‘You can never be a perfect parent – I’ve become a lot more forgiving of myself’. Photography: Getty Images
Hollywood star Amy Adams is one of a growing number of actresses who’s focusing on family as well as film, but can you really have it all" Jake Taylor finds out
With more than a handful of Oscar nominations, BAFTA nods and two Golden Globes to her name, Amy Adams is in an enviable position: a Hollywood star in her forties who is giving the best performances of her career while managing to maintain the full family experience outside of it. Married to actor Darren Le Gallo, the pair have a six-year-old daughter ? Aviana ? and Adams has deservedly found herself breaking out of strong supporting roles to achieve leading lady status. With her breakthrough as naïve Brenda Strong in 2002 DiCaprio deception flick, Catch Me If You Can, putting her on the map, and then the stream of accolades coming for her part in the 2005 dramedy Junebug, at 42, Adams has an impressive portfolio. From comedy in The Muppets to bleak drama in last year?s Nocturnal Animals, via Superman?s Lois Lane and a lively linguist in Arrival ? she now has the pick of the pack.
One wonders: has motherhood changed the way the American Hustle star approaches her career" ?Sure ? it?s made an impact in the kind of projects I choose and wanting to play characters that make me happy,? she says. ?I look at things differently now. I pay much more attention to being present a...