Joey Lauren Adams was born on the 9th January 1968 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. She is an actress who has appeared in over thirty films. Adams' first movie breakthrough role came in 1993 in Dazed and Confused, a film which also starred Ben Affleck and Matthew McConaughey. 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 who wrote and directed the film, which was largely inspired by his relationship with Adams herself, or so he is reported to have said. 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. 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 and many lesser-seen small films.
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