiet-miracle.html |archive-date=September 19, 2017 }} Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post opined that her "radiant portrayal" reflected the film's "deeply humanist heart".{{cite news |last=Hornaday |first=Ann |title='Junebug': Welcome to the Rural World |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3651577/A-small-quiet-miracle.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 26, 2005 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234536/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3651577/A-small-quiet-miracle.html |archive-date=September 19, 2017 }} For her performance, Adams won the Independent Spirit Award and Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress, and received an Academy Award nomination in the same category.{{cite web|title=Independent Spirit Awards |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2016_SA_NomsWinners_031316.pdf |publisher=Independent Spirit Awards |access-date=March 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414231811/https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2016_SA_NomsWinners_031316.pdf |archive-date=April 14, 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2005.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629073908/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2005.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2012|title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards: 2005|publisher=Broadcast Film Critics Association|access-date=August 19, 2015}}

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Later in 2005, Adams had supporting parts in two critically panned films{{mdash}}the romantic comedy The Wedding Date, starring Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney, and the ensemble coming-of-age film Standing Still.{{cite news|title=The Wedding Date (2005)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wedding_date/|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830154108/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wedding_date|archive-date=August 30, 2017}}{{cite news|title=Standing Still (2005)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1159365_standing_still|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922212508/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1159365_standing_still|archive-date=September 22, 2017}} Also that year, she joined the cast of the television series The Office, for a recurring role over three episodes.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/5-things-you-dont-know-171779 |title=5 Things You Don't Know About Amy Adams |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 27, 2011 |access-date=March 24, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409160108/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/5-things-you-dont-know-171779 |archive-date=April 9, 2015 }} In Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), a sports comedy from Adam McKay, Adams played the romantic interest of Will Ferrell's character, a role which critic Peter Travers deemed "quite a comedown" from her part in Junebug.{{cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/talladega-nights-the-ballad-of-ricky-bobby-20060803|title=Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 3, 2006|access-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506235800/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/talladega-nights-the-ballad-of-ricky-bobby-20060803|archive-date=May 6, 2016}} She also had a minor role in the workplace comedy The Ex, starring Zach Braff and Amanda Peet.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/movies/11ex.html |title=Chasing an Old Flame, Taking No Prisoners |work=The New York Times|access-date=March 21, 2015 |date=May 11, 2007 |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122340/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/movies/11ex.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}

After voicing in Walt Disney Pictures' animated comedy film Underdog (2007), Adams starred as a highly optimistic and joyous character named Giselle, who is based on members of the Disney Princess franchise,{{Cite news |first=Susan |last=Wloszczyna |title=Enchanted princess steps out of cartoon, into Manhattan |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-11-14-enchanted_N.htm |work=USA Today |date=November 14, 2007 |access-date=January 4, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124151650/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-11-14-enchanted_N.htm |archive-date=January 24, 2008 }} in the musical romantic comedy Enchanted.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1550866/sam-jackson-reunites-with-willis-underdog-gets-real-sundance-file/ |title=Sam Jackson Reunites With Willis, 'Underdog' Gets Real: Sundance File |publisher=MTV |date=January 26, 2007 |access-date=March 24, 2015 |last=Carroll |first=Larry |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404114258/http://www.mtv.com/news/1550866/sam-jackson-reunites-with-willis-underdog-gets-real-sundance-file/ |archive-date=April 4, 2015 }} Patrick Dempsey and James Marsden co-starred as her romantic interests. She was among 250 actresses who auditioned for the high-profile role; the studio had favored the casting of a bigger star, but the director Kevin Lima insisted on Adams due to her commitment to the part and her ability to be nonjudgmental about Giselle's personality.{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Jennifer |title=Amy Adams Enchants Kevin Lima |url=http://www.moviemaker.com/archives/moviemaking/directing/articles-directing/amy-adams-enchanted-kevin-lima-20071126/ |access-date=May 12, 2015 |publisher=MovieMaker |date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518073108/http://www.moviemaker.com/archives/moviemaking/directing/articles-directing/amy-adams-enchanted-kevin-lima-20071126/ |archive-date=May 18, 2015 }} A ball gown she had to wear for the film weighed {{convert|45|lb}}, and she fell several times under its weight. She sang three songs for the film's soundtrack{{mdash}}"True Love's Kiss", "Happy Working Song", and "That's How You Know".{{cite web|title=Enchanted (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)|date=November 20, 2007|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/enchanted-soundtrack-from-the-motion-picture/1452871085|publisher=iTunes (Apple Inc.)|access-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918210146/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/enchanted-soundtrack-from-the-motion-picture/id267967967|archive-date=September 18, 2017}} 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 credited her for "demonstrat[ing] a real performer's ingenuity for comic timing and physical eloquence".{{cite news|first=Roger |last=Ebert |title=Enchanted |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071120/REVIEWS/711200302/1023 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=November 21, 2007 |access-date=December 30, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604141804/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071120%2FREVIEWS%2F711200302%2F1023 |archive-date=June 4, 2008 }}{{cite news|first=Wesley |last=Morris |title=Enchanted: A movie princess is born |url=https://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=8923 |work=The Boston Globe |date=November 21, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508011242/http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=8923 |archive-date=May 8, 2008 }} Todd McCarthy considered it to be her breakthrough role and likened her rise to stardom to that of Julie Andrews.{{cite news |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |title=Review: 'Enchanted' |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/enchanted-1200554452/ |work=Variety |date=November 18, 2007 |access-date=September 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921050308/http://variety.com/2007/film/awards/enchanted-1200554452/ |archive-date=September 21, 2017 }} Enchanted was a commercial success, grossing over $340 million worldwide, and Adams was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=enchanted.htm |title=Enchanted |access-date=December 20, 2008 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=October 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124112449/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=enchanted.htm |archive-date=January 24, 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine|title=Golden Globes nominees are ... |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/12/14/golden-globes-nominees-are/ |last=Bruno |first=Mike |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=December 14, 2007 |access-date=July 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725191551/http://www.ew.com/article/2007/12/14/golden-globes-nominees-are |archive-date=July 25, 2015 }}

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.{{cite book|last=Whitehead|first=J.W.|title=Mike Nichols and the Cinema of Transformation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oeXDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA289|date=June 6, 2014|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-1-4766-1642-1|pages=288–289|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922212508/https://books.google.com/books?id=oeXDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA289|archive-date=September 22, 2017}} Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter credited Adams for being "sweetly savvy" in her part, while Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian was disappointed to see her talent wasted in a role he considered to be of minimal importance.{{cite news |title=Charlie Wilson's War |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/charlie-wilsons-war-159302 |last=Honeycutt |first=Kirk |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 27, 2007 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922212508/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/charlie-wilsons-war-159302 |archive-date=September 22, 2017 }}{{cite news |title=Charlie Wilson's War |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jan/11/drama.tomhanks |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |work=The Guardian |date=January 11, 2008 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317182521/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jan/11/drama.tomhanks |archive-date=March 17, 2017 }}

=2008–2012: Ingénue parts and expansion to dramatic roles=

File:AmyAdamsOscarsFeb09.jpg in 2009, where she received her second Academy Award nomination for Doubt (2008)]]

The 2008 Sundance Film Festival saw the release of Sunshine Cleaning, a comedy-drama about two sisters (played by Adams and Emily Blunt) who start a crime scene clean-up business. Adams was drawn to the idea of playing someone who constantly tries to better herself.{{cite web|first=Sue|last=Zeidler|title=Just a Minute With: Amy Adams for "Sunshine Cleaning"|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-38599920090319|publisher=Reuters|date=March 19, 2009|access-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919233932/http://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-38599920090319|archive-date=September 19, 2017}}{{cite web |first=Bob |last=Tourtellotte |title=Docs are hot at Sundance|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sundance-deals/docs-are-hot-at-sundance-idUSN2141703420080121 |publisher=Reuters|date=January 21, 2008|access-date=December 31, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203110920/https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2141703420080121|archive-date=February 3, 2008|url-status=live}} Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle found Adams to be "magical", adding that she "gives us a portrait of raging want beneath a veneer of surface diffidence".{{cite news|last=LaSalle |first=Mick |title=Movie review: Amy Adams in 'Sunshine Cleaning' |url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Movie-review-Amy-Adams-in-Sunshine-Cleaning-3168144.php |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=March 20, 2009 |access-date=March 8, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402201014/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Movie-review-Amy-Adams-in-Sunshine-Cleaning-3168144.php |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }} In the 1939-set screwball comedy Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Adams starred as an aspiring American actress in London who encounters a middle-aged governess named Miss Pettigrew (played by Frances McDormand). Stephen Holden of The New York Times drew similarities to her role in Enchanted and wrote that the "screen magic" she displays in such endearing roles "hasn't been this intense since the heyday of Jean Arthur".{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Holden |date=March 7, 2008 |title=Can a Screwball Fable Have an Eye for Detail and a Heart for Fun? Discuss |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/movies/07pett.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 31, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623171039/http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/movies/07pett.html |archive-date=June 23, 2012 }}

