Nominations-BAFTA

Leading Actress


Amy Adams - Arrival

Amy Lou Adams (born in Vicenza, Italy, August 20, 1974 to American parents) had a cameo in Catch Me If You Can (2002) by Steven Spielberg, attracted critical attention for her performance in Junebug (2005). She played a princess in Enchanted (2007), a nun in Doubt (2008) by John Patrick Shanley, a blogger obsessed with Julia Child in Julie & Julia (2009) by Nora Ephron, both with Meryl Streep. She was Mark Wahlberg’s girlfriend in The Fighter (2011) and Christian Bale’s partner in American Hustle (2013) both directed by David O. Russell, Philip Seymour Hoffman’s wife in The Master (2012) by Paul Thomas Anderson, Clint Eastwood’s daughter in Trouble with the Curve (2012), Joaquin Phoenix’s best friend in Her (2013) by Spike Jonze. She played painter Margaret Keane in Big Eyes (2014) by Tim Burton, DC Comics Louis Lane in Man of Steel (2013) with Henry Cavill and Superman and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) with Ben Affleck as Batman, both directed by Zack Snyder.