Quick facts:
- born to American parents in Vicenza, Italy;
- began her performing career on stage in dinner theaters, before making her screen debut in the 1999 black comedy film Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999);
- her breakthrough role was in the 2005 independent film Junebug, playing Ashley Johnsten, for which she received critical acclaim and an first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress;
- she received her second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for her role as a young nun, Sister James, in Doubt (2008);
- third Academy Award nomination was for The Fighter (2010);
- last year she portrayed Peggy Dodd in The Master and was nominated for her fourth Academy Award, her fourth Golden Globe Award, and her third BAFTA Award;
- though she has appeared in a range of dramatic and comedic roles, Amy originally gained a reputation for playing characters with cheerful and sunny dispositions but has since played a wider variety of roles;
- you could also saw her in films: Catch Me If You Can (2002), Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006), Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Enchanted (2007), Sunshine Cleaning (2008), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), Julie & Julia (2009), Leap Year (2010), The Muppets (2011), On the Road (2012), Trouble with the Curve (2012) and in this year's Man of Steel;
- this December we can expect her in drama Lullaby and mobster film American Hustle, plus next January in comedy drama Her;
- at the moment she's filming biography drama Big Eyes about painter Margaret Keane;
- Amy is engaged to actor and artist Darren Le Gallo, whom she met in 2001 in an acting class;
- in May 2010, she gave birth to a girl named Aviana Olea Le Gallo.
I think she's such a great actress and a lovely person! I wish her best of luck in the future!
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