Adams next starred in Doubt, an adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's play of the same name. The film tells the story of a Catholic school principal (played by Meryl Streep) who accuses a priest, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, of pedophilia; she played an innocent nun embroiled in the conflict. Shanley initially approached Natalie Portman for the part, but offered Adams the role after finding her innocent, yet intelligent, personality similar to that of Ingrid Bergman.{{cite news|first=Donna|last=Freydkin|title=A 'Bergman thing' going on with Doubt star Amy Adams|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/2008-12-18-awards-spotlight-amy-adams_N.htm|work=USA Today|date=December 18, 2008|access-date=December 31, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209015358/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/2008-12-18-awards-spotlight-amy-adams_N.htm|archive-date=February 9, 2009}} She identified with her character's ability to find the best in people, and described her collaboration with Streep and Hoffman as a "master class" in acting. Amy Biancolli of the Houston Chronicle wrote that Adams "sparks with distressed compassion", and Ann Hornaday believed that she "exudes just the right wide-eyed innocence".{{cite news|last=Biancolli|first=Amy|title=Doubt|url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies/article/Doubt-1761973.php|work=Houston Chronicle|date=December 18, 2008|access-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044006/http://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies/article/Doubt-1761973.php|archive-date=September 20, 2017}}{{cite news|last=Hornaday|first=Ann|title=Movie Review: Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman in 'Doubt'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/11/AR2008121103998.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 12, 2008|access-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234535/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/11/AR2008121103998.html|archive-date=September 19, 2017}} She was nominated for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress.{{cite magazine|title=Oscars 2009: All the nominees |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2009/01/21/oscars-2009-all-nominees |last=Schlegel |first=Chad |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=January 21, 2009 |access-date=July 26, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509072705/http://www.ew.com/article/2009/01/21/oscars-2009-all-nominees |archive-date=May 9, 2015 }}{{cite news|title=Baftas 2009: full list of nominations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/15/baftas-2009-full-list-of-nominations |date=January 15, 2009 |access-date=July 25, 2015 |work=The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725133553/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/15/baftas-2009-full-list-of-nominations |archive-date=July 25, 2015 }}{{cite web|title=Complete List of Nominations for 2009 Golden Globes |url=http://www.eonline.com/au/news/72803/complete-list-of-nominations-for-2009-golden-globes |publisher=E! |date=December 11, 2008 |access-date=July 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202081446/http://www.eonline.com/au/news/72803/complete-list-of-nominations-for-2009-golden-globes |archive-date=February 2, 2017 }}

As with Junebug and Enchanted, Adams's roles in her three 2008 releases were those of the ingénue{{mdash}}innocent women with a cheerful personality. When asked about being typecast in such roles, she said she responds to characters who are joyful and identified with their sense of hope.{{cite news|first=Stephen |last=Whitty |title=For Amy Adams, being nice is the best revenge |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/03/for_amy_adams_being_nice_is_th.html |work=The Star-Ledger|date=March 1, 2008 |access-date=March 28, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706193306/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/03/for_amy_adams_being_nice_is_th.html |archive-date=July 6, 2008 }} She believed that despite certain similarities in their disposition, these characters were vastly different from one another; she stated, "Naïveté is not stupidity, and innocent people are often very complex."{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/nov/22/amy-adams-trouble-with-the-curve |title=Amy Adams: 'David O Russell said to me: 'You are so not the princess type' |first=John |last=Patterson |work=The Guardian |date=November 22, 2012 |access-date=November 22, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021184255/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/nov/22/amy-adams-trouble-with-the-curve |archive-date=October 21, 2013 }}

The 2009 fantasy adventure film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, starring Ben Stiller, featured Adams as the aviator Amelia Earhart. It was the first motion picture to film inside the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

{{cite news|first=Beth|last=Py-Lieberman|title=Q and A: Amy Adams|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/q-and-a-amy-adams-130251964/|work=Smithsonian|date=June 2009|access-date=September 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922194041/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/q-and-a-amy-adams-130251964/|archive-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live}}

The director Shawn Levy said the role allowed Adams to showcase her acting range; the actress believed it to be the first time she was allowed to play a confident character on screen.{{cite news|first=Chris|last=Kaltenbach|title=Amy Adams can play saintly, sweet and saucy|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2009-05-17-0905150095-story.html|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=May 17, 2009|access-date=June 12, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195617/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2009-05-17/entertainment/0905150095_1_earhart-amy-adams-smithsonian|archive-date=March 4, 2016}} Despite mixed reviews, Adams's performance was praised.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/nightatthemuseum2 |title=Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=June 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527011547/http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/nightatthemuseum2 |archive-date=May 27, 2009 |url-status=live }} Terming her "a sparkling screen presence", Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune wrote that the film "radically improves whenever Amy Adams pops up".{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Phillips |title=Toys in the nation's attic |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-tc-mov-night-museum-0520-052may20,0,6390332.story |work=Chicago Tribune |date=May 20, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527030719/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-tc-mov-night-museum-0520-052may20%2C0%2C6390332.story |archive-date=May 27, 2009 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite magazine|title=You Can Now Watch Julie and Julia Without Julie |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/11/julie-julia-amy-adams |access-date=May 12, 2015 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=November 15, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412221317/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/11/julie-julia-amy-adams |archive-date=April 12, 2015 }} She enrolled at the Institute of Culinary Education to prepare for the part.

{{cite web |last=Haddon |first=Cole |title=Interview: Amy Adams on Julie & Julia |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2762630/interview-amy-adams-on-julie-julia/ |access-date=September 22, 2017 |publisher=MTV |date=August 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922194033/http://www.mtv.com/news/2762630/interview-amy-adams-on-julie-julia/ |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer thought the film was "as delicious as French cuisine" and found Adams to be "at her most winsome".{{cite news|last=Rickey |first=Carrie |title=A film as delicious as French cuisine |url=http://articles.philly.com/2009-08-07/entertainment/24986064_1_julie-julia-julia-child-julie-powell |access-date=May 12, 2015 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=August 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017223107/http://articles.philly.com/2009-08-07/entertainment/24986064_1_julie-julia-julia-child-julie-powell |archive-date=October 17, 2015 }} Both Night at the Museum and Julie & Julia were commercial successes, with the former grossing over $400 million.{{cite web|title=Amy Adams Movie Box Office Results|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=amyadams.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235809/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=amyadams.htm|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}

Adams began the new decade with a leading role opposite Matthew Goode in the romantic comedy Leap Year (2010), which critic Richard Roeper believed was saved from "truly awful status" by Adams's presence.{{cite video|last=Roeper|first=Richard|url=http://www.richardroeper.com/reviews/leapyear.aspx|title=Leap Year Review|date=March 13, 2010|access-date=September 20, 2017|publisher=RichardRoeper.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044056/http://www.richardroeper.com/reviews/leapyear.aspx|archive-date=September 20, 2017}} Her next release of the year{{mdash}}the boxing drama The Fighter{{mdash}}was much better received. 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 played Ward's aggressive girlfriend, a barmaid named Charlene Fleming. Describing her character as a "tough, sexy bitch", Russell cast Adams against type to rid her of her girl-next-door image.{{cite news|first=Lennon|last=Christine|title=Amy Adams on Playing Against Type|url=http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a5671/amy-adams-interview/|work=Marie Claire|date=December 14, 2010|access-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310040805/http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a5671/amy-adams-interview/|archive-date=March 10, 2017}} The role marked a significant departure for her, and she was challenged by Russell's insistence on finding her character's strength in silence.{{cite news|first=Sophie|last=Heawood|title=Amy Adams: punching above her weight|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/23/amy-adams-fighter-film-boxing|work=The Guardian|date=January 23, 2011|access-date=September 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920043857/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/23/amy-adams-fighter-film-boxing|archive-date=September 20, 2017}} She enrolled in an exotic dance class by trainer Sheila Kelley to find her character's eroticism. Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal found Adams to be "as tough, tender, smart, and funny as she was ethereal and delightful in Enchanted. What an actress, and what range!"{{cite news|first=Joe|last=Morgenstern|title=Family Saga 'Fighter' Stings Like a Bee|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703766704576009333636209192|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=December 9, 2010|access-date=September 20, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114002608/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703766704576009333636209192|archive-date=January 14, 2015|url-access=subscription}} She received Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actress; she lost the former two to Leo.{{cite web|title=Winners and Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2011 |publisher=Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences |access-date=January 26, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605132752/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html |archive-date=June 5, 2011 }}{{cite news|title=Baftas nominations 2011: full list |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/18/baftas-nominations-full-list |work=The Guardian |date=January 18, 2011 |access-date=July 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306234442/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/18/baftas-nominations-full-list |archive-date=March 6, 2014 }}{{cite news|title=Golden Globes 2011: full list of nominees |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8201362/Golden-Globes-2011-full-list-of-nominees.html |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=December 14, 2010 |access-date=July 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618234453/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8201362/Golden-Globes-2011-full-list-of-nominees.html |archive-date=June 18, 2015 }} She expressed a desire to play more dramatic roles in the future.{{cite news|title=Interview: Amy Adams|url=http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/interview-amy-adams|work=Stylist|access-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225185310/http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/interview-amy-adams|archive-date=December 25, 2016}}

File:Amy Adams TIFF 2012.jpg at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival]]

