Amy Adams opens up on feeling 'lost' in motherhood

Amy Adams has a "different perspective" on motherhood now.

The 50-year-old actress has Aviana, 14, with her husband Darren Le Gallo, and as she takes on the role of an artist who pauses her career to be a stay-at-home parent , she has explained that the role made her consider things in her own life differently.

She told US TV show 'Extra': "She’s just in a place of not really taking time for herself. She’s a little lost; her identity has shifted. She’s sort of given up what she believed she was, but she hasn’t figured out who she’s going to be outside of motherhood, which she loves, but she’s feeling a little isolated… It’s a lot.

"As she begins to sort of step into this idea, this sort of magical realism of transformation, she sort of steps into a more feral, more organic method of parenting and we sort of move through that into a much more confident and directed human.

"Yeah, I think it definitely gave me a different perspective."

The 'Enchanted' star's new character only goes by the name Mother in the film and she noted that was done to explore the "lack of identity" that can come with being a parent.

She said: "It kind of speaks to the themes of lack of identity and how you feel sort of relegated to a role at a certain time in your life… I liked it because it gave me a stronger sense of her lack of identity.

"There was a monologue that she gives that talks about her worth and her contribution and sort of how she sees herself and I very much have identified with that at different times in my life."