What Is Joey Lauren Adams' Net Worth and Salary?
Joey Lauren Adams is an American actress and director who has a net worth of $1 million. Known in the nineties amongst fans of Kevin Smith films, Joey Lauren Adams co-starred or starred in such films as "Dazed & Confused," "Coneheads," "Sleep with Me," "Bio-Dome," "Mallrats," "Chasing Amy," "Beautiful," and "The Break-Up." She has also appeared on such television shows as, "Married… with Children," "Second Noah," "Veronica Mars," and "The United States of Tara." She directed the award-winning feature film "Come Early Morning" and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her work in "Chasing Amy." She is also known for her distinctive voice.
Early Life
Joey Lauren Adams was born on January 9, 1968, in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Adams is one of three children, and her father was a lumberyard owner. Joey graduated from North Little Rock Northeast High School in the mid-1980s and then spent a year abroad in Australia. After returning to the United States, she decided to focus on a career in entertainment and subsequently moved to Hollywood.
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Career
Adams began her professional on-camera career while a child with a small role in the film "Exorcist II: The Heretic." She did not begin pursuing an acting career formally until the early '90s, however. She began finding larger roles starting in 1991 when she guest-starred in "Married … with Children" and then starred in the short-lived spinoff of that show. She filmed a scene for "Wayne's World 2" in 1993, but it was later cut from the final version of the film.
Her first big movie role came in 1993 when she portrayed Simone in Richard Linklater's "Dazed and Confused." She also appeared that same year in the "Saturday Night Live" spinoff film "Coneheads." Adams first began working with writer and director Kevin Smith in 1993 when she starred in "Mallrats." They briefly dated during the film's post-production period, and although it was short-lived, it ended on friendly terms, and Smith wrote his next film, "Chasing Amy," inspired by Adams. In 1996, Joey was cast in the comedy "Bio-Dome," playing Monique, the girlfriend of Pauly Shore's character.
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In 1997, Adams starred in "Chasing Amy," playing the role of Alyssa Jones, a lesbian who falls in love with a man played by Ben Affleck. Along with acting in the film, Joey wrote the song "Alive" and performed it for the film's soundtrack. She earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her work in "Chasing Amy." She also won the 1997 Chicago Film Critics Award and Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance. Adams was also nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for "Chasing Amy."
Joey was cast to play the lead in 1999's "Dogma," Kevin Smith's next film, but she was replaced by Linda Fiorentino. She reprised her role as Alyssa Jones in three other Smith projects: 2001's "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," 2004's animated short "Clerks: The Lost Scene," and 2019's "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot."
Outside of her work in the Kevin Smith films, Adams appeared in 1998's "A Cool, Dry Place" opposite Vince Vaughn, and played Adam Sandler's love interest in the hit comedy "Big Daddy." She guest starred on "Veronica Mars" and did some smaller films like "In the Shadows" and "Beautiful."
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Her directorial debut film came in 2006 in the form of "Come Early Morning." starring Ashley Judd, Diane Ladd, and Laura Prepon. Filmed in Little Rock, Arkansas, it was selected for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Joey was awarded the Women in Film Dorothy Arzner Directors Award for her work. Her first directorial effort for a music video, "Belle of the Boulevard" by Dashboard Confessional, was released in November 2009. Adams graced the small screen in March 2010 when she appeared in six episodes of Showtime's "The United States of Tara" as a barmaid named Pammy. In 2013, Adams appeared on four episodes of "Switched at Birth," The following year, she guest-starred on an episode of "Grey's Anatomy." From 2016 to 2017, Joey played the role of Debbie Lynn Cooke in 26 episodes of "Still the King" on CMT.
Personal Life & Real Estate
In 2014, Joey married cinematographer Brian Vilim. In January 2022, Joey and Brian paid $560,000 for a 4,500-square-foot historic home in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The home was built in 1879 and was being used as a bed and breakfast for many years before their purchase.