The Disney musical The Muppets (2011) starring the eponymous puppets featured Adams and Jason Segel in live-action roles.{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |title=Getting the Gang Together Again |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/movies/the-muppets-with-jason-segel-and-amy-adams-review.html |work=The New York Times |date=November 22, 2011 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623020146/http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/movies/the-muppets-with-jason-segel-and-amy-adams-review.html |archive-date=June 23, 2012 }} She sang seven songs for the film's soundtrack.{{cite web|title=The Muppets (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|date=January 2011|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-muppets-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1123873688|publisher=iTunes (Apple Inc.)|access-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920065942/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-muppets-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/id1123873688|archive-date=September 20, 2017}} Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly noted that the role marked her return to her "comedian-sweetheart" persona.{{cite magazine|last=Schwarzbaum|first=Lisa|title=Movie Review: The Muppets (2011)|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/11/30/muppets/|access-date=November 23, 2013|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 30, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030022824/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133_20518615,00.html|archive-date=October 30, 2013}} The following year, Adams played the Baker's Wife in the Public Theater's revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Into the Woods, as part of the Shakespeare in the Park festival at the open-air Delacorte Theater. It was her New York stage debut and her first theater appearance in 13 years.{{cite news|last=McGrath|first=Charles|title=The Leafy Tale of the Princess and the Queen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/theater/amy-adams-and-donna-murphy-in-into-the-woods.html|access-date=September 19, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 26, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920092745/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/theater/amy-adams-and-donna-murphy-in-into-the-woods.html|archive-date=September 20, 2017}} She agreed to the month-long production to "take on a challenge that seemed insurmountable", though she was overwhelmed and intimidated by it.{{cite magazine|last=Marcus|first=Bennett|title=Amy Adams: Prepping for Into the Woods Was "Crazy," "Didn't Even Feel Like the Same World"|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/08/amy-adams-prepping-into-the-woods|access-date=September 19, 2017|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=August 10, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413100741/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/08/amy-adams-prepping-into-the-woods|archive-date=April 13, 2016}} She prepared with a private singing coach, but her film schedule enabled her to spend only four weeks in rehearsal. Ben Brantley, The New York Times{{'}} theater critic, praised Adams's "lucidly spoken and sung performance" but criticized her for lacking "the nervy, dissatisfied restlessness" of her part.{{cite news|last=Brantley|first=Ben|title=A Witch, a Wish and Fairy Tale Agony|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/theater/reviews/into-the-woods-by-stephen-sondheim-and-james-lapine.html|access-date=September 19, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=August 9, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920045114/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/theater/reviews/into-the-woods-by-stephen-sondheim-and-james-lapine.html|archive-date=September 20, 2017}}

Adams took another "fierce woman" part in Paul Thomas Anderson's psychological drama The Master (2012).{{cite news|last=Broadbent|first=Lucy|title=Amy Adams: interview on The Master|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9630947/Amy-Adams-interview-on-The-Master.html|access-date=September 19, 2017|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=November 1, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920142400/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9630947/Amy-Adams-interview-on-The-Master.html|archive-date=September 20, 2017}} She played Peggy Dodd, the ruthless and manipulative wife of the leader of a cult (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman). It marked her third and final collaboration with Hoffman, whom she deeply admired, before his death two years later.{{cite news|last=Ehrich Dowd|first=Kathy|title=Amy Adams Breaks Down While Discussing Philip Seymour Hoffman|url=http://people.com/tv/amy-adams-remembers-philip-seymour-hoffman/|access-date=September 22, 2017|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=February 20, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922212508/http://people.com/tv/amy-adams-remembers-philip-seymour-hoffman/|archive-date=September 22, 2017}} The organization depicted in the film was deemed by journalists to be based on Scientology; Adams considered the comparison to be misleading but was glad for the attention it brought to the film.{{cite news|last=Wickman|first=Forrest|title=How Much Scientology Made It Into The Master?|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/09/19/the_master_and_scientology_just_how_much_of_lancaster_dodd_comes_from_l_ron_hubbard_.html|access-date=October 17, 2017|work=Slate|date=September 19, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017151502/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/09/19/the_master_and_scientology_just_how_much_of_lancaster_dodd_comes_from_l_ron_hubbard_.html|archive-date=October 17, 2017}} Although not a method actor, she believed the intense role had left her on edge in her personal life.{{cite magazine|last=Smith|first=Krista|title=Amy Adams on Filming *The Master'*s Masturbation Scene and Becoming Lois Lane|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/02/amy-adams-the-master-masturbation-scene|access-date=September 19, 2017|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=February 22, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109213721/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/02/amy-adams-the-master-masturbation-scene|archive-date=January 9, 2017}} Comparing her character to Lady Macbeth, the critic Justin Chang wrote that Adams's "pertness has rarely seemed so malevolent", and Donald Clarke of The Irish Times commended her for playing the part with "discrete menace".{{cite news|last=Chang|first=Justin|title=Review: 'The Master'|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/the-master-1117948152/|access-date=September 20, 2017|work=Variety|date=September 1, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523154049/http://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/the-master-1117948152/|archive-date=May 23, 2017}}{{cite news|last=Clarke|first=Donald|title=The Master|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-master-1.552853|access-date=September 20, 2017|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=November 16, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920142816/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-master-1.552853|archive-date=September 20, 2017}} John Patterson of The Guardian remarked that a scene in which her character chastises her husband while furiously masturbating him was one of the most significant sequences in the film. Once again, Adams received Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations for her supporting role.{{cite web|title=Winners and Nominees for the 85th Academy Awards |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2013 |publisher=Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences |access-date=January 26, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014074656/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2013 |archive-date=October 14, 2014 }}{{cite web|title=Film in 2012 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/film |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |access-date=February 5, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212040725/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/film |archive-date=February 12, 2015 }}{{cite news|title=Golden Globes 2013: Complete List of Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/golden-globes-2013-winners-revealed-411840 |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 13, 2013 |access-date=July 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727183633/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/golden-globes-2013-winners-revealed-411840 |archive-date=July 27, 2015 }}

Clint Eastwood's sports drama Trouble with the Curve, in which she played the estranged daughter of a baseball scout (Eastwood), was Adams's second film release of 2012. She admired Eastwood's "warm and generous" personality and was pleased with the collaboration. She prepared for the part by learning to catch, pitch, and swing from a baseball coach. The film received mixed reviews, and Roger Ebert took note of how Adams had made a standard role seem valuable.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trouble_with_the_curve |title=Trouble with the Curve |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=September 21, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922002113/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trouble_with_the_curve/ |archive-date=September 22, 2012 }}{{cite news|first=Roger |last=Ebert |title=Trouble with the Curve |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120919/REVIEWS/120919983 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=September 19, 2012 |access-date=September 21, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922224219/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20120919%2FREVIEWS%2F120919983 |archive-date=September 22, 2012 }} She also played the brief part of a drug addict in On the Road, an ensemble drama based on Jack Kerouac's novel of the same name.{{cite web|last=Ditzian|first=Eric|title=Kristen Stewart has 'chops' says 'On The Road' co-star Amy Adams|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1653815/kristen-stewart-has-chops-says-on-the-road-co-star-amy-adams/|access-date=September 20, 2017|publisher=MTV|date=December 8, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920190613/http://www.mtv.com/news/1653815/kristen-stewart-has-chops-says-on-the-road-co-star-amy-adams/|archive-date=September 20, 2017}}

=2013–2019: Established actress=

File:Amy Adams at NYFF 2013.jpg at the 2013 New York Film Festival]]

After losing out on the role of Lois Lane in two previous films about Superman, Adams secured the part in Zack Snyder's 2013 reboot, Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill as the titular superhero.{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Elvis |title=Amy Adams |url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/amy-adams |work=Interview|date=June 9, 2013 |access-date=September 20, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920143018/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/amy-adams |archive-date=September 20, 2017 }} She played Lane with a mixture of toughness and vulnerability, but Peter Bradshaw found the character "sketchily conceived" and criticized the actress' lack of chemistry with Cavill.{{cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |title=Man of Steel – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jun/13/man-of-steel-review |work=The Guardian |date=June 13, 2013 |access-date=September 20, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920142707/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jun/13/man-of-steel-review |archive-date=September 20, 2017 }} The film grossed over $660 million to become one of her biggest box-office hits.{{cite web |title=Man of Steel (2013) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=superman2012.htm |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=October 2, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014020012/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=superman2012.htm |archive-date=October 14, 2013 }} 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); she played his close friend. The actress had unsuccessfully auditioned for Jonze's 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are and was cast in Her after Jonze looked back at those tapes. She was drawn to the idea of portraying a platonic male-female friendship, which she believed was rare in film.{{cite news |last=Ito |first=Robert |title=A Princess Finds Her Dark Side |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/movies/amy-adams-plays-a-grifter-in-american-hustle.html |work=The New York Times |date=December 4, 2013 |access-date=September 20, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920190646/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/movies/amy-adams-plays-a-grifter-in-american-hustle.html |archive-date=September 20, 2017 }}

Further success came to Adams when she reteamed with David O. Russell in the black comedy crime film American Hustle, co-starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Lawrence. Inspired by the 1970s Abscam scandal, the film featured her as a seductive con artist, though she played it so that "everything felt justified and it didn't feel like she was just a sexy sociopath".{{cite news |last=Hoby |first=Hermione |title=American Hustle star Amy Adams, interview: 'There are people I'd love to eviscerate' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/filmvideo/film-interviews/10528380/American-Hustle-star-Amy-Adams-interview-There-are-people-Id-love-to-eviscerate.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=December 20, 2013 |access-date=September 20, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923193800/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/filmvideo/film-interviews/10528380/American-Hustle-star-Amy-Adams-interview-There-are-people-Id-love-to-eviscerate.html |archive-date=September 23, 2017 }} She collaborated closely with Bale to build their characters and made off-screen suggestions to Russell, including for a scene in which she is aggressively kissed on the lips by her lover's wife (played by Lawrence). The work proved grueling for Adams, who later confirmed reports that Russell had been hard on her and made her cry frequently; she said she feared bringing such a negative experience home to her daughter. American Hustle was critically acclaimed;{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_hustle/|title=American Hustle (2013)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=April 9, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531194703/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_hustle/|archive-date=May 31, 2016}} Manohla Dargis of The New York Times believed Adams "goes deeper here than she's ever been allowed to", adding that she had successfully "turn[ed] an unpredictable character into a thrillingly wild one".{{cite news |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |title=Big Hair, Bad Scams, Motormouths |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/movies/american-hustle-with-christian-bale-and-amy-adams.html |work=The New York Times |date=December 12, 2013 |access-date=September 20, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000422/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/movies/american-hustle-with-christian-bale-and-amy-adams.html |archive-date=September 21, 2017 }} She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical and received her fifth Oscar nomination (her first in the Best Actress category).{{cite web|title=Nominees for the 86th Academy Awards |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014 |publisher=Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences |access-date=January 26, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014193700/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014 |archive-date=October 14, 2014 }}{{cite news|title=Golden Globe Winners: Complete List |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/golden-globe-awards-winners-2014-list-golden-globes-1201050486/ |work=Variety |date=January 12, 2014 |access-date=July 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320084120/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/golden-globe-awards-winners-2014-list-golden-globes-1201050486/ |archive-date=March 20, 2014 }} Her and American Hustle were both named by critics as being among the best films of 2013, and were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.{{cite web |title=2013 Film Critic Top 10 Lists |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critic-top-10-lists-best-movies-of-2013 |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=September 20, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102162352/http://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critic-top-10-lists-best-movies-of-2013 |archive-date=January 2, 2014 }}

