Amy Adams on her baby: ‘I want her to feel her identity isn’t caught up in what I do’

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Amy Adams was spotted outside Good Morning America yesterday with her fiance, actor and artist Darren Le Gallo, and their nearly seven month-old daughter, Aviana. I think we’ve seen Aviana before, but I just can’t get over what an adorable baby she is – and she has her mom’s gorgeous red hair!

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Adams is promoting her role in The Fighter, out December 10, in which she plays Mark Wahlberg’s girlfriend. She told Robin Roberts on Good Morning America yesterday (video below) that she took boxing lessons to prepare for her ‘feisty’ role but that her experience as one of seven siblings also gave her experiences to draw on. They showed a clip from the film and it looks incredible. There’s Oscar buzz around this film, and Amy has of course already been nominated for an Oscar this early in her career. She’s certainly made some excellent film choices and she’s one of my favorite actresses. I love how low key and normal she is without making a point of it.

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On motherhood, she told Robin “it’s really really good, it’s fantastic. Aviana is here actually. She comes with me everywhere.” She also explained that she didn’t want her career to affect her daughter at all “I want her to feel that she has her own identity, and her identity isn’t caught up in what I do. That’s really important for me.” You know, we see so little of Amy when she doesn’t have a film to promote that it’s a real treat to watch her interviews. She’s always impressed me.

Here are more photos and Amy’s interview. Doesn’t she look so much like Mariah Carey in that one photo below? I think it’s her hair and sunglasses, plus she’s making an expression like Mariah always does.

Photo credit: Fame Pictures

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  1. pebbles says:

    Adorable baby

  2. Steph says:

    Just an FYI-Amy Adams is a natural blonde. Like a real blonde not even a strawberry blonde:)

  3. MSat says:

    What a gorgeous child! Sadly, neither of my daughters inherited my red hair. It’s a recessive trait.

  4. bite me says:

    You know, we see so little of Amy when she doesn’t have a film to promote

    doest hat means shes pimping her child…anyway amy is so talented, i really want her to be an a-lister, also she reminds of of isla something, the one that married to borat

  5. Ferguson. says:

    Steph is right, Amy is a natural blonde.

    She’s amazing, that’s all I have to say. I love her.

  6. Praise St. Angie! says:

    holy smokes, that baby is GORGEOUS. those bright eyes!

    and yes, she DOES resemble Mariah in that picture!

    EDIT: girl also knows how to exit a car properly when wearing a skirt…LEGS TOGETHER! (Paris, Britney, etc…take note!)

  7. brin says:

    Beautiful baby & I can’t wait to see this movie. Melissa Leo looks great in it, too.

  8. Po says:

    Yeah but other celebrities want us to believe that the only way they’re able to work is with paparazzi following them around constantly. She seems like she has a relatively normal life just working.

  9. aenflex says:

    I adore her!!!!

  10. Riley says:

    I kind of love Amy Adams. I don’t know what it is about her but she just seems very grounded and personable. She is a fantastic actress too. I think I have probably seen almost every thing she is in even the craptacular Leap Year. She seems to be kind of a less control freak Reese Witherspoon if you know what I mean. Oh, and her daughter is adorable.

  11. terryo says:

    Aviana is as beautiful as her adorable mom

  12. happygirl says:

    I absolutely love her! A Day in the Life of Miss Pettigrew is one of my favorites! Edit:(Um…LMAO at myself…It’s Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day…one of my favorites and I can’t even remember the name of it!….more caffeine…needed…sorry!)

    @ Praise St Angie – I thought the SAME thing about exiting a vehicle properly! Good call! “(Paris, Britney, etc…take note!)” LMAO!

  13. Happymom says:

    Love. I also adore that she doesn’t papp out her baby or private life.

  14. texasmom says:

    1) Adorable baby!!

    2) Why is that guy TRYING to look like the scruffy version of Brad Pitt? I hate that gray-knit-bag hat whenever I see it anywhere!

    3) BWahhahah! You can tell she is the mother of a baby. Those of us with older kids know how totally unimpressed children are by their parents. . . she won’t have to do anything to preserve her daughter’s sense of self, little kids are nature’s egomaniacs!

  15. Sigh. says:

    “Aviana le Gallo.”

    A cutie, and her name is all kinds of awesomeness.

  16. im awful says:

    thats one cute baby.

