Amy Adams Goes All In

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Published 2018-08-20

It’s hard to believe that the linguistics professor translating aliens in Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival, the con-woman with fluctuating accents in American Hustle, and the troubled reporter with a turbulent past in HBO’s Sharp Objects were all played by an actress that also sang with the Muppets. Amy Adams’ versatility is matched only by her commitment to these incomparable roles. A talented actress makes you believe her performance; a great one like Adams makes you forget she’s performing altogether. Her acting is convincing no matter what role she takes on precisely because she’s not trying to convince the audience that what she’s doing is real. It is as though she truly is experiencing the events unfolding on screen. From goofy Will Ferrell comedies and offbeat Spike Jonze films, to dark arthouse thrillers and Paul Thomas Anderson dramas, Amy Adams always goes all in. And we love her for it.

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All Comments (21)

@ArtemisScribe 4 years ago

Fun Fact: Amy Adams was nominated for the same number of Oscars as Leonardo DiCaprio in half the amount of time.
@floraice11 5 years ago

I still don't understand how Emma Stone won an Oscar for La La Land when Amy Adams didn't even get a nomination for Arrival. Arrival only worked because of Adams' phenomenal talent - we weren't ever guessing at what she might be feeling we just felt along with her.
@david-ix7si 5 years ago

How come Jennifer Lawrence has an oscar and Amy Adams doesn't
@fadhilramadhani1847 5 years ago

It's a known fact that no one hates Amy Adams. I mean look at her. So lovable and amazing!
@PalmurcioWorld 5 years ago

That Arrival snub must be one of the worst mistakes the Academy has even made. She truly deserved to win that Oscar.
@staredwards268 5 years ago

Amy doesn’t need an Oscar to be validated. Anyone paying attention already knows that she’s one of the best actors of our time.
@NizarNoor 5 years ago

Give her an Oscar already. Long overdue.
@miriamthg 5 years ago

She is an amazing actress. She deserves an Oscar for sure. After watching her in Sharp Objects she has convinced me even further that she deserves an Oscar.
@AskSydneyLipton 5 years ago

She’s one of those actors that literally just acts in movies and does a great job and doesn’t get involved in scandals or annoys us with overbearing charisma. And might I add that she stays serving us looks 4 daysssss. I don’t know why, I just can’t pick up any dirt on her, I don’t think she’s here to play Hollywood games lol.
@Djinnk042 5 years ago

First saw her in enchanted and I totally believed she was an animation come to life. She's an inspiration 💕
@donamirtz 4 years ago

She made the sharp objects protagonist likeable. She rewritten a character.
@jacobanderson5767 5 years ago

Sharp Objects has been showcasing her talent all season.
@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment 5 years ago

You're SO right on about Amy's timing of her lines. I've found she's a natural poet, instilling almost a kind of mild iambic pentameter to her dialogue. Listen to her nighttime confrontation of Swanwick in BvS, and how she delivers, "I went into the desert and people died./ It keeps me awake; it should ."
@aly8950 5 years ago

She’s amazing. I especially love scenes where she doesn’t have any dialogue and it just shows her powerful convey of emotions and facial expressions. Not many actresses/actors are very good at that but she absolutely kills it. Especially with every character she plays it never feels forced she’s just a natural more than what she credits herself for.
@jiafeiproductss 5 years ago

It should have been 6 time Academy Award nominee.
@angelg3629 5 years ago

HER MIND IS JUST TO POWERFUL
@arontamas5639 5 years ago

The time she convinced me she's really talented when I saw her performance in Doubt and right after The Fighter...... Two totally different role to play....KILLED IT!!!!! With or without Oscar her talent is undeniable!
@jarvoh6256 5 years ago

arrival is a masterpiece
@MrLasveguinhas 5 years ago

She is by far my favourite actress. It's funny how people constantly talk about how underrated she is and how she hasn't won an Oscar or whatever, but it's not true. People know how good she is, they know her talent, they appreciate it and she actually is a very profitable actress, so I feel like she's past that stage where she could be defined by having or not having an Academy award, which is exactly where you wanna get.
@NavidIsANoob 5 years ago

After watching Sharp Objects, I am thoroughly convinced Amy Adams is the best actress working in Hollywood today.