Following an appearance in the poorly received drama Lullaby, Adams starred in Big Eyes (2014), a biopic of the troubled artist Margaret Keane, whose paintings of "big-eyed waifs" were plagiarized by her husband Walter Keane.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lullaby_2013/|title=Lullaby (2014)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=February 15, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426192129/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lullaby_2013|archive-date=April 26, 2016}}{{cite news|last=Bucjley|first=Cara|title=How Amy Adams Overcame Her Resistance to 'Big Eyes'|url=https://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/how-amy-adams-overcame-her-resistance-to-big-eyes/|work=The New York Times|date=January 6, 2015|access-date=September 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920192619/https://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/how-amy-adams-overcame-her-resistance-to-big-eyes/|archive-date=September 20, 2017}} When she was first offered the part, she passed on it to avoid playing another naïve woman.{{cite news|last=O' Toole|first=Lesley|title=Amy Adams on playing painter Margaret Keane in Tim Burton's Big Eyes|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/amy-adams-on-playing-painter-margaret-keane-in-tim-burtons-big-eyes-9946943.html|work=The Independent|date=December 28, 2014|access-date=September 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000642/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/amy-adams-on-playing-painter-margaret-keane-in-tim-burtons-big-eyes-9946943.html|archive-date=September 21, 2017}} The birth of her daughter in 2010 prompted Adams to find strength in the passive character, and she drew on real-life experiences where she had not stood up for herself. In preparation, she practiced painting and studied the way Keane worked. Keane liked Adams's portrayal of her,{{cite news|last=Doyle|first=Rebecca|title=Margaret Keane on 'Big Eyes': "I Didn't Know Who Amy Adams Was"|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/margaret-keane-big-eyes-i-755892|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 10, 2014|access-date=September 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000339/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/margaret-keane-big-eyes-i-755892|archive-date=September 21, 2017}} and Mark Kermode of The Observer termed her performance a "potent blend of intuitive fire and sensitive vulnerability".{{cite news|last=Kermode|first=Mark|title=Big Eyes review – Tim Burton's most grown-up movie in years|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/28/big-eyes-review-tim-burton-amy-adams|work=The Observer|date=December 28, 2014|access-date=September 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402181711/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/28/big-eyes-review-tim-burton-amy-adams|archive-date=April 2, 2015}} She won a second consecutive Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical and received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress.{{cite news|title=Golden Globe Winners 2015: Complete List |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/golden-globe-winners-2015-updated-list-1201400369/ |work=Variety |date=January 11, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710050409/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/golden-globe-winners-2015-updated-list-1201400369/ |archive-date=July 10, 2015 }}{{cite news|title=Baftas 2015: full list of winners |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/11334023/Baftas-2015-nominations.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=February 9, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723010243/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/11334023/Baftas-2015-nominations.html |archive-date=July 23, 2015 }}

File:SDCC 2015 - Amy Adams & Henry Cavill (19091120273).jpg promoting Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con]]

After a one-year absence from the screen, Adams had three film releases in 2016. She first reprised the role of Lois Lane in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which marked the second installment in the DC Extended Universe after Man of Steel. Despite a negative critical reception for favoring visual effects over a coherent narrative, the film grossed over $870 million to become her highest-grossing release to date.{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_v_superman_dawn_of_justice/ | title=Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | access-date=June 5, 2017 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602154520/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_v_superman_dawn_of_justice | archive-date=June 2, 2017 | df=mdy-all }} In her next two releases{{mdash}}the science fiction drama Arrival and the psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals{{mdash}}Adams played "emotionally guarded, fiercely intelligent" women to critical acclaim.{{cite news|last=Chang|first=Justin|title=Toronto 2016: 'Arrival,' 'Nocturnal Animals' and the Amy Adams effect|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-toronto-2016-arrival-nocturnal-animals-amy-adams-20160910-snap-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 9, 2016|access-date=September 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920191022/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-toronto-2016-arrival-nocturnal-animals-amy-adams-20160910-snap-story.html|archive-date=September 20, 2017}}{{cite news|last=Heritage|first=Stuart|title=Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue: the year Amy Adams missed out on an Oscar|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2017/jan/27/vanity-fair-hollywood-issue-amy-adams-oscar-nomination|work=The Guardian|date=January 27, 2017|access-date=September 25, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925132230/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2017/jan/27/vanity-fair-hollywood-issue-amy-adams-oscar-nomination|archive-date=September 25, 2017}} Based on Austin Wright's novel Tony and Susan, Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals tells the story of an unhappily married art dealer, Susan (Adams), who is traumatized when reading a violent novel written by her ex-husband (played by Jake Gyllenhaal). She found little resemblance between herself and the "poised" and "aloof" Susan, and modeled the character's personality on that of Ford.{{cite magazine|last=Coggan|first=Devan|title=TIFF 2016: Amy Adams took notes from Tom Ford for Nocturnal Animals|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/09/14/amy-adams-tom-ford-nocturnal-animals-tiff/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 14, 2016|access-date=September 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000647/http://ew.com/article/2016/09/14/amy-adams-tom-ford-nocturnal-animals-tiff/|archive-date=September 21, 2017}} Stephanie Zacharek of Time magazine found the film visually arresting yet thematically weak, but credited Adams and Gyllenhaal for making their characters' pain seem genuine.{{cite magazine|last=Zacharek|first=Stephanie|title=Review: Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals Looks Great. But What Is It Saying?|url=https://time.com/4575265/nocturnal-animals-review-tom-ford/|magazine=Time|date=November 18, 2016|access-date=September 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131040846/http://time.com/4575265/nocturnal-animals-review-tom-ford/|archive-date=January 31, 2017}}

Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve and based on Ted Chiang's short story "Story of Your Life", ranks among the most acclaimed films of Adams's career.{{cite web| url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/amy_adams/| title=Amy Adams| publisher=Rotten Tomatoes| access-date=September 20, 2017| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205013358/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/amy_adams/| archive-date=February 5, 2017| df=mdy-all}} It focuses on Louise Banks (Adams), a linguist who experiences strange visions when she is hired by the U.S. government to interpret the language of extraterrestrials. Adams was drawn to the idea of playing an intellectual female lead, and connected with the film's theme of unity and compassion.{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Arriston|title=Venice: Amy Adams Talks Anxiety and Destiny in 'Arrival'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/arrival-amy-adams-talks-anxiety-924946|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 1, 2016|access-date=September 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920192207/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/arrival-amy-adams-talks-anxiety-924946|archive-date=September 20, 2017}} She watched documentaries on linguistics in preparation for the role.{{cite news|last=Zwecker|first=Bill|title=Making 'Arrival' reinforced Amy Adams's belief in alien life forms|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/amy-adams-said-arrival-reinforced-belief-in-alien-life-forms/|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=November 9, 2016|access-date=September 25, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925133353/http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/amy-adams-said-arrival-reinforced-belief-in-alien-life-forms/|archive-date=September 25, 2017}} Christopher Orr of The Atlantic described Adams's performance as "mesmerizingly open, by turns uplifting and sorrowful". Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan noted her "finely calibrated performance" and asserted that the film was "a showcase for her ability to quietly and effectively meld intelligence, empathy and reserve".{{cite news|last=Orr|first=Christopher|title=The Epic Intimacy of Arrival|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/11/amy-adams-arrival-review/507017/|work=The Atlantic|date=November 11, 2016|access-date=September 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104026/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/11/amy-adams-arrival-review/507017/|archive-date=August 11, 2017}}{{cite news|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|title=Review: 'Arrival' is deeply human, expertly realized science fiction|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-arrival-review-20161107-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 10, 2016|access-date=September 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919103046/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-arrival-review-20161107-story.html|archive-date=September 19, 2017}} Arrival was a commercial success, grossing over $200 million against a production budget of $47 million, and Adams received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for Best Actress.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=arrival2016.htm |title=Arrival (2016) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=July 16, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624104444/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=arrival2016.htm |archive-date=June 24, 2017 }}{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/golden-globe-nominations-2017-nominees-full-list-1201938375/ |title=Golden Globe Nominations: Complete List |date=December 12, 2016 |work=Variety |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213112112/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/golden-globe-nominations-2017-nominees-full-list-1201938375/ |archive-date=December 13, 2016 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/bafta-2017-complete-list-nominations-962769/item/film-bafta-nominees-2017-962744 |title=BAFTA Awards: 'La La Land' Leads Nominations |first=Alex |last=Ritman |date=January 9, 2017 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110163616/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/bafta-2017-complete-list-nominations-962769/item/film-bafta-nominees-2017-962744 |archive-date=January 10, 2017 }} Several journalists expressed disappointment over her failure to receive an Oscar nomination for it.{{cite news |url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/amy-adams-oscars-468623 |title=The award for the most awkward 2017 Oscars moment goes to Amy Adams |first=Jenny |last=Proudfoot |date=January 25, 2017 |access-date=September 20, 2017 |work=Marie Claire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920190711/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/amy-adams-oscars-468623 |archive-date=September 20, 2017 }}
{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/01/amy-adams-arrival-oscars |title=Why Amy Adams's Oscar Snub Was So Surprising |first=Katie |last=Rich |date=January 24, 2017 |access-date=September 20, 2017 |magazine=Vanity Fair |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126202806/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/01/amy-adams-arrival-oscars |archive-date=January 26, 2017 }}
{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/awards/amy-adams-snubbed-oscars-arrival-1201968278/ |title=Why Amy Adams Deserved Oscar Attention for 'Arrival' |first=Janelle |last=Riley |date=January 24, 2017 |access-date=September 20, 2017 |work=Variety |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126122144/http://variety.com/2017/film/awards/amy-adams-snubbed-oscars-arrival-1201968278/ |archive-date=January 26, 2017 }} She played Lois Lane for the third time in Justice League (2017), an ensemble film about the titular superheroes. Tim Grierson of Screen International wrote that despite providing "emotional resonance" to the film, Adams's talents had been wasted in a thankless supporting role.{{cite news|last=Grierson|first=Tim|title='Justice League': Review|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/justice-league-review/5124178.article|work=Screen International|date=November 15, 2017|access-date=November 15, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115135907/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/justice-league-review/5124178.article|archive-date=November 15, 2017}}

