<P> After providing her voice for Walt Disney Pictures' animated comedy film Underdog (2007), Adams starred as a highly optimistic and joyous Disney Princess named Giselle in the musical romantic comedy Enchanted . She was among 250 actresses who auditioned for the high - profile part; the studio favored the casting of a bigger star, but the director Kevin Lima insisted on Adams due to her commitment to the part and her ability to not be judgemental about her character's personality . Patrick Dempsey and James Marsden featured as her romantic interests . A ballgown that she had to wear for the film weighed 45 pounds, and Adams fell several times under its weight . She also sang three songs for the film's soundtrack--"True Love's Kiss", "Happy Working Song", and "That's How You Know". The critic Roger Ebert commended Adams for being "fresh and winning" in a role that "absolutely depends on effortless lovability", and Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe wrote that she "demonstrates a real performer's ingenuity for comic timing and physical eloquence". Todd McCarthy considered the role to be Adams' breakthrough and compared her rise to stardom to that of Julie Andrews . Enchanted was a commercial success, grossing over $340 million worldwide . Adams received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical . </P> <P> Following the success of Enchanted, Adams took on the part of Bonnie Bach, Congressman Charlie Wilson's assistant in Mike Nichols' political comedy - drama Charlie Wilson's War (2007), starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman . Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter praised Adams for being "sweetly savvy" in her part, but Peter Bradshaw was disappointed to see her talent wasted in a role he considered to be of minimal importance . </P> <P> The 2008 Sundance Film Festival saw the release of Sunshine Cleaning, a comedy - drama about two sisters (played by Adams and Emily Blunt) who start a crime scene clean - up business . Adams was attracted to the idea of playing someone who constantly tries to better herself . Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle considered Adams to be "magical", adding that she "gives us a portrait of raging want beneath a veneer of surface diffidence". In the 1939 - set screwball comedy Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Adams starred as an aspiring American actress in London who encounters a middle - aged governess named Miss Pettigrew (played by Frances McDormand). Stephen Holden of The New York Times drew similarities to her role in Enchanted and wrote that the "screen magic" she displays in such endearing roles "hasn't been this intense since the heyday of Jean Arthur". </P> <P> Adams next starred in Doubt, an adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's play of the same name . The production tells the story of a Catholic school principal (played by Meryl Streep) who accuses a priest (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) of pedophilia; Adams features as an innocent nun embroiled in the conflict . Shanley initially approached Natalie Portman for the part but offered Adams the role after finding her innocent, yet intelligent persona similar to that of Ingrid Bergman . Adams identified with her character's ability to find the best in people; she described her collaboration with Streep and Hoffman as a "master class" in acting . Writing for the Houston Chronicle, Amy Biancolli commented that Adams "sparks with distressed compassion", and Ann Hornaday opined that she "exudes just the right wide - eyed innocence". Adams was nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress . </P>

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