Acclaimed young actress Amy Adams has been nominated for a 2009 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Doubt. She spoke with the U.K.'s Times Online about her work on the film and her inspired life as an actor.
To read the Times Online interview with Amy Adams click here.
Amy Adams was recently honored with the Spotlight Award for her performance in Doubt at the 20th annual Palm Springs Film Festival.
The award, which honors a supporting performance during the preceding year, was given to Adams on Jan. 6th, 2009.
Adams received an Oscar nod as Best Supporting Actress for her work in the independent film hit Junebug.
Adams' other film credits include Charlie Wilson's War, Enchanted, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Fast Track, Standing Still, Catch Me If You Can, Pumpkin, Cruel Intentions 2 and Psycho Beach Party. TV credits include "The Office" and "Smallville."
Doubt the film also stars Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Viola Davis.
Doubt opened on Broadway on March 9th, 2005 and ran through July 2nd, 2006; it had originally played a hit run at Manhattan Theatre Club. With a Tony-winning performances by Cherry Jones and Adriane Lenox, and Tony-nominated work by Brian F. O'Byrne, the show won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Play in addition to the Pulitzer Prize. Doug Hughes won a Tony for directing the play.
"Set against the backdrop of a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, the show is the story of a strong-minded woman faced with a difficult decision. Should she voice concerns about one of her male colleagues...even if she's not entirely certain of the truth?," stated press notes for the show's Broadway run.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be
presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at
Hollywood & Highland Center(R), and televised live by the ABC
Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live
in more than 200 countries worldwide.
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