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DURING a career filled with major roles, Amy Adams always had in mind taking on the role of a mother.

has appeared in films such as has been a now since 2010, to a baby girly, Aviana Olea Le Gallo.

Avi and her mom and dad at Amy Adams Hollywood star presentation
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Avi and her mom and dad at Amy Adams Hollywood star presentation

Who is Amy Adams’ daughter Aviana Olea Le Gallo?

Adams and her at the time fiancé, Darren Le Gallo had Aviana in May of 2010.

Five year later, also in the month of May, the longtime couple got married, after 15 years of being together

After giving birth to her baby girl, Adams explained the meaning behind the name, revealing it payed tribute to Adams' home town of Aviano, Italy.

While they may have chosen a traditional name, the married couple more often refers to their daughter by a nickname.

Baby Avi and Amy going for a stroll
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Baby Avi and Amy going for a stroll

"When she was born we just kept calling her, 'Avi, Avi, Avi.'" Adams told the Rachel Ray show back in 2010.

Avi, now ten, has learned a lot from her parents and for a short while followed in her moms footsteps as a ballet dancer.

However, on the May 11, 2021 episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers, Adams revealed that no longer to be the case.

It turns out that when Adams enrolled Avi in ballet classes, she told Avi that if when she turned ten if she wanted to quit she could.

Amy Adams recently appeared on The tonight Show with Seth Meyers and talked about Avi
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Amy Adams recently appeared on The tonight Show with Seth Meyers and talked about Avi

Low and behold, at the age of ten, Avi decided to quit ballet, with Adams telling Meyers, "It was like 30 seconds after she turned 10, she was like, 'Are we good? Have I done it?' "

During the coronavirus pandemic, Adams fell back in love with dancing, using the free time to get back into it.

Adams said of Avi that she "beautiful feet that would've been great for ballet."

The family together for an outing
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The family together for an outing

It was this comment, Meyer's wondered, if is what was apart of Avi deciding to quit ballet.

"Nothing would make me want to dance less than if my parents told me I had beautiful feet. I think you might have creeped her right out."

The Golden Globe winning actress admitted, ""I think I did it wrong."

In 2018, Adams opened up about parenting her daughter with her husband in an interview with Marie Claire.

"It's sexy to see him raising a girl and teaching her how a man should treat her in a lovely way," she said.

Adams will be starring next in The Woman in the Window and Hillbilly Elegy. 

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