Despite making the list of the highest paid actresses in the world with two Golden Globes Awards, six Oscar nominations and seven British Academy Film Award nominations, Amy Adams was initially a trained ballerina before switching her career to music. Still not satisfied, she later switched to acting for a second time, which she found more glamorous and lucrative than music.
The decorated American actress lives happily with her family and never lets her achievements get the better side of her and her marriage. In this article, you will learn more about the millionaire actress’s biography, age and net worth which also includes her daughter and husband, among others.
Amy Adams’ Bio and Age
Amy Lou Adams was born on August 20, 1974 in Amsterdam, Vicenza, Italy to American parents. Due to the nature of her father’s work as a US Army officer, Amy and her parents often moved from base to base with her siblings before finally settling in Castle Rocks, Colorado at the age of 8. She had her high school education at Douglas County High School, where she sang in the school choir. Although not academically inclined, she was interested in the creative arts. She competed in track and gymnastics and eventually trained as a ballerina with the David Taylor Dance Company.
Her passion for the creative arts was at the root of her dislike for high school, so she kept to herself most of the time. She finished school and moved to Atlanta, Georgia with her mother, where she dropped out of college. A decision she has regretted until now.
After a while as a ballerina, she found musical theater more enticing and volunteered to work in the community theater’s production of Annie . To make ends meet, she worked as a greeter at a Gap store and as a waitress at Hooters while auditioning for television and film roles.
In 1999, Amy made her supporting actress debut in a satire titled Mercilessly Beautiful . Her impressive performance earned her another role in a television series titled A Mean Girl albeit in minor roles. Her main role came in 2002 when she starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can . In 2005, she was honored as a pregnant woman in Junebug, which was considered a breakthrough.She kept improving and winning more roles. In 2007, she starred in an animated romantic comedy film Enchanted and Charlie Wilson’s War . Amy has since starred in well over 42 films and 12 television series, including Doubt (2008), Julie & Julia (2009), Man of Steel (2013), and Big Eyes (2014) among others. Amy is still at the top of her game and not yet bowing to what she’s being paid to do.
She has received two Golden Globes Awards for her work in Hustle and Big Eyes and multiple nominations such as the Oscars. In January 2019 she received her 6th nomination for her contributions in the film Vice (2018) Many of her fans are hoping that this time she wins as she was previously nominated for Best Female Supporting Actress 5 times.
Wealth (income and earnings)
The vice actress has become a force to be reckoned with despite not starting her acting career soon enough. After starring in numerous well-paid films and TV series, Forbes ranked her as one of the highest paid actresses in the world. Undoubtedly, the American actress is a silent achiever. Her net worth has been put at an estimated amount of $40 million.
husband and daughter
A successful and good looking woman like AmyAdams certainly has a variety of men around her, either as admirers or fans, and yes, she has a man to share her life with. He is American actor and artist Daren Le Gallo who used to be her baby father and is now her legal husband.
They met in an acting class in 2001, got engaged in 2008 after a lengthy relationship, and had their daughter Aviana Olea Le Gallo on May 15, 2010.
It is believed her daughter was instrumental in making her union official in a private ceremony on May 2, 2015 in California. Since then they have lived peacefully together in Beverly Hills, California.
Amy Adam’s Family – Mother
The Fighter (2010) supporting actress was the fourth born child of Kathryn Adams and US Army father Richard Adams. At the time of her birth, her father was stationed at the Caserma Ederlie military complex in Vicenza, Italy. She has four brothers and two sisters, bringing their parents and children to a total of seven. When her father left the army, he pursued his singing career and sang professionally in nightclubs and restaurants, with Amy Adams often accompanying him on such trips. Gradually, she learned the basics of music from her talented father.
Her parents eventually divorced in 1985 when Amy was 11, her father went to Arizona and remarried while she and her siblings stayed with her mother, who later became a semi-professional bodybuilder.
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