Joey Lauren Adams

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Joey Lauren Adams (born January 9, 1968) is an American actress who has appeared in over 30 films. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films of Kevin Smith, particularly "Chasing Amy".

Early life and career

Adams was born in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Her father was a lumber yard owner. [ [http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/A/Adams_Joey_Lauren/1999/08/17/756262.html CANOE - JAM! Movies - Artists - Adams, Joey Lauren: She can speak Hollywoodese ] ] She moved to Hollywood in 1988.

Beginning her film career with a small part in in 1977, it wasn't until 1993 that Adams's first movie breakthrough role came in Richard Linklater's "Dazed and Confused", a film which also starred Ben Affleck and Matthew McConaughey.She was in the film Mallrats which was her first Kevin Smith movie. After that, she did another Smith movie playing Alyssa Jones in the 1997 film "Chasing Amy", opposite Ben Affleck. This role brought her a lot of attention for her portrayal of a lesbian who falls for a man. Director Kevin Smith wrote and directed the film, which was largely inspired by his relationship with Adams herself.Fact|date=March 2008

Her performance earned her both the 1997 Chicago Film Critics Award and Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for "Most Promising Actress" and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture—Comedy/Musical. Adams also contributed the song "Alive" to the soundtrack of "Chasing Amy", performing it in one of the scenes of the film. She also appeared in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" (2001). She briefly reprising the role of "Chasing Amys Alyssa in the latter. She reprises the role again, in voice form only, for ', featured on the "Clerks X" DVD.

After having the female lead in the successful Adam Sandler film, "Big Daddy", she would go on to appear in many smaller films including "Beautiful" and "In the Shadows".

Some speculation has been made that her unusual speaking voice hampered her chances of Hollywood stardom, to which she has commented: "It's not a normal voice. It doesn't fit into people's preconceptions about what a woman's voice should sound like. My mom doesn't think I have an unusual voice, though. I'm sure it's helped me get some roles. But "Chasing Amy" I almost didn't get. There was concern the voice would grate on some people, which some critics said it did." [cite web
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In 2005, she had a guest role in an episode of TV show "Veronica Mars". During 2006, Adams released her directorial debut, "Come Early Morning", starring Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Diane Ladd, Tim Blake Nelson and Laura Prepon. The film, shot on location in Little Rock and North Little Rock, was selected for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.

Personal life

Adams shares her hometown with another Hollywood actress, Mary Steenburgen. Currently, she resides in Oxford, Mississippi.

In a 1997 article by planetout.com, she is reported to have said, "I'm bisexual, and I realized that when I went to Bali where the culture there is very bisexual, and it is the first time I was very attracted to women. I have a lot of friends who are [that way] ; in fact, most". [ [http://aolhometown.planetout.com/popcornq/movienews/97/08/22/new_bi_hits_hollywood.html PopcornQ Movies ] ] While more recently, in a 2006 interview with suicidegirls.com, she stated, "I’m not bisexual but I’ve seen on the internet that it says that. It’s a rumor." [cite web
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Filmography

As actress, except as noted:
*"" (1977)
*"Coneheads" (1993)
*"Dazed and Confused" (1993)
*"The Program" (1993)
*"The Pros & Cons of Breathing" (1994)
*"Sleep with Me" (1994)
*"S.F.W." (1994)
*"Mallrats" (1995)
*"Drawing Flies" (1996)
*"Bio-Dome" (1996)
*"Michael" (1996)
*"Chasing Amy" (1997) (also composer of song "Alive" featured in the film)
*"A Cool, Dry Place" (1998)
*"Emergency Room 2" (1999)
*"Big Daddy" (1999)
*"Bruno" (2000) (released on video re-titled as "Dress Code")
*"Beautiful" (2000)
*"Harvard Man" (2001)
*"Dr. Dolittle 2" (2001) (voice)
*"Reaching Normal" (2001)
*"In the Shadows" (2001)
*"Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" (2001) (cameo)
*"Grand Champion" (2002)
*"Beeper" (2002)
*"The Big Empty" (2003)
*"The Gunman" (2004)
*"" (2004) (voice only)
*"Love, Fear and Rabbits" (2006)
*"The Break-Up" (2006)
*"Come Early Morning" (2006) (writer, director only)
*"Trucker" (2008)

Television

*"Married With Children" (1987-1997)(1993) (cameo in Season 7)
*"Top of the Heap" (1991)
*"Second Noah" (1996-1997) as Darby

References

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