Amy Adams stopped posting to her Instagram account in 2021
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In a new S Magazine cover story, the star explained that using social media “didn't feel organic”
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Adams described herself as “kind of boring” and “routine-driven” with her husband and daughter
Don't expect to seeAmy Adamsback on Instagram anytime soon.
The Oscar-nominated actress, 51, opened up about her career,agingand life these days in herS Magazinecover story, admitting that she has stopped using Instagram. Adams'last poston the platform, a tribute to her husbandDarren Le Gallo, was back in 2021.
“It didn't feel organic,” theCape Fearstar told the outlet. Her reasoning? “I'm kind of boring,” she said.
“I am really routine-driven. I go to the same places,” continued Adams. “I'm already so settled in my ways that I would have to hunt for something to post about outside of work.”
Because she broke out in the 2005 movieJunebugat age 31, Adams became a star before an active social media presence was considered an essential part of a Hollywood career. “Coming into the busier, more forward-facing times in my career, I was already into my thirties,” she explained.
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Part of that was thanks to Le Gallo, who Adams first met in 2001 when they were enrolled in the same acting class. The two eventually married in 2015 and share a 16-year-old daughter,Aviana Olea Le Gallo. Adams'old Instagram postsoffered occasional glimpses of home life in Los Angeles among the family of three as well as promotingThe RightWay Foundation, a nonprofit supporting foster youth.
Becoming a public figure in her early 30s, said Adams, “I came in with my husband already [and] with my friend group. I just kept living.”
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Following her Golden Globe-nominated turn in 2024'sNightbitch, Adams returns to the big screen in three upcoming films:Taika Waititi'sKlara and the Sun, Kornél Mundruczó'sAt the SeaandShawn Levy'sRyan Gosling-ledStar Wars: Starfighter.
Cape Fear, Apple TV's remake of the 1962 and 1991 movies of the same name starring Adams,Javier BardemandPatrick Wilson, premieres June 5 on Apple TV.
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