Amy Adams
Amy Adams
Age: 34
Character: Sister James in Doubt
Synopsis: It’s 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Academy Award® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the schools’ strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep), the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline.
The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James (Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams), a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school.
Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequence.
Previous Oscar Wins: Amy Adams has no previous Oscar wins
Previous Oscar Nominations: But she does have a previous nomination for Best Actress for her role in Junebug.
Awards/Nominations for Film: For her role in Doubt Adams has been nominated at the Baftas, Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, Chicago Film Critcs Association Awards as well as winning the Spotlight award at the Palm Springs International Film festival.
Critics: 'Amy Adams is well-cast as the sweet-natured Sister James, whose suspicions mount at the prodding of Sister Aloysius' (USA Today)
'Hoffman and Adams are also impressive in their high-wire balance of devotion and humanity.' (The Toronto Star)
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