File:Amy Adams at 2019 BAFTA after party (cropped).jpg in 2019, where she was nominated for portraying Lynne Cheney in Vice (2018)]]

Adams returned to television in 2018 with Sharp Objects, an HBO miniseries based on Gillian Flynn's thriller novel of the same name. 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.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/sharp-objects-taylor-john-smith-cast-hbo-amy-adams-series-1202050527/ |title='Sharp Objects': Taylor John Smith Joins HBO's Amy Adams Series |date=March 24, 2017 |access-date=April 8, 2017 |last=Petski |first=Denise |website=Deadline Hollywood |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325204211/http://deadline.com/2017/03/sharp-objects-taylor-john-smith-cast-hbo-amy-adams-series-1202050527/ |archive-date=March 25, 2017 }}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/sharp-objects-david-sullivan-reagan-pasternak-recur-amy-adams-hbo-series-1202085587/|title='Sharp Objects': David Sullivan, Reagan Pasternak, More Set To Recur In Amy Adams's HBO Series|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=May 5, 2017|access-date=June 26, 2016|last=Petski|first=Denise|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507051328/http://deadline.com/2017/05/sharp-objects-david-sullivan-reagan-pasternak-recur-amy-adams-hbo-series-1202085587/|archive-date=May 7, 2017}} Adams gained weight for the part and, on days of filming, underwent three hours of prosthetic makeup to create her character's scarred body.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5324721/hbo-sharp-objects/|title=It's Hard to Watch Sharp Objects, and Even Harder to Look Away|last=Dockterman|first=Eliana|date=June 28, 2018|magazine=Time|access-date=June 29, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708075538/http://time.com/5324721/hbo-sharp-objects/|archive-date=July 8, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/amy-adams-hbo-sharp-objects-female-antihero-tv-1121553|title=Amy Adams Goes Dark: 'Sharp Objects' and a Female Antihero for a Troubled Time|last=Rose|first=Lacey|date=June 20, 2018|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=June 29, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621011936/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/amy-adams-hbo-sharp-objects-female-antihero-tv-1121553|archive-date=June 21, 2018}} She read A Bright Red Scream to learn about self-mutilation and researched the psychological condition of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. She found herself unable to distance herself from the dysfunctional role and experienced insomnia.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/amy-adams-equal-pay-family-life-grittiest-role-date/|title=Amy Adams on equal pay, family life and her grittiest role to date|last=Mulkerrins|first=Jane|date=June 9, 2018|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=June 18, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614163155/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/amy-adams-equal-pay-family-life-grittiest-role-date/|archive-date=June 14, 2018}} The series and Adams's performance received critical acclaim;{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/sharp_objects/s01 |title=Sharp Objects: Miniseries (2018) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=July 8, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708075539/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/sharp_objects/s01 |archive-date=July 8, 2018 }} James Poniewozik of The New York Times praised the complex characterization of Preaker and called Adams's performance "transfixing".{{cite news|last=Poniewozik|first=James|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/arts/television/sharp-objects-review-amy-adams-hbo.html|title='Sharp Objects,' a Mesmerizing Southern Thriller, Cuts Slow but Deep|work=The New York Times|date=July 5, 2018|access-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705135345/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/arts/television/sharp-objects-review-amy-adams-hbo.html|archive-date=July 5, 2018}} Daniel D'Addario of Variety found her to be "operating at the peak of her abilities" and added that with "her voice dropped an octave, slowed to a drawl, and sharpened with distrust, [she] is simply superb".{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/reviews/sharp-objects-amy-adams-hbo-review-1202834403/|title=TV Review: 'Sharp Objects' Starring Amy Adams|last=D'Addario|first=Daniel|date=June 7, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618102449/https://variety.com/2018/tv/reviews/sharp-objects-amy-adams-hbo-review-1202834403/|archive-date=June 18, 2018|url-status=live}}

Christian Bale and Adams teamed for the third time in Adam McKay's political satire Vice (2018), in which they portrayed former vice president of the United States, Dick Cheney, and his wife, Lynne, respectively. She read Lynne's books in preparation; despite disagreeing with her political views, she approached the part with empathy and found a connection with her character's fortitude.

{{cite news|url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/the-amy-adams-approach-66235/|title=The Amy Adams Approach|last=Marotta|first=Jenna|date=December 5, 2018|work=Backstage|access-date=December 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206150822/https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/the-amy-adams-approach-66235/|archive-date=December 6, 2018|url-status=live}}

{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/christian-bale-takes-washingtons-ultimate-gamesman-vice-1162366|title=The Dick Cheney Dossier: Inside Adam McKay's Searing Exposé of D.C.'s "Ultimate Gamesman" in 'Vice'|last=Siegel|first=Tatiana|date=November 19, 2018|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=December 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205070416/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/christian-bale-takes-washingtons-ultimate-gamesman-vice-1162366|archive-date=December 5, 2018|url-status=live}} Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair drew comparisons to Adams's role in The Master; he commended "her usual rigor" but criticized the "lazy rubber-stamp of a man's idea of a woman adjacent to power".{{cite magazine|last=Lawson|first=Richard|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/12/review-dick-cheney-biopic-vice-is-as-subtle-as-a-shot-to-the-face|title=Dick Cheney Biopic Vice Is as Subtle as a Shot to the Face|date=December 17, 2018|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=December 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218003634/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/12/review-dick-cheney-biopic-vice-is-as-subtle-as-a-shot-to-the-face|archive-date=December 18, 2018|url-status=live}} Eric Kohn of IndieWire was more appreciative of her for "embodying an underwritten Lady Macbeth with ferocious energy".{{cite news|last=Kohn|first=Eric|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/vice-review-christian-bale-dick-cheney-1202027625/|title='Vice' Review: Christian Bale Is a Perfect Dick Cheney, But the Satire Tries Too Hard|date=December 17, 2018|publisher=IndieWire|access-date=December 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217191914/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/vice-review-christian-bale-dick-cheney-1202027625/|archive-date=December 17, 2018|url-status=live}} Adams received Golden Globe nominations for her performances in both Sharp Objects and Vice; for the former, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series and for the latter, she received her sixth Oscar and seventh BAFTA nominations.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/golden-globe-nominations-2019-1203082075/|title=Golden Globe Nominations: Complete List|date=December 6, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=December 6, 2018|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/74T7WuEQQ?url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/golden-globe-nominations-2019-1203082075/|archive-date=December 6, 2018|url-status=live}}
{{cite news|last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-2019-complete-list-nominees-1172407|title=Oscars: 'Roma,' 'Favourite' Top Nominations With 10 Apiece|date=January 22, 2019|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=January 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122160706/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-2019-complete-list-nominees-1172407|archive-date=January 22, 2019|url-status=live}}
{{cite news|title='The Favourite' Dominates BAFTA Nominations 2019|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/bafta-awards-nominations-2019-complete-list-1172383|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 8, 2019|access-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109102431/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/bafta-awards-nominations-2019-complete-list-1172383|archive-date=January 9, 2019|url-status=live}}
{{cite news|last=Respers France|first=Lisa|title=Emmy nominations 2019: See if your favorite shows make the cut|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/16/entertainment/emmy-nominations-2019/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=July 16, 2019|access-date=July 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716182142/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/16/entertainment/emmy-nominations-2019/index.html|archive-date=July 16, 2019|url-status=live}}

