Amy Adams stars in “Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day.” Amy Adams Miss Adams Lives Out Her Dreams by Jay S. Jacobs It is way too obvious to say that Amy Adams is having an enchanted year – and yet at the same time it is absolutely, inescapably accurate. Since her first appearance on film in the 1999 beauty pageant comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous with Kirstie Alley, Adams has worked pretty steadily in film, often doing well in films what were not quite up to her talents, like The Ex, T