22 interestig facts about Amy Adams

  1. Amy Adams was born on August 20, 1974 in Vicenza, Italy. She is a talented actress. Amy Adams used to work as a greeter at a GAP store.
  2. She spent her childhood in Castle Rock, Colorado and attended the Douglas County High School there.
  3. Amy Adams was nominated for an Oscar for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" for Doubt, at the 2009 Academy Awards.
  4. Amy Adams used to work at a Hooters restaurant. She quit when she turned 18, when her manager forced her to wear the notorious Hooters uniform. 
  5.  A movie producer discovered her when she was working at Chanhassen Dinner Theater in Minnesota. 
  6. Before landing her Oscar-nominated role in Junebug, she was planning on quitting acting.
  7. In 2009, Amy Adams was ranked #7 in AIM's "50 Hottest Redheads."
  8. Amy Adams performed live at the 2008 Academy Awards, singing Happy Working Song from her movie Enchanted, which was nominated for Best Original Song.
  9. Amy Adams has said in previous interviews that she has admired actress/singer Julie Andrews since childhood.
  10. Her favorite movies include The Shawshank Redemption, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Election.
  11. In 2006, Penthouse Magazine voted her the #1 hottest new star of the year.
  12. Amy Adams used to dub herself "the guest-spot queen", after almost 20 guest spots on TV series early in her career.
  13. Amy Adams used to be a dancer.
  14. A contract dispute with the producers of the short-lived Rob Lowe series Dr Vegas resulted in her being fired. The show was canceled soon after her final episode aired.
  15. Her father, Rich, formerly worked in the military, and now works as a theater actor. Her mother, Kathryn, works in a Starbucks café back in Minnesota.
  16. She began working in dinner theater as a teen, appearing in productions of Brigadoon, A Chrous Line and Good News.
  17. Amy's natural hair colour is a light red.
  18. Amy Adams was raised a Mormon, but departed the religion in her teens.
  19. As of 2006, Amy Adams is in a long-term relationship with actor Darren LeGallo.
  20. Amy Adams won Satellite Awards' 'Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role' for her role in Junebug.
  21. Amy Adams was nominated for an Oscar for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" for Junebug, at the 2006 Academy Awards.
  22. Amy's height is 5'5".
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