=2020–present: Career fluctuations and expansion=

Adams began the new decade with the drama Hillbilly Elegy (2020), based on the book of the same name by JD Vance.{{cite news|last=Kroll|first=Justin|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/amy-adams-ron-howards-hillbilly-elegy-at-netflix-1203181222/|title=Amy Adams to Star in Ron Howard's 'Hillbilly Elegy' at Netflix (Exclusive)|date=April 4, 2019|work=Variety|access-date=April 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404232555/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/amy-adams-ron-howards-hillbilly-elegy-at-netflix-1203181222/|archive-date=April 4, 2019|url-status=live}} It received negative reviews from critics;{{cite web|title=Hillbilly Elegy (2020)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hillbilly_elegy|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=March 7, 2022|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127091539/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hillbilly_elegy|url-status=live}} a reviewer for Rolling Stone stated that despite dependable work from Adams as Vance's substance-abusing mother, she was trapped in a poorly-written film.{{cite magazine |title='Hillbilly Elegy' Review: A Bestselling Memoir Becomes Oscar-Season B.S. |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/hillbilly-elegy-movie-review-amy-adams-glenn-close-1088885/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119111023/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/hillbilly-elegy-movie-review-amy-adams-glenn-close-1088885/ |url-status=live }} Multiple outlets criticized the film for not giving her character enough scenes to develop.{{cite web |title=Hillbilly Elegy |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/hillbilly-elegy |website=Metacritic |access-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=November 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119185343/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/hillbilly-elegy |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Hillbilly Elegy is a horrific showcase for miserable overacting: Review |url=https://ew.com/movies/movie-reviews/hillbilly-elegy-review-movie/ |website=EW |access-date=January 20, 2021 |quote=Her descent into addiction takes maybe two scenes, one of them roller-skating high through the ICU while Bananarama's "Cruel Summer" plays on the soundtrack. Playing a drug addict is tricky. On a story level, it requires patience: Enough narrative real estate so we understand the person behind the disease, enough scenes that aren't just a freakout acting reel. |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119215052/https://ew.com/movies/movie-reviews/hillbilly-elegy-review-movie/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Hillbilly Elegy Is Not the Fun Kind of Bad |quote=Adams has been given an ironic hell punishment for actorly ambition — consisting of so many outsized scenes and no center. |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/review-hillbilly-elegy-starring-amy-adams-and-glenn-close.html |website=Vulture |date=November 24, 2020 |access-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185320/https://www.vulture.com/article/review-hillbilly-elegy-starring-amy-adams-and-glenn-close.html |url-status=live }} Even so, she received a nomination for the SAG Award for Best Actress.{{cite news |title=SAG Nominations: 12 Biggest Snubs and Surprises, From Amanda Seyfried to Regé-Jean Page |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/awards/amanda-seyfried-amy-adams-sag-awards-snubs-surprises-1234899951/ |work=Variety |date=February 4, 2021 |access-date=March 9, 2022 |archive-date=March 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309143438/https://variety.com/2021/tv/awards/amanda-seyfried-amy-adams-sag-awards-snubs-surprises-1234899951/ |url-status=live }} Adams next starred as an agoraphobic murder witness in Joe Wright's thriller The Woman in the Window, based on the novel of the same name. Filmed in 2018, the film was delayed several times due to poor test screenings and later, due to the COVID-19 pandemic; it was eventually released on Netflix in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/box-office/black-widow-release-coronavirus-1203532996/|title='Black Widow' Release Pulled Amid Coronavirus Pandemic|website=Variety|first=Rebecca|last=Rubin|date=March 17, 2020|access-date=March 17, 2020|archive-date=March 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317171619/https://variety.com/2020/film/box-office/black-widow-release-coronavirus-1203532996/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/03/the-woman-in-the-window-movie-release-date-netflix.html|title=The Woman in the Window Movie Really, Finally Has a Release Date|website=Vulture|first=Devon|last=Ivie|date=March 4, 2021|access-date=March 27, 2021|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411235320/https://www.vulture.com/2021/03/the-woman-in-the-window-movie-release-date-netflix.html|url-status=live}} Adams then took on the supporting role of a grieving mother in Dear Evan Hansen, a film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name.{{cite news|last=Kit|first=Borys|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amy-adams-joins-universals-dear-evan-hansen-musical|title=Amy Adams Joins Universal's 'Dear Evan Hansen' Musical|date=August 28, 2020|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828235146/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amy-adams-joins-universals-dear-evan-hansen-musical|url-status=live}} Both The Woman in the Window and Dear Evan Hansen were poorly received.{{cite Rotten Tomatoes |title= The Woman in the Window (2021) |id= the_woman_in_the_window_2020 |type=movie |access-date=October 1, 2021 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dear_evan_hansen|title = Dear Evan Hansen|website = Rotten Tomatoes|publisher = Fandango Media|access-date = January 1, 2021|archive-date = September 27, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210927073121/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dear_evan_hansen|url-status = live}}

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In 2022, Adams made her first appearance in West End theatre in a revival of The Glass Menagerie at the Duke of York's Theatre.{{cite news |title=Amy Adams to make her West End debut in The Glass Menagerie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/sep/14/amy-adams-the-glass-menagerie-west-end-london-duke-of-york-theatre |newspaper=The Guardian |date=September 14, 2021 |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512075452/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/sep/14/amy-adams-the-glass-menagerie-west-end-london-duke-of-york-theatre |url-status=live }} She played Amanda, a matriarch struggling to raise her children, for which she drew on her own mother's fierce and determined personality.{{cite news |title=The day Amy Adams cried: 'I know I'm puffy-eyed today' |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/the-day-amy-adams-cried-i-know-im-puffy-eyed-today-xgl0tckdt |newspaper=The Times |date=May 29, 2022 |access-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529191415/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-day-amy-adams-cried-i-know-im-puffy-eyed-today-xgl0tckdt |url-status=live }} The production received mixed reviews.{{cite web|url=https://playbill.com/article/reviews-what-did-critics-say-about-amy-adams-in-west-end-the-glass-menagerie|title=Reviews: What Did Critics Say About Amy Adams in West End The Glass Menagerie?|access-date=November 21, 2022|archive-date=November 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122001641/https://playbill.com/article/reviews-what-did-critics-say-about-amy-adams-in-west-end-the-glass-menagerie|url-status=live}} Dominic Cavendish of The Daily Telegraph found Adams' performance "clear, simple, believable, and quietly heart-breaking in its contained vulnerability", but Evening Standard{{'}}s Nick Curtis found it "muted and unconvincing".{{cite news |title=Amy Adams' West End debut gets mixed reviews |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyelj4gjpz3o |website=BBC News |date=June 1, 2022 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014115706/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyelj4gjpz3o |url-status=live }} She then reprised her role as Giselle in the sequel to Enchanted, titled Disenchanted, which premiered on Disney+.{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=Disenchanted': 'Enchanted' Sequel With Amy Adams Going To Disney+ |url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/enchanted-sequel-disenchanted-going-to-disney-with-amy-adams-1234654455/ |website=Deadline |date=December 11, 2020 |access-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211105957/https://deadline.com/2020/12/enchanted-sequel-disenchanted-going-to-disney-with-amy-adams-1234654455/ |url-status=live }} She also recorded six songs for its soundtrack.{{Cite web |last=Fogarty |first=Paul |date=November 18, 2022 |title=Disenchanted's soundtrack boasts returning Amy Adams alongside new cast members |url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/11/18/disenchanted-soundtrack-songs-music-disney-plus/ |access-date=November 20, 2022 |website=HITC |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120145004/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/11/18/disenchanted-soundtrack-songs-music-disney-plus/ |url-status=live }} Critics took note of Adams' enduring charm but considered the sequel inferior to its predecessor.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/disenchanted_2022 |title=Disenchanted (2022) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-date=November 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118220537/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/disenchanted_2022 |url-status=live }}

Adams formed her own production company named Bond Group Entertainment with her manager Stacy O'Neil in 2019.{{cite news|last=Otterson|first=Joe|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/amy-adams-poisonwood-bible-limited-series-hbo-1203161577/|title=Amy Adams Sets First-Look Deal at HBO, to Develop 'Poisonwood Bible' Limited Series|date=March 12, 2019|work=Variety|access-date=March 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314173252/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/amy-adams-poisonwood-bible-limited-series-hbo-1203161577/|archive-date=March 14, 2019|url-status=live}} Their first release came with a 2024 film adaptation of the satirical novel Nightbitch, starring Adams as a struggling mother who occasionally transforms into a dog.{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/amy-adams-annapurna-pictures-rachel-yoder-novel-nightbitch-1202999813/|title=Amy Adams, Annapurna Pictures Team On Adaptation Of Rachel Yoder Novel 'Nightbitch'|date=July 30, 2020|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=May 30, 2022|archive-date=May 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520190058/https://deadline.com/2020/07/amy-adams-annapurna-pictures-rachel-yoder-novel-nightbitch-1202999813/|url-status=live}} She found a connection with the material as she felt exhausted balancing her parental commitments while performing on stage.{{cite news|last=Fell|first=Nicole|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/amy-adams-channeling-personal-experiences-nightbitch-marielle-heller-1236069130/|title=Amy Adams Says She Was “Able to Channel My Own Experiences” for ‘Nightbitch’|date=November 21, 2024|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=November 22, 2024}} It received a polarizing reception from critics, which Adams said was the film's intent.{{cite news|last=Stephan|first=Katcy|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/amy-adams-nightbitch-role-lois-lane-1236183040/|title=Amy Adams Goes Wild: The ‘Nightbitch’ Star on Barking, Growing Chin Hair and ‘Polarizing’ Viewers With Her Raw Look at Motherhood|date=October 22, 2024|work=Variety|access-date=October 25, 2024}} She received another Golden Globe nomination for her performance.{{Cite news |date=December 9, 2024 |title=2025 Golden Globes nominations revealed: See the full list of nominees |url=https://ew.com/2025-golden-globes-nominations-full-list-8756192 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |work=Entertainment Weekly}}

