Joey Lauren Adams (born January 9 1968) is an American actress who has appeared in more than 30 films. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films of Kevin Smith, particularly Chasing Amy.
Adams was born in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Her father was a lumber yard owner. She moved to Hollywood in 1988, but now lives in Oxford, Mississippi.
She began her film career in 1977 with a small part in Exorcist II: The Heretic. In 1993, Adams lan...
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Joey Lauren Adams (born January 9 1968) is an American actress who has appeared in more than 30 films. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films of Kevin Smith, particularly Chasing Amy.
Adams was born in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Her father was a lumber yard owner. She moved to Hollywood in 1988, but now lives in Oxford, Mississippi.
She began her film career in 1977 with a small part in Exorcist II: The Heretic. In 1993, Adams landed her first major film role as Simone in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused. The same year, she appeared in the Saturday Night Live spinoff film Coneheads as one of Connie Conehead's friends.
Two years later, Adams appeared in Mallrats, written and directed by Kevin Smith. The two started dating during the film's post-production, and their relationship provided the inspiration for Smith's next movie, 1997's Chasing Amy. Smith cast Adams in the lead role of Alyssa Jones, a lesbian who falls in love with a man played by Ben Affleck. Later,...
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