Genevieve Adams
Genevieve Adams is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and director. She wrote and starred in I'm Obsessed with You (2014) and Simchas and Sorrows (2022). She also produced both films and directed Simchas and Sorrows. As an actor, Adams has appeared in other films and television. Early life 
Genevieve Adams was born and grew up in New York City, New York. At Dartmouth College, Adams became part of the theater scene. She participated in productions of the Dartmouth's Department of Theater, including starring in a production of Eurydice. She also performed improv comedy and joined Casual Thursday, a comedy group that performed in fraternity basements. She graduated in 2011 with a degree in English. Career 
Adams had her first break in film acting when a casting director saw a play she also wrote and produced. Following that, she was cast in Bird People (2014), directed by Pascale Ferran, which premiered at the Cannes film festival. Adams subsequently wrote and starred in I'm Obsessed with You (2014), the film version of her play that began as her honors thesis at Dartmouth. Adams was part of an ensemble cast that included Manish Dayal, Thomas McDonell, Rachel Brosnahan and Jason Ralph. I'm Obsessed with You premiered at the Sonoma International Film Festival. In 2015, Adams appeared in Jason Bateman's The Family Fang. She also had a role in Touched with Fire, which starred Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby. Adams had roles in How to Be Single (2016), Money Monster (2016), Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016), and The Report (2019). Adams wrote, directed, produced, and starred in Simchas and Sorrows, a dramedy film released in 2022. The film tells the story of an atheist actress, played by Adams, who decides to convert to Judaism to marry her fiancé, played by McDonell. Simchas and Sorrows premiered at the virtual showcase Cinejoy, part of the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival. Filmography

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Living people
21st-century American actresses
American film actresses
American women screenwriters
American film producers
Dartmouth College alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)