Joey Lauren Adams
Joey Lauren Adams | |
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Born | |
Occupation(s) | Actress, director |
Years active | 1977–present |
Spouse |
Brian Vilim (m. 2014) |
Joey Lauren Adams (born January 9, 1968)
Career
Adams began her film career in 1977 with a small role in Exorcist II: The Heretic. From there she began to find larger roles. In 1991, Adams appeared in "Top of the Heap", the 100th episode of Married... with Children, and subsequently starred in its short-lived spinoff. In 1993, Adams landed her first major film role as Simone in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused. The same year, she appeared in the Saturday Night Live spinoff film Coneheads as one of Connie Conehead's friends.
Two years later, Adams appeared in Mallrats, written and directed by Kevin Smith. The two started dating during the film's post-production, and their relationship provided the inspiration for Smith's next film, Chasing Amy. The relationship did not last long, but ended on friendly terms. Meanwhile, in 1996, while Smith was finalizing the script for Chasing Amy, Adams was cast in the slapstick comedy Bio-Dome, which was directed by Jason Bloom. Adams played Monique, Bud Macintosh's (Pauly Shore) girlfriend.
Adams played a leading role in 1997's Chasing Amy, portraying Alyssa Jones, a lesbian who falls in love with a man, played by Ben Affleck. Later, Smith would describe Chasing Amy as a "sort of penance/valentine" and a "thank-you homage" to Adams.[3] In addition to her acting work on the film, Adams wrote and performed the song "Alive" for the film's soundtrack.
Adams' performance in Chasing Amy 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
Her post-Smith projects included playing a spunky veterinarian's assistant who falls in love with a single father (Vince Vaughn) in 1998's A Cool, Dry Place. The following year, Adams appeared in her first big-budget Hollywood release, playing Adam Sandler's love interest in the successful comedy Big Daddy. She then went on to appear in many smaller films, including Beautiful and In the Shadows. In 2005, she had a guest role in an episode of the TV series Veronica Mars.
Also in 2006, Adams released her directorial debut film, Come Early Morning, starring Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Diane Ladd, Tim Blake Nelson and Laura Prepon. The film, shot on location in Little Rock, Arkansas, was selected for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
In 2006, she, along with
Adams returned to TV in March 2010, on the
Adams is also known for her distinctive voice which one film critic referred to as that of a "sex-kitten-on-helium".[6] Regarding her voice, Adams 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."[7] Another film critic said that whether viewers loved it or hated it, her voice had "the potential to hypnotize."[8]
Personal life
Adams was born in
Adams married Brian Vilim in 2014.[10]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Coneheads | Christina | |
1993 | Dazed and Confused | Simone Kerr | |
1993 | The Program | Louanne Winters | |
1993 | The Pros & Cons of Breathing | Shirley | |
1994 | Sleep with Me | Lauren | |
1994 | S.F.W. | Monica Dice | |
1995 | Mallrats | Gwen Turner | |
1996 | Bio-Dome | Monique | |
1996 | Drawing Flies | Hippy Chick | |
1996 | Michael | Anita | |
1997 | Chasing Amy | Alyssa Jones | MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
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1998 | A Cool, Dry Place | Beth Ward | |
1999 | Big Daddy | Layla Maloney | Nominated— Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Comedy
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2000 | Bruno | Donna Marie | |
2000 | Beautiful | Ruby | |
2001 | Harvard Man | Chesney Cort | |
2001 | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Squirrel | Voice |
2001 | Reaching Normal | Sarah | |
2001 | In the Shadows | Clarissa Huston | |
2001 | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Alyssa Jones | |
2002 | Grand Champion | Hallie | |
