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Amy Adams is the actress who portrayed Beth on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series.

Career[]

Adams began her performing career on stage in dinner theaters, before making her screen debut in the 1999 black comedy film Drop Dead Gorgeous. After a series of television guest appearances and roles in B movies, she was cast in the role of Brenda Strong in 2002's Catch Me If You Can, but her breakthrough role was in the 2005 independent film Junebug, playing Ashley Johnsten, for which she received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Adams subsequently starred in Disney's 2007 film Enchanted, a critical and commercial success, and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance as Princess Giselle. She received her second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations the following year for her role as a young nun, Sister James, in Doubt. Though she has appeared in a range of dramatic and comedic roles, Adams originally gained a reputation for playing characters with cheerful and sunny dispositions but has since played a wider variety of roles.

Adams starred in Sunshine Cleaning with Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin, and the following year appeared as Amelia Earhart in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. She appeared in Julie & Julia in 2009 portraying writer Julie Powell, followed by Leap Year in 2010. Her role as Charlene Fleming in The Fighter earned Adams her third Academy Award nomination, her third Golden Globe Award, second BAFTA Award, and fifth Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. In 2011, Adams appeared in the critically acclaimed musical film The Muppets alongside Jason Segel. She began portraying Lois Lane in the DC Extended Universe in 2013. Adams won two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress for her role American Hustle (2013) and the painter Margaret Keane in the biopic Big Eyes (2014). In 2016, she starred in the science fiction film Arrival and the thriller Nocturnal Animals, followed by the thriller miniseries Sharp Objects and the dramedy film Vice in 2018.

Buffyverse credits[]

Adams guest starred as Tara Maclay's cousin Beth, in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Family."

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