  17. KsGirl says:

    Wow, totally gorgeous baby. Those eyes!

  18. TXCinderella says:

    I have a girl crush on Amy Adams. I think she is a fantastic actress and she is naturally beautiful.

  19. Courtney says:

    Aviana is hands down the most gorgeous baby of 2010. she so reminds me of a cross between Amy and Lucy Dahl which isn’t a bad thing Lucy comes from great hollywood stock her mother was academy award winning actress Patricia Neal who had a 64+ year career. Amy so reminds me of her in the grace department and like her I’ve never heard Amy say anything abismally negative about any of her co-stars and obviously cares more about family than fame.

  20. Johnny Depp's Girl says:

    So Sweet!!! I love little redheaded babies!

    She is really growing on me as an actress too. I like the actors that stay out of the spotlight other than when they have to promote, I get so bored seeing the same ol famewhore people, whoring it up!

  21. LeeLee says:

    Both baby and mom are gorgeous.

  22. Mizz Tickles says:

    I think Amy Adams looks a lot like Carrie Fisher in her Star wars days. She does look much like Mariah in that one photo.

  23. tango says:

    What a pretty baby!

    The fiance, not so much. Rumours abound he has no desire to get married and only proposed due to an Amy ultimatium and plans to stall as long as Amy will let him. I don’t even think wedding plans are underway.

  24. JulieM says:

    Amy Adams is absolutely one of my favorites, ever since Junebug. Pleasant disposition, no tantrums, very well liked on movie sets. If she gets an Oscar nom for The Fighter (I hope, I hope), it will be her third. Almost in overdue territory. Lookout, she is supposed to play Janis Joplin in a bioflick coming up. More Oscar bait. I think it was Meryl Streep who said Amy had amazing focus. She could be talking to you about baseball scores and two minutes later the director yells action and she gives you tears.

    And what a gorgeous little girl.

  25. kristin says:

    Holy moley, that baby is GORGEOUS! So beautiful, just like her mom! I love Amy Adams – i don’t know much about her personal life but I love her on screen. She is so likeable and lovely. I am a fan.

  26. Jeri says:

    Beautiful Mommy, beautiful baby. I love the boots/booties!

    I also love how lowkey she is because she has a lot to be proud of, great roles and one of the best actresses in Hollywood at this time.

  27. Catherine says:

    Mommy and baby are both gorgeous. Amy is a class act.

  28. Zelda says:

    Cute baby.
    But Amy Adams bores me.
    Possibly because the only thing I have ever seen her in is Julie and Julia, which–despite Streep being awesome–all kinds of sucked.

  29. serena says:

    that’s right.
    Oh god, Aviana is so freaking cute!

  30. lucy2 says:

    Love her – very talented, very low key. Adorable baby, but I hope that the photographers leave her alone.

  31. Camille says:

    Gorgeous baby. Love AA, she is adorable, likeable and a good actress too.

  32. Faye says:

    She’s my favorite actress. She’s enormously talented, beautiful inside and out and down to earth. I try to see everything she’s in (although I did pass on Leap Year) and I’m looking forward to The Fighter.

  33. Kim says:

    OH Lord this girl is an ego maniac! In every interview she comes across as a self important ego maniac. Dont belive her “shy” act – In person she is a bbeeaaatttccchh as most who have worked with her will willingly tell you.

    And why?? She is a mediocre actress at best. Her accent in the Fighter is laughable! Shes a dinner theater actress who got lucky with 1 good role.

  34. Courtney says:

    Amy is a great actress and unlike most her age tries to avoid the press. Darren isn’t stalling the wedding first they put it off because of her work schedule then because she didn’t want to get married while she was pregnant. they’ve been together nearly a decade and engaged 2 1/2 years. promoting a film you can’t avoid the Paparrazzi

  35. latam says:

    that baby is gorgeous!

    Though to be fair to those giving her credit for not papping out her baby. I’m sure she doesnt, but also, people dont really care about her that much so it’s not like the paparazzi are going after her.

  36. Henriette says:

    Amy Adams has been in some SUCKY movies but in decent films like Junebug where she had a chance to show her stuff, she just blew me away. I like the fact the she seems somewhat low key and not “packaged” like many Hollywood actresses.

    Yeah, she’s a natural blonde so if that deliciouos baby has red hair, it’s not because mama does.