Adams will next star alongside Jenna Ortega in Taika Waititi's science fiction film Klara and the Sun, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, as well as in Kornél Mundruczó's drama film At the Sea.{{cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |title=Amy Adams In Talks To Star Opposite Jenna Ortega In 3000 Pictures Adaptation Of 'Klara and the Sun' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/amy-adams-jenna-ortega-klara-and-the-sun-1235810635/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=February 1, 2024 |date=February 1, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |title=Amy Adams to Star in 'At the Sea,' Latest Drama From Kornél Mundruczó |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/amy-adams-at-the-sea-movie-kornel-mundruczo-1235880350/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=April 24, 2024 |date=April 24, 2024}}

Reception and acting style

Describing Adams' off-screen persona, Hadley Freeman of The Guardian wrote in 2016 that she "is extremely engaging, serious but with a hint of a straight-talking broad once she gets going". Carl Swanson of Vulture found her "suspiciously unnarcissistic for a Hollywood star, gracious, hardworking, and decent to the point of almost not being a celebrity".{{cite news|last=Swanson|first=Carl|title=Amy Adams Is on a Different Planet|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/08/amy-adams-arrival-nocturnal-animals-c-v-r.html|date=August 22, 2016|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=Vulture|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123085034/http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/amy-adams-arrival-nocturnal-animals-c-v-r.html|archive-date=November 23, 2016}} Journalist Alex Bilmes believes that Adams' ability to be "both glamorous movie star and relatable normal person is key to her success".

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Adams works closely with her acting coach, Warner Loughlin, whom she credits with helping her organize and structure her thoughts.{{cite news|last=Rea|first=Steven|title=Amy Adams on 'Arrival,' 'Nocturnal Animals,' aliens, acting and being a mom|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/steven_rea/20161113_Amy_Adams_on__Arrival____Nocturnal_Animals___aliens__acting_and_being_a_mom.html|date=November 11, 2016|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202004618/http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/steven_rea/20161113_Amy_Adams_on__Arrival____Nocturnal_Animals___aliens__acting_and_being_a_mom.html|archive-date=December 2, 2016}} She uses an acting method Loughlin has taught her, in which she attempts to understand her character's psychology by creating the character's backstory from age three.{{cite magazine|last=Scovell|first=Nell|title=The Adams Chronicle|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/01/amy-adams-american-hustle|date=December 16, 2013|access-date=September 22, 2017|magazine=Vanity Fair|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414091842/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/01/amy-adams-american-hustle|archive-date=April 14, 2016}} Adams prefers to work with confident directors who give her space to think for herself.{{cite news|last=Van Meter|first=Jonathan|title=The A-List Talent and Irresistible Charm of Amy Adams|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/amy-adams-december-2014-cover|date=November 17, 2014|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=Vogue|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302010436/http://www.vogue.com/article/amy-adams-december-2014-cover|archive-date=March 2, 2017}} She stays in character during filming, and finds it difficult to detach herself from roles and accents.{{cite news|last=Keegan|first=Rebecca|title=Amy Adams on 'Arrival' and abandoning her 'harsh critic'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-arrival-amy-adams-20160904-snap-story.html|date=September 4, 2016|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919103041/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-arrival-amy-adams-20160904-snap-story.html|archive-date=September 19, 2017}} She is not influenced by the size of a role and is drawn to both leading and supporting parts. She has described herself as an obsessive performer.

Jake Coyle of The Washington Times considers Adams an actress who does not transform herself for her roles, but who inhabits "a character with warmth and smarts while, to varying degrees, remaining herself".{{cite news|last=Coyle|first=Jake|title=The evolution of Amy Adams on view in 'Arrival,' 'Nocturnal'|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/7/the-evolution-of-amy-adams-on-view-in-arrival-noct/|date=November 7, 2016|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=The Washington Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109170802/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/7/the-evolution-of-amy-adams-on-view-in-arrival-noct/|archive-date=November 9, 2016}} Meryl Streep, her co-star in Doubt and Julie & Julia, has said that Adams comes highly prepared on set and possesses "a gigantic intelligence" in developing her character's arc. Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed her in The Master, commends her dedication and investment in her projects. Journalists have remarked upon her "American sweetheart" persona in her 2000s roles while taking note of her increased versatility in the 2010s.{{cite news|last=Barnett|first=Laura|title=Amy Adams: the story so far|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8411754/Amy-Adams-the-story-so-far.html|date=March 29, 2011|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401151358/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8411754/Amy-Adams-the-story-so-far.html|archive-date=April 1, 2011}} Novelist Stephen Marche called Adams "the greatest actress of her generation".{{cite news|last=Marche|first=Stephen|title=Amy Adams Might Win an Oscar This Year. The Question Is: For Which Film?|url=http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a48532/amy-adams-tiff-arrival-noctural-animals/|date=September 12, 2016|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=Esquire|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204020247/http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a48532/amy-adams-tiff-arrival-noctural-animals/|archive-date=December 4, 2016}} Describing her film career in a 2016 review of Arrival, journalist and critic Anthony Lane of The New Yorker wrote:{{blockquote|The spry benevolence that carried her through a film like Enchanted (2007) has been cross-grained, in recent years, by the stern resolve of The Master (2012) and the snap of American Hustle (2013), and now, in Arrival, her gift for sorrow, her strength, and her instinctive sweetness of temper are rolled into one.{{cite magazine|last=Lane|first=Antony|title=The Consuming Fervor of "Arrival"|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/14/the-consuming-fervor-of-arrival|date=November 14, 2016|access-date=September 25, 2017|magazine=The New Yorker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428074125/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/14/the-consuming-fervor-of-arrival|archive-date=April 28, 2017}}}}

Forbes ranked Adams among the world's highest-paid actresses, with earnings of over $13 million in 2014, and in 2016, and over $11 million in 2017.{{cite news |title=Top Earning Actresses 2014 |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45ekhif/amy-adams-14/ |work=Forbes |access-date=November 30, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925082407/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45ekhif/amy-adams-14/ |archive-date=September 25, 2016 }}{{cite news|title=The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016 |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45efgmh/7-amy-adams/ |work=Forbes |access-date=November 30, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130191128/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45efgmh/7-amy-adams/ |archive-date=November 30, 2016 }}{{cite news |title=The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2017 |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/598b86c731358e60d775bca6/10-amy-adams/ |work=Forbes |access-date=September 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922212508/https://www.forbes.com/pictures/598b86c731358e60d775bca6/10-amy-adams/ |archive-date=September 22, 2017 }} The magazine featured her on its annual Celebrity 100 list in 2014, and also ranked her among the most powerful actresses in the business.{{cite news|title=Beyonce Knowles Tops Forbes' 15th Annual Celebrity 100|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2014/06/30/beyonce-knowles-tops-forbes-15th-annual-celebrity-100/|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=Forbes|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127041125/http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2014/06/30/beyonce-knowles-tops-forbes-15th-annual-celebrity-100/|archive-date=January 27, 2017}}{{cite news|title=Celeb 2014: Most Powerful Actresses|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45ejlfg/amy-adams-13/|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=Forbes|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324053422/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45ejlfg/amy-adams-13/|archive-date=March 24, 2016}} Also that year, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.{{cite magazine|last=Blunt |first=Emily |url=http://time.com/70775/amy-adams-2014-time-100 |title=Amy Adams |magazine=Time |date=April 23, 2014 |access-date=May 2, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501183756/http://time.com/70775/amy-adams-2014-time-100/ |archive-date=May 1, 2014 }} Adams received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017.{{cite news|last=Asher|first=Jane|title=Amy Adams Celebrates Hollywood Walk of Fame Star with Her Mini-Me|url=http://www.instyle.com/news/amy-adams-receives-star-hollywood-walk-of-fame|date=January 12, 2017|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=InStyle|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116043145/http://www.instyle.com/news/amy-adams-receives-star-hollywood-walk-of-fame|archive-date=January 16, 2017}} {{As of|2017}}, her films have grossed over $4.7 billion worldwide. Robert Ito of The New York Times believes that her propensity for risky projects prevents her from being a bigger box-office draw.

