Amy Adams may have started on the small screen, but she always knew she was destined for more.
She proved this when she blew audiences away in 2013's American Hustle. She's been kicking butt and taking names since then in roles such as in Big Eyes and HBO's limited series, Sharp Objects.
Come learn more about this star.
No wonder Michael Scott from The Office loved her character. It all makes sense now.
She told ET that she worked there when she was 18 and "had the body" for it.
"It was a great way for me to earn money for college."
Whitney Houston even came in when she was working!
Adams told The Late Late Show with James Corden that she had to "gap act" her, which is when you greet the customer and tell them about the specials.
"It made me laugh because I agreed that I was annoying but I couldn't stop doing the job."
She's not alone — these celebs were also on '90s shows.
Adams had brief roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville, and Charmed. She was also on That '70s Show where she played a cheerleader.
Ugh, the nerve of them! She was let go from the short-lived show, Dr. Vegas, starring Rob Lowe.
Apparently, they brought in a tall blonde and she just "knew."
Gasp! I know.
Amy explained in an interview with The New York Times' "TimesTalks" that she dyed her original hair, which is strawberry-blonde, for her career.
"Based on roles that I was getting called in for, people were responding to certain types of characters with me as a blonde."
She added that it was "fascinating to see just one element of yourself change people's perception."
Which do you prefer her as? Blonde or red?
She danced and twirled her way into becoming one until the age of 18 when she switched to musical theater.
But now that she has a daughter, she has Avi in ballet lessons.
"It would be really fun to be the mom fighting to the front with my camera, brushing her hair really tight," she said.
Say whaat?
She told Jimmy Kimmel that this happened on the set of Vice when Pitt suddenly showed up.
"He was so sweet, he was like, 'Oh it's so good to see you,' and he went to give me a hug," she said.
The horror! Imagine being the reason Brad Pitt got pink eye? How horrifying.
"And in that moment, I became the first woman in history to reject a hug from Brad Pitt."
She's a champion for women, always.
"There's a reason I started playing nuns and virgins," Adams told The Hollywood Reporter. "I was like, 'I'm not putting up with that anymore.'"
"My character is really strong and her character is kind of crazy, and I was thinking, 'Why would I let her leave?'" she said on Chelsea Lately.
The scene was steamy and she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress!
While she doesn't practice the religion today, she is grateful for some of the values it instilled in her.
She told The Telegraph that the most important thing that was taught to her was to love.
As an army brat, her father was stationed in the country when she was born in 1974.
She's proud of where she comes from and even paid homage to the town she's from when her daughter was born.
"We had picked out a whole bunch of other names as well and we had thrown around Aviana," Amy said on The Rachel Ray Show.
"But I was into more traditional names and thought that we would go that direction," Adams said. "But, when she was born we just kept calling her, 'Avi, Avi, Avi.'"
She has said that she is able to just become another person and separate their traumas from her own.
She convinces herself that the character she is playing is a real human in order to get into the role.
If you can imagine it, she did the test with Paul Walker and Matt Bomer!
This, of course, was before Henry Cavill came around, and the rest was history!
Which, if you ask me, is a pretty sweet deal!
Other celebs go through a lot to get into the superhero frame of mind and build.
"I can be very polite, and I think that people can confuse that for all sorts of things … But I’ll take that over people assuming that I’m smart just because I’m short and rude," she said to Interview.
"I would say that a lot of the characters I’ve been attracted to are very vulnerable and they expose themselves emotionally. Not so much in The Fighter, not so much in The Master—I think those are different. But definitely in Doubt [2008] and Enchanted [2007]," she said to Interview.
"I haven’t spent a lot of time evaluating my body of work for a through line, but I guess I am curious about the way people have connected with certain things, and I do find it interesting that I tend to be attracted to—or the world brings me to—parts that sort of cluster together."
She says it is on account of the model-looking type of people that went to the same auditions as her.
But she paid her dues in television and eventually made it to the big screen.
But that doesn't mean her husband doesn't follow her around!
In fact, he actively follows her to her sets, and she has found that whether they are home or in a hotel, they remain a happy couple.
In fact, when she is asked about it, she says that she fights her own fights in private, but applauds those who take it public.
But she is choosing to stay quiet and do what works for her.
"Where I feel most empowered is in educating myself and being, hopefully, a mentor for younger women. That’s more important. I offer any young actress I work with my phone number. I’ll tell them on set, ‘You don’t have to do that. You can say no.’" she told The New York Times.
"This is what makes women saying no powerful, and why it’s heartening that many are speaking up."
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