Amy Ryan
Acting
1968-05-03 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Wolfs
2024 · Movie
Sugar
2024 · Series
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
2023 · Movie
Passing Through
2023 · Movie
Beau Is Afraid
2023 · Movie
Only Murders in the Building
2021 · Series
Worth
2021 · Movie
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
2020 · Series
Lost Girls
2020 · Movie
Strange but True
2019 · Movie
Late Night
2019 · Movie
Beautiful Boy
2018 · Movie
Abundant Acreage Available
2017 · Movie
Monster Trucks
2016 · Movie
The Infiltrator
2016 · Movie
Central Intelligence
2016 · Movie
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
2016 · Movie
Don Verdean
2015 · Movie
Bridge of Spies
2015 · Movie
Louder Than Bombs
2015 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Goosebumps
2015 · Movie
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
2015 · Movie
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014 · Movie
Broad City
2014 · Series
Rick and Morty
2013 · Series
Escape Plan
2013 · Movie
Clear History
2013 · Movie
Devil's Knot
2013 · Movie
Breathe In
2013 · Movie
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Series
Win Win
2011 · Movie
Jack Goes Boating
2010 · Movie
Green Zone
2010 · Movie
Bob Funk
2009 · Movie
The Missing Person
2009 · Movie
Changeling
2008 · Movie
Chicago 10
2008 · Movie
Marvelous
2008 · Movie
In Treatment
2008 · Series
Dan in Real Life
2007 · Movie
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007 · Movie
Gone Baby Gone
2007 · Movie
Tapping the Wire
2007 · Movie
Kidnapped
2006 · Series
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006 · Movie
Capote
2005 · Movie
War of the Worlds
2005 · Movie
The Office
2005 · Series
Keane
2004 · Movie
The Women
2002 · Movie
The Wire
2002 · Series
Baseball Wives
2002 · Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
100 Centre Street
2001 · Series
You Can Count on Me
2000 · Movie
Third Watch
1999 · Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Roberta
1999 · Movie
A Will of their Own
1998 · Series
Remembering Sex
1998 · Movie
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
The Naked Truth
1995 · Series
ER
1994 · Series
Chicago Hope
1994 · Series
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Series
In the Deep Woods
1992 · Movie
Brooklyn Bridge
1991 · Series
Home Improvement
1991 · Series
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Quantum Leap
1989 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
A Statement
Movie
NDA
Movie