--- description: Much to the pleasure of her fellow Delta passengers title: Amy Adam Gives First-Class Seat to U.S. Serviceman image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ca866419ea71cac/698699ca06f2c179ae32fb49/487369649.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Amy Adams Gives Her First-Class Seat to a Serviceman by [Joan E. Greve](/author/joan-greve/) ## Joan E. Greve Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2014 9:17 PM CUT  Amy Adams attends the 2014 Time 100 Gala on April 29 in New York City. Amy Adams attends the 2014 Time 100 Gala on April 29 in New York City.D Dipasupil—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Joan E. Greve](/author/joan-greve/) ## Joan E. Greve Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2014 9:17 PM CUT Amy Adams has class — even if it means flying coach. The 39-year-old Oscar nominee gave up her first-class seat on a Friday flight for a U.S. serviceman. Accounts of the seat swap were posted to Twitter by fellow passengers flying to Los Angeles from Detroit. “When we were waiting to board, I saw her glance the soldier’s way and then she said something to the person she was traveling with,” [said](http://www.today.com/entertainment/first-class-move-amy-adams-gives-seat-serviceman-flight-1D79861091 "undefined") Jemele Hill, co-host of ESPN’s _Numbers Never Lie_, who was also on the flight. “Before we took off she had vacated her seat and the flight attendant brought the soldier to her seat.” Hill’s tweet about the star’s selfless act has since gone viral: Just saw actress Amy Adams do something incredibly classy. She gave her 1st class seat to an American soldier. I'm an even bigger fan now. — Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) [June 27, 2014](https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/482527464321609729?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") Adams then sat in the serviceman’s original economy-class seat, where a fellow passenger snapped a selfie with the _American Hustle_ actress. Told [@InsideEdition](https://twitter.com/InsideEdition?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") why Amy Adams was classy for giving up her 1st class seat to the soldier sitting next to me! :) [pic.twitter.com/qAcxif2kvz](http://t.co/qAcxif2kvz "undefined") — Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) [June 27, 2014](https://twitter.com/MrErnestOwens/status/482588663121858560?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") A flight attendant told Hill that the [2014 TIME 100 honoree](http://time.com/70775/amy-adams-2014-time-100/ "undefined") chatted with the serviceman at the front of the plane. As a possible explanation for the actress’s kindness, one of Hill’s followers tweeted that Adams was raised on a military base because her father was a serviceman. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2934571/amy-adams-first-class-soldier/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2934571/amy-adams-first-class-soldier/"},"headline":"Amy Adams Gives Her First-Class Seat to a Serviceman","datePublished":"2014-06-27T21:17:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:34.486Z","description":"Much to the pleasure of her fellow Delta passengers","url":"https://time.com/2934571/amy-adams-first-class-soldier/","keywords":["Living","celebrities","Soldier","coach","flight","Delta","Airplane","amy adams","Airline"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ca866419ea71cac/698699ca06f2c179ae32fb49/487369649.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joan E. Greve","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joan-greve/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ca866419ea71cac/698699ca06f2c179ae32fb49/487369649.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Amy Adams Time 100","caption":"Amy Adams Time 100","creditText":"D Dipasupil—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2934571/amy-adams-first-class-soldier/","name":"Amy Adams Gives Her First-Class Seat to a Serviceman"}}]}] ```