Joey Lauren Adams (born January 9, 1968) is an American actress who has appeared in more than thirty films. The two started dating during the film’s post-production, and their relationship provided the inspiration for Smith’s next movie. However, she would later make brief appearances in two other Smith projects: the 2001 film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and the 2004 animated short Clerks: The Lost Scene, featured on the Clerks X DVD. Her post-Smith projects included playing a spunky veterinarian’s assistant who falls in love with a single father (Vince Vaughn) in 1998′s A Cool, Dry Place. The film, shot on location in Little Rock, Arkansas, was selected for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
