Joey Lauren Adams

Joey Lauren Adams is, to me, a quintessential actor's actor who refused to stay in one lane. Her turn in Chasing Amy earned a Golden Globe nomination and a place in the View Askewniverse, but the move I admire most is her step behind the camera, capped by the 2006 Dorothy Arzner Directors Award. That distinctive husky voice and grounded presence always read as more real than glossy, and I suspect that is why she gravitated toward writing and directing. I have a soft spot for performers who would rather author a story than simply be cast in one. She strikes me as exactly that kind of artist.

Name (English)

Joey Lauren Adams

Name (Japanese)

ジョーイ・ローレン・アダムス

Reading

じょーい・ろーれん・あだむす

Born

January 9, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Monkey

Origin

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Occupation

actor / film actor / film director / television actor / screenwriter

High school

North Little Rock High School

Awards & achievements

• 2006 Dorothy Arzner Directors Award

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Arkansas
• actor
• film actor
• film director

Last updated

2026-06-02

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