Amy Adams

Actress Amy Adams. In the recent batch of fantastic actresses, Amy Adams is one of the few who has yet to entirely sell out (possible exception: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian). I first noticed her in a less-known film called Junebug, and have followed her, only occasionally confusing her with Isla Fisher, through Enchanted, Sunshine Cleaning, Doubt, and Julie & Julia. As a matter of fact, Adams may have single-handedly saved the film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby with such fantastic scenes as the make out scene to the tune of Journey's "Faithfully," and such brilliant lines as, "How exactly does one get kicked out of an Applebees?" In the film The Fighter, Amy Adams summons some of the trash of Talladega Nights and combines it with the skill of Doubt and delivers one of the best performances of the year, and here's the big surprise: the Academy got it right and decided to nominate her for Best Supporting Actress.