Amy Ryan
Acting
- Born:
- 1968-05-03
- Place of birth:
- Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski (born May 3, 1968), 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
A Statement
Wolfs
Sugar
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
Passing Through
Beau Is Afraid
Only Murders in the Building
Worth
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Lost Girls
Strange but True
Late Night
Beautiful Boy
Abundant Acreage Available
Monster Trucks
The Infiltrator
Central Intelligence
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Don Verdean
Bridge of Spies
Louder Than Bombs
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Goosebumps
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Broad City
Rick and Morty
Escape Plan
Clear History
Devil's Knot
Breathe In
Finding Your Roots
Win Win
Jack Goes Boating
Green Zone
Bob Funk
The Missing Person
Changeling
Chicago 10
Marvelous
In Treatment
Dan in Real Life
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Gone Baby Gone
Tapping the Wire
Kidnapped
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Capote
War of the Worlds
The Office
Keane
The Women
The Wire
Baseball Wives
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
100 Centre Street
You Can Count on Me
Third Watch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Roberta
A Will of their Own
Remembering Sex
The Daily Show
The Naked Truth
ER
Chicago Hope
Homicide: Life on the Street
In the Deep Woods
Brooklyn Bridge
Home Improvement
Law & Order
Quantum Leap
The Oscars
NDA