Amazing Amy

Five-time Oscar nominee and star of two critically acclaimed new films, Amy Adams, talks assumed identities, challenging stereotypes and that elusive golden statue. 

- Jane Taylor

Amy Adams does not look like a movie star. She’s beautiful, yes, but not in a way that you would describe as traditional. She has presence, too, but not in a way that is particularly striking. You could say that this is part of her underlying charm. As film director Tim burton puts it, Amy is like “a weird school memory: Someone who is very vivid, and yet you don’t really know them.”

That is not to say that the flame-haired actress is forgettable or unlikeable. In fact, she’s far from it. every role she’s starred in has brought to life her warmth of character. So much so, it feels like she brings a sense of vulnerability and true-life grit to her on-screen personas that makes them just that little bit more relatable. She has brought this rare quality to the big screen countless times in American Hustle, for which she received an Oscar nomination for best Actress in 2013, Man of Steel, big eyes, Julie & Julia and enchanted. Amy has also been nominated for best Supporting Actress in Junebug (2005), doubt (2008), The Fighter (2010) and The master (2012).