Joey Lauren Adams in Mallrats (1995)

Joey Lauren Adams (born January 9, 1968^{[citation needed]} in North Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American actress with appearances in over 30 films. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films of Kevin Smith, particularly Chasing Amy. Image File history File links Publicity still of Joey Lauren Adams from Mallrats This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... Image File history File links Publicity still of Joey Lauren Adams from Mallrats This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... North Little Rock is a city located in central Arkansas across the Arkansas River from Little Rock in Pulaski County. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Kevin Smith at a comics convention in 2005 Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film director, comic book writer, and creator of View Askew. ... Chasing Amy is a 1997 romantic comedy about two comic book artists: Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck), a heterosexual male, and Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), a lesbian-identified bisexual woman. ...

Acting career

Adams' breakthrough role came in 1993 in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused, a film which also starred Ben Affleck and Matthew McConaughey. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Richard Linklater at press conference for Before Sunrise at the 1995 Berlinale (photo by Michael Weiner) Richard Rick Linklater (born July 30, 1961, in Houston, Texas) is an Academy Award nominated American film director and writer. ... Dazed and Confused is a 1993 American film written and directed by Richard Linklater. ... Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American film actor, director, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ... Matthew David McConaughey (born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. ...

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 relationship with Adams herself. Adams also has allegedly stated publicly that she is bisexual in her personal life, but refuted this claim in an interview with suicidegirls.com. ^[1] Alyssa Jones is a fictional character in Kevin Smiths 1997 film Chasing Amy. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chasing Amy is a 1997 romantic comedy about two comic book artists: Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck), a heterosexual male, and Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), a lesbian-identified bisexual woman. ... A lesbian is a female who is emotionally, sexually, and/or romantically attracted to other females. ... Kevin Smith at a comics convention in 2005 Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film director, comic book writer, and creator of View Askew. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Soundtrack refers to the recorded sound accompanying a visual medium such as a motion picture, television show, or video game. ... View Askew is the film production company created by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier responsible for such cult films as Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (together the New Jersey films), Drawing Flies, and Jersey Girl. ... Mallrats is a 1995 film written and directed by Kevin Smith. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) is a film written and directed by Kevin Smith, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of his cult favorite Clerks. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clerks. ...

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. Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an actor, comedian, producer, and musician (he sings and plays the guitar). ... Big Daddy is a comedy film starring Adam Sandler that was released in 1999. ... Beautiful is an American movie that was released in 2000. ...

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."^[2]

In 2005, she had a guest role in an episode of TV show Veronica Mars. During 2006, Adams released her directorial debut, Come Early Morning, starring Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Diane Ladd, Tim Blake Nelson and Laura Prepon. The film, shot on location in Little Rock and North Little Rock, was selected for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Veronica Mars is a critically acclaimed American teen drama/mystery-neo-noir series which premiered on UPN on September 22, 2004, airing its first two seasons on the network before changing to The CW Television Network on October 3, 2006. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Come Early Morning is a 2006 film, the feature film directorial debut by Joey Lauren Adams, starring Ashley Judd and Jeffrey Donovan. ... Ashley Judd (born Ashley Tyler Ciminella on April 19, 1968) is an American actress. ... Diane Ladd (born November 29, 1932 in Meridian, Mississippi) is an American television and film actress. ... Tim Blake Nelson (born May 11, 1964 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American character actor and film director. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks alongside the Cannes, Moscow, Venice, Berlin, and Toronto festivals as one of the most prestigious in the world. ...

Adams shares her hometown with another Hollywood actress, Mary Steenburgen. Currently, she resides in Oxford, Mississippi. Mary Steenburgen with Malcolm McDowell in Time After Time (1979). ... Oxford is a city in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Filmography

As actor, except as noted:

• Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
• Coneheads (1993)
• Dazed and Confused (1993)
• The Program (1993)
• The Pros & Cons of Breathing (1994)
• Sleep with Me (1994)
• S.F.W. (1994)
• Mallrats (1995)
• Drawing Flies (1996)
• Bio-Dome (1996)
• Michael (1996)
• Chasing Amy (1997) (also composer of song "Alive")
• A Cool, Dry Place (1998)
• Emergency Room 2 (1999)
• Big Daddy (1999)
• Bruno (2000)
• Beautiful (2000)
• Harvard Man (2001)
• Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) (voice)
• Reaching Normal (2001)
• In the Shadows (2001)
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) (cameo)
• Grand Champion (2002)
• Beeper (2002)
• The Big Empty (2003)
• The Gunman (2004)
• Clerks: The Lost Scene (2004) (voice only)
• Love, Fear and Rabbits (2006)
• The Break-Up (2006)
• Come Early Morning (2006) (writer, director only)

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References

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External link

• Joey Lauren Adams at the Internet Movie Database