2002 | Beeper | Inspector Julia Hyde | |
2003 | The Big Empty | Grace | |
2004 | The Gunman | Daphne | |
2005 | Conflict | Ricci Storm | Short film |
2006 | The Break-Up | Addie Jones | |
2007 | Bunny Whipped | Ann | |
2008 | Trucker | Jenny Bell | |
2009 | ExTerminators | Kim | |
2010 | Endure | Sirena Lane | |
2011 | Big Swim | The Egg | |
2011 | Apart | Dr. Jane Sheppard | |
2012 | The Birthday Present | Mom | Short film |
2012 | Mulberry Stains | Savannah | |
2012 | Art Machine | Prudence | |
2013 | Blue Caprice | Jamie | |
2013 | A Country Christmas | Renae Logan | |
2013 | She Loves Me Not | Beth | |
2014 | Making the Rules | Becca | |
2014 | Sequoia | Bev | |
2014 | Valley Inn | Althea | |
2014 | Animal | Vicky | |
2014 | All the Birds Have Flown South | Tonya | |
2019 | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot | Alyssa Jones | |
2022 | Tankhouse | Deirdra | |
TBA | Providence
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TBA | |
Oak | Mrs Chase |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Top of the Heap | Mona Mullins | 7 episodes |
1991 | Married... with Children | Mona Mullins | Episode: "Top of the Heap" |
1991 | Married... with Children | Cousin Effie | Episode: "Buck Has a Belly Ache" |
1992 | Vinnie & Bobby | Mona Mullins | 7 episodes |
1992 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Dianne | Episode: "Words Up!" |
1993 | Married... with Children | Janie | Episode: "The Wedding Show" |
1995 | Love & War | Vicky | Episode: "Atlantic City" |
1995 | Out of Order | Whitney | Episode: "Strange Habit" |
1995 | Double Rush | Dee Dee | Episode: "Slamming Into a Car Isn't Good" |
1996 | Second Noah | Darby | 5 episodes |
1999 | Hercules | Electra | Voice, episode: "Hercules and the Complex Electra" |
2003 | As Told by Ginger | Thea Mipson | Episode: "Far from Home" |
2003–04 | Stripperella | Catt | Voice, 2 episodes |
2005 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? | Rachel | Voice, episode: "A Scooby-Doo Valentine" |
2005 | Veronica Mars | Geena Stafford | Episode: "Weapons of Class Destruction" |
2009–10 | Party Down | Diandra Stiltskin | 2 episodes |
2010 | Tough Trade | Shawnelle | Television film |
2010 | United States of Tara | Pammy | 6 episodes |
2010 | Frenemies | Joy Hardwick | Unsold TV pilot |
2012 | Supermoms | Kelly | Unsold TV pilot |
2013–14 | Switched at Birth | Jeniece Papagus | 4 episodes |
2015 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Tracy McConnell | Episode: "Sledgehammer" |
2016–17 | Still the King | Debbie Lynn Cooke | 26 episodes |
2022 | The L Word: Generation Q | Taylor | 3 episodes |
References
- ^ The Toronto Sun. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Postmedia Network.
"I thought after Chasing Amy, I would be able to do anything I want, which definitely wasn't the case," the 31-year-old actress says.
- The Toronto Sun. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Postmedia Network.
That's what the 32-year-old Adams was doing this week while shooting James Toback's film, Harvard Man, at the Jarvis St. high school auditorium.
- ^ Kevin Smith (June 27, 2000). "The Hows and Whys of Chasing Amy". Chasing Amy (DVD) (2000 ed.). The Criterion Collection.
- ^ Smith, Kevin. "In The Beginning... The Story of Dogma". Liner note essay for the Dogma DVD. Columbia TriStar
- ^ "Past Recipients". Archived from the original on June 30, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
- ^ Flint Marx, Rebecca (2012). "Joey Lauren Adams". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
- ^ Slotek, Jim (August 17, 1999). "She can speak Hollywoodese". Jam! Showbiz. Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2006.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Barnett Reed, Jennifer (June 2, 2005). "A friend in low places". Arkansas Times. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Joey Lauren Adams on Jay Leno (1997)". YouTube.
- ^ "Happily Ever After". Invitation Oxford. February 28, 2015. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
External links
- Joey Lauren Adams at IMDb
- Joey Lauren Adams at AllMovie