Amy Adams Trivia

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She has converted to Islam at mosque on New York. (imdb.com)

Amy was in Cruel Intentions 2: Manchester Prep. It was released to video as Cruel Intentions 2 and was designed as a prequel to Cruel Intentions. Manchester Prep the TV series was cancelled before any episodes aired.

Amy`s natural hair colour is a light red.

Amy`s height is 5`5".

Amy used to be a dancer.

She used to work at a Hooters restaurant. She quit when she turned 18, when her manager forced her to wear the notorious Hooters uniform.

Her favorite TV show is The West Wing. One of her acting ambitions was to one day appear on the show, a goal she fulfilled in 2002.

Amy`s first big screen role is Drop Dead Gorgeous.

Amy won Satellite Awards` `Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role` for her role in Junebug.

Amy was nominated for an Oscar for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" for Junebug, at the 2006 Academy Awards.

Amy was born in Italy and raised in both Colorado and Minnesota.

She was raised a Mormon, but departed the religion in her teens.

As of 2006, she is in a long-term relationship with actor Darren LeGallo.

Before landing her Oscar-nominated role in Junebug, she was planning on quitting acting.

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.

She has six siblings.

She was personally called by Steven Spielberg just fifteen minutes after it was announced she had been nominated for an Academy Award in 2006.

She began working in dinner theater as a teen, appearing in productions of Brigadoon, A Chrous Line and Good News.

She used to dub herself "the guest-spot queen", after almost 20 guest spots on TV series early in her career.

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.

In 1998, she was spotted in the chorus of the Country Dinner Playhouse production of "Anything Goes" by producer Michael Nelson, who made her audition for the movie Drop Dead Gorgeous, which was filming near-by. Amy won the role, and it set her on the road to stardom.

Her favorite movies include The Shawshank Redemption, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Election.

She won a Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Performance of the Year at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival for Junebug.

In 2006, Penthouse Magazine voted her the #1 hottest new star of the year.

She performed live at the 2008 Academy Awards, singing Happy Working Song from her movie Enchanted, which was nominated for Best Original Song.

Patrick Dempsey, who starred with Amy in the 2007 film Enchanted, once described her performance as "absolutely unreal," going on to say that she was so easy to work with because all he had to do was stand there and react to what she was doing.

She has said in previous interviews that she has admired actress/singer Julie Andrews since childhood.

She used to work as a greeter at a GAP store.

In 2009, Amy was ranked #7 in AIM`s "50 Hottest Redheads."

Amy was nominated for an Oscar for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" for Doubt, at the 2009 Academy Awards.

One of seven children. (imdb.com)

Worked in a Hooters Restaurant until soon after she turned 18, when they started making her wear the customary outfits. (imdb.com)

Is a trained dancer. (imdb.com)

Her brother, Eddie Adams, works for the tabloid show TMZ. (imdb.com)

Invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2006. (imdb.com)

Once worked at The Gap, a clothing store chain. (imdb.com)

She was born in Italy and raised in Castle Rock, Colorado. (imdb.com)

Hails from Colorado. (imdb.com)

Alumna of the Chanhassen Dinner Theater in Minnesota. Appeared there in many productions including "Brigadoon" and "Good News". (imdb.com)

Born at the U.S. military base located in Aviano, Italy but spent part of her childhood in the US military base located in Vicenza, Italy. (imdb.com)

Met her boyfriend, Darren Le Gallo, in 2001 in an acting class. (imdb.com)

Sang in the school choir at Douglas County High School. (imdb.com)

Attended, and graduated from, Douglas County High School in Castle Rock, Colorado. (imdb.com)

Her father was in the military and was also an amateur actor. (imdb.com)

Natural hair color is Strawberry Blonde. (imdb.com)

She was the first "American Idol" contestant to appear on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" who had not made it to the top five. (imdb.com)