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A three-time Academy Award nominated actress, AMY ADAMS (Peggy Dodd) has built an impressive body of work, challenging herself with each new role. Adams will soon star in Robert Lorenz's TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE opposite Clint Eastwood. The baseball drama centers on an aging baseball scout (Eastwood) who goes on a road trip to search for new talent while trying to save his relationship with his adult daughter (Adams), a rising attorney who is on the verge of being promoted to partner. The film is set for release September 28, 2012 by Warner Bros.

Later this year Adams will have a cameo in director Walter Salle's adaptation of Jack Kerouac's seminal beat generation novel, ON THE ROAD, which recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Adams will star alongside Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Dunst and Viggo Mortensen.

In 2013, Adams will be seen in Zack Snyder's Superman reboot for Warner Bros, MAN OF STEEL, where she will play "Lois Lane." The film also stars Henry Cavill as Superman, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner and Michael Shannon, and is scheduled to be released on June 14, 2013.

This summer, Adams will play the "Baker's Wife" in "Into the Woods" as part of Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte. Adams recently finished production on the untitled Spike Jonze project.

Adams has teamed with Maven Pictures' Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray to produce OBJECT OF BEAUTY, which she is also set to star in. The film is based on the novel by Steve Martin and follows a clever young art entrepreneur who climbs from gallery assistant to gallery owner.

Adams was most recently seen in Disney's THE MUPPETS, opposite Jason Segal as "Mary" who joins her boyfriend in helping Kermit reunite the Muppets to save the Muppet Theater from demolition. The film was released in November 2011.

Previously, Adams starred in David O. Russell's THE FIGHTER, opposite Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. Adams plays "Charlene," a tough, gritty bartender from Massachusetts who begins dating boxer "Irish" Micky Ward (Wahlberg). The film revolves around Ward and trainer-brother Dicky Eklund (Bale), chronicling their early days in Massachusetts, through Eklund's battle with drugs and Ward's eventual world championship in London. Adams' role garnered her a Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA nomination as well as her third Oscar nomination in five years. Adams also starred in Nora Ephron's JULIE AND JULIA, reuniting with costar Meryl Streep, having previously starred opposite Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman in John Patrick Shanley's Oscar nominated film, DOUBT, which earned Adams her second Academy Award nomination.

Adams starred in Kevin Lima's ENCHANTED opposite Patrick Dempsey and Susan Sarandon. ENCHANTED is a romantic fable that mixes live action with CG animation for Disney. The film was released on November 21st 2007, grossed over 300 million dollars worldwide and earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.

Adams' role in Phil Morrison's JUNEBUG in 2005 earned her, her first Academy Award and SAG nominations. She won an Independent Spirit Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, National Society of Film Critics Award, a San Francisco Film Critics Society Award, as well as the Breakthrough Gotham Award for her role. Adams also won the Special Jury Prize for Acting at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival for her role as the pregnant, childlike "Ashley," who is awe-struck by the arrival of her glamorous sister-in-law.

Adams' other film credits include Shawn Levy's NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2: BATTLE AT THE SMITHSONIAN opposite Ben Stiller; Christine Jeffs and Karen Moncrieff's critically acclaimed film SUNSHINE CLEANING opposite Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin; Mike Nichols' CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR opposite Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman; Bharat Nalluri's MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY opposite Frances McDormand, and Steven Spielberg's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN with Leonardo DiCaprio.

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