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Amy was featured in American Way Magazine in August of this year. I have added some photos from the website to the gallery and you can read part of the interview below.
How Amy Adams went from being a small-town girl to being one of the most sought-after starlets of her generation.
Her friends call her by her full name, Amy Lou, and there’s no other name more fitting for her. True, such a down-home name doesn’t, at first, seem to befit the blazing red-haired screen siren we know as Amy Adams (though, in the spirit of full disclosure, her hair is naturally blonde). It sounds more suitable for someone like the wide-eyed Southern-sweetheart character Adams played in the 2005 indie film Junebug than for the actress who played her on the big screen and was then nominated for an Academy Award for her honest portrayal. But underneath the blockbuster beauty, the accolades, and the fame, Adams is still Amy Lou, the sweet-natured, small-town girl with strong morals from Castle Rock, Colorado.
Adams grew up the middle child in a family of seven children. She and her siblings were raised Mormon until she was 12, at which point her parents divorced and the family left the church. Her father was a military man who moved with his family from base to base until they settled, at least long enough for Adams to graduate from high school, in Colorado. Her mother was an amateur bodybuilder who worked at a gym. Adams herself worked at the Gap and even did a short stint at Hooters. It was hardly glamorous.
You can read the rest of the article here
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