Stuart McGurk of GQ cites Adams' "porcelain skin, auburn hair, and soft, earnest speaking style" as being among her trademarks. 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.{{cite news|last1=Thomsen|first1=Kat|last2=Aminosharei|first2=Nojan|title=Beautiful People: America the Beautiful|url=http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/g2597/america-the-beautiful-567720/?slide=6|date=June 30, 2011|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=Elle|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702031618/http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/g2597/america-the-beautiful-567720/?slide=6|archive-date=July 2, 2016}}
{{cite news|title=Check out our round-up of the best dressed stars in the history of the Academy Awards|url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/fashion/shopping/best-oscar-dresses-of-all-time-best-oscar-dresses-best-dresses-best-dressed-oscars-academy-awards-best-dressed-193437|date=March 3, 2017|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=Marie Claire|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302022134/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/fashion/shopping/best-oscar-dresses-of-all-time-best-oscar-dresses-best-dresses-best-dressed-oscars-academy-awards-best-dressed-193437|archive-date=March 2, 2017}}
{{cite web|title=Oscars: The best dresses of all time|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/26/showbiz/gallery/best-oscars-dresses/index.html|date=February 26, 2014|access-date=September 22, 2017|publisher=CNN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222041023/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/26/showbiz/gallery/best-oscars-dresses/index.html|archive-date=February 22, 2015}}
{{cite web|title=Amy Adams from Best Dressed at 2014 Oscars|url=http://www.eonline.com/photos/11534/best-dressed-at-2014-oscars/361581|access-date=September 22, 2017|publisher=E!|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829200134/http://www.eonline.com/photos/11534/best-dressed-at-2014-oscars/361581|archive-date=August 29, 2016}}
{{cite news|last=Barsamian|first=Edward|title=Amy Adams's 10 Best Fashion Moments from 2014|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/amy-adams-best-red-carpet-looks|date=November 17, 2014|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=Vogue|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922212508/https://www.vogue.com/article/amy-adams-best-red-carpet-looks|archive-date=September 22, 2017}} Adams advertised Lacoste's fragrance Eau de Lacoste in 2012, and two years later, she endorsed accessories and handbags of Max Mara.{{cite news|first=Luisa |last=Zargani |url=http://wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/max-mara-calls-on-amy-adams-7800266/?module=Accessories-Handbags-main |title=Max Mara Calls On Amy Adams |work=Women's Wear Daily |date=July 15, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222102758/http://wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/max-mara-calls-on-amy-adams-7800266/?module=Accessories-Handbags-main |archive-date=December 22, 2015 }} In 2015, she collaborated with Max Mara to design and promote a line of handbags.{{cite news|first=Todd |last=Plummer |url=http://www.vogue.com/13362659/amy-adams-unviels-new-max-mara-bag/ |title=Amy Adams Gave Everyone 'Goose Bumps' While Shooting Her Max Mara Campaign |work=Vogue |date=October 20, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122153841/http://www.vogue.com/13362659/amy-adams-unviels-new-max-mara-bag |archive-date=November 22, 2015 }}

Personal life and off-screen work

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Adams met actor and painter Darren Le Gallo at an acting class in 2001. They began dating a year later while collaborating on a short film titled Pennies.{{cite news|title=Names & Faces|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/25/AR2008072502889_pf.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 26, 2008|access-date=January 3, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109144229/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/25/AR2008072502889_pf.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012}} They became engaged in 2008. Adams gave birth to their daughter, Aviana, in 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/amy-adams-marries-darren-le-gallo-after-seven-year-engagement-201545|title=Amy Adams Marries Darren Le Gallo After Seven-Year Engagement|work=Us Weekly|date=May 4, 2015|access-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220195831/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/amy-adams-marries-darren-le-gallo-after-seven-year-engagement-201545|archive-date=December 20, 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/its-a-girl-for-amy-adams/|title=It's a Girl for Amy Adams!|work=People|first=Sarah|last=Michaud|date=May 17, 2010|access-date=February 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819214233/https://people.com/parents/its-a-girl-for-amy-adams/|archive-date=August 19, 2018|url-status=live}} Seven years after their engagement, the couple married, in a private ceremony, at a ranch near Santa Barbara, California.{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Michael|url=http://www.people.com/article/amy-adams-marries-darren-legallo |title=Amy Adams Marries Darren LeGallo |work=People |date=May 4, 2015 |access-date=May 4, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505060203/http://www.people.com/article/amy-adams-marries-darren-legallo |archive-date=May 5, 2015 }}{{cite journal|title=Amy Adams: The Thinking Women's Guide to Hollywood|journal=Allure|date=April 2016 |asin=B01DKL4Y5W|page=166|last=Wappler|first=Margaret}} Adams said in 2016 that she appreciates the numerous sacrifices Le Gallo had made as the primary caregiver for their family. They reside in Beverly Hills, California.{{cite news|last=David|first=Mark|title=Amy Adams: New Baby, New House|url=https://variety.com/2010/dirt/news/amy-adams-new-baby-new-house-1201230664/|work=Variety|date=September 9, 2010|access-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628111030/http://variety.com/2010/dirt/news/amy-adams-new-baby-new-house-1201230664/|archive-date=June 28, 2017}} She has described her family life as "pretty low-key", 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 and my characters". She attracts little gossip or tabloid attention, and strives to keep a healthy work-life balance.{{cite news|title=April Cover Star Amy Adams Talks Breasts, Couture And Her Stint At Hooters|url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/april-cover-star-amy-adams-talks-breasts-couture-and-her-hooters-stint-16068|work=Marie Claire|date=March 9, 2016|access-date=September 25, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925132329/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/april-cover-star-amy-adams-talks-breasts-couture-and-her-hooters-stint-16068|archive-date=September 25, 2017}} 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 frequently breaks into song when stressed at work. 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.{{cite news|last=Crucchiola|first=Jordan|title=Amy Adams Wants to Know Why Producers Don't Get Asked About the Gender Pay Gap|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/11/amy-adams-calls-out-producers-on-gender-pay-gap.html|work=New York|date=November 22, 2016|access-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124153757/http://www.vulture.com/2016/11/amy-adams-calls-out-producers-on-gender-pay-gap.html|archive-date=November 24, 2016}}

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.{{cite news|last=Netzer|first=Jaime|title=Amy Adams makes school a top priority|url=https://variety.com/2010/scene/markets-festivals/amy-adams-makes-school-a-top-priority-1118024821/|work=Variety|date=September 30, 2010|access-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031105359/http://variety.com/2010/scene/markets-festivals/amy-adams-makes-school-a-top-priority-1118024821/|archive-date=October 31, 2015}} Variety honored her for her work with them in 2010.{{cite news|last=Abrams|first=Rachel|title=Women power praised|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/women-power-praised-1118025020/|work=Variety|date=October 1, 2010|access-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031104836/http://variety.com/2010/film/news/women-power-praised-1118025020/|archive-date=October 31, 2015}} She supports the Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization that helps troubled LGBT teenagers, and served as a presenter for the 2011 event "Trevor Live".{{cite magazine|last=Bell|first=Carrie|title=Amy Poehler rules Trevor Live event|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/12/05/on-the-scene-trevor-live/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 5, 2011|access-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922212508/http://ew.com/article/2011/12/05/on-the-scene-trevor-live/|archive-date=September 22, 2017}} In 2013, she launched the book The Beauty Book for Brain Cancer to help raise money for brain cancer charities Snog and Headrush.{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Sarah|title=Amy Adams, Nicole Scherzinger and Hilary Duff help launch The Beauty Book for Brain Cancer|url=http://www.instyle.co.uk/celebrity/news/amy-adams-nicole-scherzinger-and-hilary-duff-help-launch-the-beauty-book-for-brain|work=InStyle|date=March 7, 2013|access-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209015619/http://www.instyle.co.uk/celebrity/news/amy-adams-nicole-scherzinger-and-hilary-duff-help-launch-the-beauty-book-for-brain|archive-date=December 9, 2015}} The following year, she attended a charity event at the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, to raise funds for sexually abused children.{{cite news|title=Amy Adams On the One Thing She's Never Worn On the Red Carpet (Until Last Night!)|url=http://www.instyle.com/news/amy-adams-one-thing-shes-never-worn-red-carpet-until-last-night|work=InStyle|date=April 14, 2014|access-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922212508/http://www.instyle.com/news/amy-adams-one-thing-shes-never-worn-red-carpet-until-last-night|archive-date=September 22, 2017}} In 2020, Adams teamed up with actress Jennifer Garner to launch the campaign #SaveWithStories to promote children's education during school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/amy-adams-jennifer-garner-savewithstories-coronavirus-school-closures-1202885077/|title=Amy Adams & Jennifer Garner Launch #SaveWithStories To Support Children Who Are Out Of School Due To Coronavirus Outbreak|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 16, 2020|access-date=March 17, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317050919/https://deadline.com/2020/03/amy-adams-jennifer-garner-savewithstories-coronavirus-school-closures-1202885077/|archive-date=March 17, 2020}} Adams is an ambassador for The RightWay Foundation, a charity that provides employment and mental health services to former foster youth.{{cite web |last1=M |first1=Emma |title=Watch: Amy Adams shares video from Ireland ahead of 'Disenchanted' filming |url=https://www.fm104.ie/news/buzz/watch-amy-adams-shares-video-from-ireland-ahead-of-disenchanted-filming/ |website=FM104 |access-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513232607/https://www.fm104.ie/news/buzz/watch-amy-adams-shares-video-from-ireland-ahead-of-disenchanted-filming/ |url-status=live }} Variety honored her for her work with them in 2024.{{cite news|last=Stephan|first=Katcy|title=Amy Adams on Her Work With Foster Youth: Power ‘Can Be About What We Contribute’|url=https://variety.com/2024/scene/news/amy-adams-power-of-women-speech-foster-youth-1236185433/|work=Variety|date=October 24, 2024|access-date=October 25, 2024}}

Acting credits and awards

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{{Main|List of Amy Adams performances|List of awards and nominations received by Amy Adams}}

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).

Among her television projects, Adams has starred in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018). On stage, she has appeared in the Public Theater's revival of Into the Woods in 2012 and in a 2022 West End revival of The Glass Menagerie.

Adams has received six Academy Award nominations: Best Supporting Actress for Junebug (2005), Doubt (2008), The Fighter (2010), The Master (2012), and Vice (2018), and Best Actress for American Hustle (2013).{{cite news|last=Whipp|first=Glenn|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-en-mn-amy-adams-toronto-oscars-20160907-snap-story.html|title=Now that DiCaprio has one, it's Amy Adams' turn to win an Oscar, right?|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 9, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923145231/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-en-mn-amy-adams-toronto-oscars-20160907-snap-story.html|archive-date=September 23, 2017}} She has twice won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, for American Hustle (2013) and Big Eyes (2014).{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/amy-adams|title=Amy Adams|access-date=December 6, 2018|publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630063406/http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/amy-adams|archive-date=June 30, 2017|url-status=live}}