BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS
Doubt
AGE 34
ROLE The earnest and inexperienced Sister James.
OSCAR HISTORY This is her second Supporting Actress nom, following the one for playing a chatty Southerner in the indie Junebug (2005).
PAYING DUES Before her first break as a beauty pageant contestant in 1999′s Drop Dead Gorgeous, Adams was part of a dinner theater troupe in Minneapolis.
UP NEXT Adams will play Amelia Earhart in this May’s Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian before appearing with Meryl Streep in August’s culinary comedy Julie & Julia. —Adam Markovitz

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… and Amy has received one for her role in Doubt!  Doubt received five nominations total including best actress (Meryl Streep), best actor (Philip Seymour Hoffman), and best adapted screenplay (John Patrick Shanley).

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams, Doubt
• Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis, Doubt
• Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

This of course marks Amy’s second Academy Award nomination. Congratulations Amy and good luck on February 22nd!.

It was a year ago today that the world lost Heath Ledger.  We still miss you Heath.

Heath received a Golden Globe award on January 11th for his performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight.  He was nominated this morning for an Academy Award.  Heath Ledger died from an accidental prescription drug overdose on January 22, 2008.  He was 28.

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Stars of the five films nominated for best-cast honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards will present their work in person at the ceremony Sunday.

Josh Brolin, James Franco and Emile Hirsch will introduce “Milk” at the 15th annual SAG Awards. Amy Adams and Viola Davis will present “Doubt,” Frank Langella and Martin Sheen will have “Frost/Nixon,” Dev Patel and Frieda Pinto will offer “Slumdog Millionaire” and Taraji P. Henson is scheduled to go solo to introduce “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” which also stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.

The SAG Awards, to be presented at the Shrine Auditorium and broadcast live on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. EST, honor film and TV performances in 13 categories.

I’ll admit it – I didn’t like this look at first.  But while I was seraching out photos, it started to grow on me.  While it’s not my favorite look for Amy so far this year, it is striking… and I really like the hair.

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Doubt star Amy Adams is glad American Idol didn’t exist when she was growing up – because it would have wrecked her dream of becoming a star.  The actress is a huge fan of the U.S. talent show, and she fears if it had aired when she was young, she would have been among the hopefuls turning up to auditions – and that would have been a disaster.
She explains, “I would have taken my ill-suited pop voice and gone in and sung some musical theatre song, and they would have put it on air, and I would never, ever (have) ended up here.  I would have humiliated myself publicly and probably shrunk off and done something else with my life.”

And another appearance in London!  There was a special VIP screening of Doubt and Amy was in attendance.  I love how she looks – like a princess almost lol.

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Amy is overseas promoting Doubt and the first stop is London.  She looked beautiful – but then again, she always does.  Over 100 photos have been added to the gallery.

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Yet another nomination for our girl!  Amy has made it to the BAFTA short list for best supporting actress.   Also nominated are:

• Amy Adams (Doubt)
• Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
• Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire)
• Tilda Swinton (Burn After Reading)
• Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)

The winners will be announced in a ceremony next month.

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It’s easy to be good, but bad is where it’s at for Amy Adams, the “overnight” star who came close to giving up on her Hollywood dream before stardom struck.
With her ethereal beauty and slim, dancer’s frame, Adams is generally chosen to play characters who are innocent, earnest, sunny and kind-hearted — and usually markedly younger than her 34 years.

Her casting as the good girl is something that both fulfils and frustrates the actor.

‘‘I am definitely attracted to these sort of characters,” she says.

‘‘There is something about the exploration of innocence and the ruin of innocence that is
fascinating to me.”

But Adams has some other ideas, too.

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