Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 3, 1968
Place of Birth:
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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Amy Ryan
Biography
Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski (born November 30, 1969), known professionally as Amy Ryan, is an American actress. She has been nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe for her performance in Gone Baby Gone (2007) and is also known for her roles in the HBO series The Wire, playing Port Authority Officer Beadie Russell; In Treatment, playing psychiatrist Adele Brousse; and The Office, playing human resources representative Holly Flax.
Ryan was born in Queens, New York City. She is the daughter of Pam, a nurse, and John, a trucking business owner. Ryan is her mother's maiden name. She is of English, Irish, and Polish descent. Growing up in the 1970s, Ryan and her sister delivered the Daily News by bike. At a young age, Ryan attended the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center in upstate New York. At 17, she graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts. Hired for the national tour of Biloxi Blues right out of high school, Ryan worked steadily off-Broadway for the next decade.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wolfs | Margaret |
| 2023 | Passing Through | |
| 2023 | Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid | Self |
| 2023 | Beau Is Afraid | Grace |
| 2021 | Worth | Camille Biros |
| 2020 | Lost Girls | Mari Gilbert |
| 2019 | Strange But True | Charlene Chase |
| 2019 | Late Night | Caroline Morton |
| 2018 | Beautiful Boy | Vicki Sheff |
| 2017 | Abundant Acreage Available | Tracy |
| 2016 | Monster Trucks | Cindy Coley |
| 2016 | The Infiltrator | Bonni Tischler |
| 2016 | Central Intelligence | Pamela Harris |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | Gale Cooper |
| 2015 | Bridge of Spies | Mary Donovan |
| 2015 | Don Verdean | Carol |
| 2015 | Louder Than Bombs | Hannah Brennan |
| 2015 | Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) | Self |
| 2014 | Clear History | Wendy |
| 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Sylvia |
| 2013 | Escape Plan | Abigail Ross |
| 2013 | Devil's Knot | Margaret Lax |
| 2013 | Breathe In | Megan Reynolds |
| 2011 | Win Win | Jackie Flaherty |
| 2010 | Green Zone | Lawrie Dayne |
| 2010 | Jack Goes Boating | Connie |
| 2009 | The Missing Person | Miss Charley |
| 2009 | Bob Funk | Ms. Wright |
| 2008 | Changeling | Carol Dexter |
| 2008 | Chicago 10 | Anita Hoffman (voice) |
| 2008 | Marvelous | Queenie |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone | Helene McCready |
| 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Martha Hanson |
| 2007 | Dan in Real Life | Eileen |
| 2007 | Tapping the Wire | Self |
| 2006 | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | Emily Brooks |
| 2005 | Capote | Marie Dewey |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Neighbor With Toddler |
| 2004 | Keane | Lynn Bedik |
| 2002 | The Women | Peggy |
| 2002 | Baseball Wives | Megan Salerno |
| 2000 | You Can Count on Me | Rachel Louise Prescott |
| 1999 | Roberta | Judy |
| 1998 | Remembering Sex | Elaine Devlin |
| 1992 | In the Deep Woods | Beth |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sugar | Melanie Matthews |
| 2021 | Only Murders in the Building | Jan Bellows |
| 2020 | I'll Be Gone in the Dark | Michelle McNamara's Words (voice) |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2014 | Broad City | Heidi Strand |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self |
| 2008 | In Treatment | Adele Brouse |
| 2006 | Kidnapped | |
| 2005 | The Office | Holly Flax |
| 2002 | The Wire | Off. Beatrice 'Beadie' Russell |
| 2002 | The Wire | Beatrice "Beadie" Russell |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Julie Turner |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Edie Nelson |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street | Rebecca Rifkind |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street | Ellen |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Dr. Jenny Hanson |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lorraine Hansen |
| 1998 | A Will of their Own | Carrie Baker |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1995 | The Naked Truth | Chloe Banks |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | |
| 1994 | ER | Sister Elizabeth |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | |
| 1991 | Home Improvement | Robin |
| 1991 | Brooklyn Bridge | |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Amy |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Valerie Messick |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Libby McBain |