Joey Lauren Adams

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Director
Writer

A young ranch hand hunts justice for his sister through the vast landscape of South Dakota. As he wrestles with what he is about to do, Cody crosses paths with a local county sheriff coming to terms with what she has already done.

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Fall Is a Good Time to Die (2025)

Joey Lauren Adams is an American actress and director. Adams appeared in several Kevin Smith View Askewniverse films, including Chasing Amy, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Adams was born in North Little Rock, Arkansas, the youngest of three children. Her father was a lumber yard owner. Adams grew up in the Overbrook neighborhood of North Little Rock and graduated from North Little Rock Northeast High School in 1986. She announced her intention to pursue acting after one year as an exchange student in Australia.

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Awards
- 5 wins & 6 nominations total

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Known for

Méprise multiple

7.2

Alyssa

1997

Génération rebelle

7.6

Simone Kerr

1993

Big Daddy

6.4

Layla Maloney

1999

Animal

4.7

Vicky

2014

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Actress

Fall Is a Good Time to Die
6.5
- Trista
- 2025
Greedy People
6.2
- Bobette
- 2024
Oak
- Mrs. Chase
- 2024
Le trésor perdu de Tom Sawyer
4.8
- Jenny Muncaster
- 2023
The L Word: Generation Q
7.4
TV Series
- Taylor
- 2022
Tankhouse
4.3
- Deirdra
- 2022
Jay et Bob contre-attaquent encore
5.6
- Alyssa Jones
- 2019
Still the King
5.6
TV Series
- Debbie Lynn Cooke
- 2016–2017
All the Birds Have Flown South
7.3
- Tonya
- 2016
Here Comes Rusty
4.6
- Vicky
- 2016
Mulberry Stains
4.7
- Savannah
- 2015
Grey's Anatomy
7.6
TV Series
- Dr. Tracy McConnell
- 2015
Mr. Pickles
7.3
TV Series
- The Girl (voice)
- 2014
Aventure d'un soir
6.3
- Customer Service Agent (voice)
- 2014
Animal
4.7
- Vicky
- 2014

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Alternative names
- Joey Adams
Height
- 1.63 m
Born
- January 9, 1968
- Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Spouse
- Brian VilimJune 7, 2014 - present
Relatives
- Sibling(Sibling)
Other works
Wrote and performed two songs for the soundtrack of Sleep with Me (1994)
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Trivia
Is a fan of country music and wrote the song she sings in Méprise multiple (1997).

Quotes
[on her distinctive voice] 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 Méprise multiple (1997), I almost didn't get. There was concern the voice would grate on some people -- which some critics said it did.

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How old is Joey Lauren Adams?
57 years old
When was Joey Lauren Adams born?
January 9, 1968
Where was Joey Lauren Adams born?
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
How tall is Joey Lauren Adams?
5 feet 4 inches, or 1.63 meters
What is Joey Lauren Adams known for?
Dazed and Confused, Chasing Amy, Big Daddy, and Animal