Joey Lauren Adams

Name: Joey Lauren Adams
Date of Birth: January 09, 1968
Place of Birth: North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Mini-bio: Adams' breakthrough role came in 1993 in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused, a film which also starred Ben Affleck. Playing Alyssa Jones in the 1997 film Chasing Amy, opposite Ben Affleck, brou...( read more)ght her a lot of attention for her portrayal of a lesbian who falls for a man. Director Kevin Smith wrote and directed the film, which was largely inspired by his friendship with lesbian actress/writer/director Guinevere Turner. Adams also has allegedly stated publicly that she is bisexual in her personal life, but refuted this claim in an interview with suicidegirls.com.

Her performance 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 Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture—Comedy/Musical. Adams also contributed the song "Alive" to the soundtrack of Chasing Amy, performing it in one of the scenes of the film. She also has appeared in two other View Askew productions, Mallrats (1995) and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) briefly reprising the role of Chasing Amy's Alyssa in the latter. She reprised the role again, in voice form only, for Clerks: The Lost Scene, featured on the Clerks X DVD. After having the female lead in the Adam Sandler box office smash Big Daddy she would go on to appear in smaller films that met with less success (Beautiful, In the Shadows) and many lesser-seen small films.

Some speculation has been made that her unusual speaking voice hampered her chances of Hollywood stardom, to which she has 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." In 2005, she had a guest role in an episode of TV show Veronica Mars. In 2006 she will release her directorial debut, Come Early Morning, starring Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Diane Ladd, Tim Blake Nelson and Laura Prepon. The film has been selected for the Sundance Film Festival. She currently resides in Oxford, Mississippi.

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Joey Lauren Adams mini-bio: Adams' breakthrough role came in 1993 in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused, a film which also starred Ben Affleck. Playing Alyssa Jones in the 1997 film Chasing Amy, opposite Ben Affleck, brought her a lot of attention for her portrayal of a lesbian who falls for a man. Director Kevin Smith wrote and directed the film, which was largely inspired by his friendship with lesbian actress/writer/director Guinevere Turner. Adams also has allegedly stated publicly that she is bisexual in her personal life, but refuted this claim in an interview with suicidegirls.com.

Her performance 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 Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture—Comedy/Musical. Adams also contributed the song "Alive" to the soundtrack of Chasing Amy, performing it in one of the scenes of the film. She also has appeared in two other View Askew productions, Mallrats (1995) and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) briefly reprising the role of Chasing Amy's Alyssa in the latter. She reprised the role again, in voice form only, for Clerks: The Lost Scene, featured on the Clerks X DVD. After having the female lead in the Adam Sandler box office smash Big Daddy she would go on to appear in smaller films that met with less success (Beautiful, In the Shadows) and many lesser-seen small films.

Some speculation has been made that her unusual speaking voice hampered her chances of Hollywood stardom, to which she has 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." In 2005, she had a guest role in an episode of TV show Veronica Mars. In 2006 she will release her directorial debut, Come Early Morning, starring Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Diane Ladd, Tim Blake Nelson and Laura Prepon. The film has been selected for the Sundance Film Festival. She currently resides in Oxford, Mississippi.

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woods37

She is one of those sexy, non-threatening "mystery women". She fits the genre of the likes of Brenda Vaccaro, Lauren Bacall, Ingred Birgman. Her voice and manner are very inviting.

posted 361 days ago
nikolastepic

I hate-hate-hate her voice! It's ridiculous!

posted 403 days ago
clairerock

hi
iv just got to say, you look a lot younger than 39 i would say your in your twenties.
talk soon,
maddison
xxx

posted 458 days ago
CemetaryBaby187

i love Joey Lauren Adams and I don't think her voice is unusual...i think its cute lol

posted 523 days ago
ashenxrainbow

I watched Chasing Amy, and her "unusual voice" didn't bother me at all. I thought it was quite cute.

posted 591 days ago
mindseyemusic

Joey is probably the most under-rated actresses. I have been following her career rather closely as we all went to school together (North Little Rock Northeast). I cannot wait to see Come Early Morning. I'm sure this will be a real treat for an ol' Arkansas boy like me!

(GO Razorbacks!)

posted 687 days ago
haeveneyes

I love the song sung in Chasing Amy - and the whole film is acted so well and just beautiful. Fabulous. Big fan.

posted 713 days ago