Genevieve Adams

Genevieve Adams was born and grew up in New York City, New York.{{Cite web |title=Alumna Q&A: screenwriter and actress Genevieve Adams '11 |url=https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2017/02/alumna-qa-screenwriter-and-actress-genevieve-adams-11 |access-date=October 17, 2023 |website=The Dartmouth |language=en-US}} At Dartmouth College, Adams became part of the theater scene. She participated in productions of the Dartmouth's Department of Theater, including starring in a production of Eurydice.{{Cite web |last=Barber |first=Bonnie |date=August 11, 2023 |title=Dartmouth Theater Professor Has Role in the Film Lincoln |url=https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2012/11/dartmouth-theater-professor-has-role-film-lincoln |access-date=October 17, 2023 |website=Dartmouth |language=en}} She also performed improv comedy and joined Casual Thursday, a comedy group that performed in fraternity basements.{{Cite web |last=Cherian |first=Zach |date=February 7, 2021 |title=Alumna Q&A: screenwriter and actress Genevieve Adams '11 |url=https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2017/02/alumna-qa-screenwriter-and-actress-genevieve-adams-11 |access-date=October 17, 2023 |website=The Dartmouth |language=en-US}} She graduated in 2011 with a degree in English.

Adams had her first break in film acting when a casting director saw a play she also wrote and produced. Following that, she was cast in Bird People (2014), directed by Pascale Ferran, which premiered at the Cannes film festival.{{Cite web |last=Vecchiarelli |first=Samantha |date=May 23, 2023 |title=HOLR Chats: Genevieve Adams Talks Simchas & Sorrows|url=https://holrmagazine.com/holr-chats-genevieve-adams-talks-simchas-sorrows/ |access-date=October 17, 2023 |language=en}} Adams subsequently wrote and starred in I'm Obsessed with You (2014), the film version of her play that began as her honors thesis at Dartmouth.{{cite news |last1=BWW News Desk |date=February 26, 2012 |title=Quick Changes Productions Presents IMPROVed 2/26 |work=Broadway World |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Quick-Changes-Productions-Presents-IMPROVed-223-26-20120225# |access-date=October 17, 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Saito |first1=Stephen |date=January 8, 2013 |title=Kickstart This! Genevieve Adams & Jon Goracy's Quarterlife Crisis Comedy I'm Obsessed With You (But You've Got to Leave Me Alone) |work=The Moveable Fest |url=https://moveablefest.com/genevieve-adams-im-obsessed-with-you-kickstart-this/ |access-date=October 17, 2023}} Adams was part of an ensemble cast that included Manish Dayal, Thomas McDonell, Rachel Brosnahan and Jason Ralph.{{Cite web |last=Jagernauth |first=Kevin |date=November 3, 2014 |title=Exclusive: Trailer For I'm Obsessed With You Featuring House Of Cards Star Rachel Brosnahan And More |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/exclusive-trailer-for-im-obsessed-with-you-featuring-house-of-cards-star-rachel-brosnahan-and-more-270708/ |access-date=October 17, 2023 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}} I'm Obsessed with You premiered at the Sonoma International Film Festival.{{Cite web |last=Nicholls |first=Olivia A. |date=April 2, 2014 |title=I'm Obsessed With You: A Talk With Up-and-coming Actress, Writer, and Filmmaker Genevieve Adams |url=https://dev.thecrimson.com/flyby/article/2014/4/2/im-obsessed-interview/ |access-date=October 17, 2023 |website=Flyby |publisher=The Harvard Crimson}}

In 2015, Adams appeared in Jason Bateman's The Family Fang. She also had a role in Touched with Fire, which starred Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby.{{Cite web |last=Gioino |first=Catherina |date=February 28, 2016 |title=Touched With Fire Review |url=https://www.nerdly.co.uk/2016/02/28/touched-with-fire-review/ |access-date=October 17, 2023 |website=Nerdly |language=en-US}} Adams had roles in How to Be Single (2016), Money Monster (2016), Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016),{{cn|date=December 2023}} and The Report (2019).

Adams wrote, directed, produced, and starred in Simchas and Sorrows, a dramedy film released in 2022. The film tells the story of an atheist actress, played by Adams, who decides to convert to Judaism to marry her fiancé, played by McDonell.{{Cite web |last=Zlatopolsky |first=Ashley |date=September 12, 2022 |title=Film Review: Simchas and Sorrows |url=https://www.thejewishnews.com/culture/arts/film-review-simchas-and-sorrows/article_97ca672f-c5d4-58b3-be38-f1c50a3c9c7d.html |access-date=October 17, 2023 |website=The Detroit Jewish News |language=en}} Simchas and Sorrows premiered at the virtual showcase Cinejoy, part of the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival.{{Cite web |last=Gibbs |first=Patrick |date=April 7, 2022 |title=Simchas and Sorrows Finds Comedy In Relationships and Religion |url=https://www.slugmag.com/arts/film-arts/film-interviews/simchas-and-sorrows-finds-comedy-in-relationships-and-religion/ |access-date=October 17, 2023 |website=SLUG Magazine |language=en-US}}

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