Joey Lauren Adams
Biography
Joey Lauren Adams is an American actress and director. Her first major movie part was Simone in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused (1993). In 1991 she appeared in an episode of Married... with Children and starred in its short-lived spinoff. In 1995 she appeared in Kevin Smith's Mallrats (1995), and in 1996 she was cast as Monique in the comedy Bio-Dome (1996). Her leading role in Chasing Amy (1997) as Alyssa Jones earned her a Golden Globe nomination and awards from the Chicago Film Critics and Las Vegas Film Critics Society. She also wrote and performed the song Alive for that film. Later credits included A Cool, Dry Place (1998), her first big-budget Hollywood release Big Daddy (1999), and Beautiful (2000). She made her directorial debut with Come Early Morning in 2006, which was selected for the Sundance Film Festival, and later directed a music video. She appeared on The United States of Tara in 2010.
58years old
Turns 59 on January 9in 88 days
- Born Little Rock
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Joey Adams
Movie Career
- Films
- 29
- Career span
- 32 years1993 to 2025
Genres
- Comedy62%, 18 films
- Drama59%, 17 films
- Romance21%, 6 films
- Crime14%, 4 films
- Documentary14%, 4 films
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A role that slipped away
Adams was originally cast as the female lead in Smith's 1999 film Dogma, but Linda Fiorentino ended up winning the role.
Behind the camera
Adams made her directing debut in 2006 with Come Early Morning, a film starring Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Diane Ladd, Tim Blake Nelson and Laura Prepon. It was shot on location in Little Rock, Arkansas, and chosen for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
Behind the award
In 2006, Adams received the Women in Film Dorothy Arzner Directors Award, sharing it with Lian Lunson and Nicole Holofcener.
Joey Lauren Adams movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Kevin Smith directed three of these films, Malcolm Ingram two. Kevin Smith appears in seven of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kevin Smith's page
Ben Affleck's page
Jason Mewes's page
Jason Lee's page
Scott Mosier's page
Ethan Suplee's page
All films by Malcolm Ingram
Also three films together2 more actors
- Brian O'HalloranClerk (2021), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) and Chasing Amy (1997)
- Walter FlanaganClerk (2021), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) and Mallrats (1995)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Joey Lauren Adams's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$624 million
13 of the 29 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 29 films: 13 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 4 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$235M37.6% of the total
- 2$206M32.9% of the total
- 3$120M19.2% of the total
- 4$23M3.7% of the total
- 5$13M2.1% of the total
- 6$12M1.9% of the total
- 7$8.3M1.3% of the total
- 8$3.2M0.5% of the total
$4.3 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2006 | Dorothy Arzner Directors Award | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.