Amy Ryan
Known for Acting · 72 credits
- Born
- 1968-05-03 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Эми Райан · Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski · 艾美·萊恩 · 艾美.萊恩 · امی رایان
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
TV Shows (25)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lorraine Hansen
Law & Order
1990
as Amy / Valerie Messick
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
The Office
2005
as Holly Flax
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Julie Turner / Edie Nelson
ER
1994
as Sister Elizabeth
The Wire
2002
as Beadie Russell
Third Watch
1999
as Dr. Jenny Hanson
Chicago Hope
1994
as Helen Sherwood
Quantum Leap
1989
as Libby McBain
Home Improvement
1991
as Robin
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Erika Cullen
In Treatment
2008
as Adele Brouse
Only Murders in the Building
2021
as Jan Bellows
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Broad City
2014
as Heidi Strand
Sugar
2024
as Melanie Matthews
The Naked Truth
1995
as Chloe Banks
100 Centre Street
2001
as Ellen / Rebecca Rifkind
Kidnapped
2006
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
2020
as Michelle McNamara's Words (voice)
A Will of their Own
1998
as Carrie Baker
Movies (47)
Wolfs
2024
as Margaret
War of the Worlds
2005
as Neighbor With Toddler
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
as Sylvia
Escape Plan
2013
as Abigail Ross
Changeling
2008
as Carol Dexter
Central Intelligence
2016
as Pamela Harris
Bridge of Spies
2015
as Mary Donovan
Goosebumps
2015
as Gale Cooper
Beau Is Afraid
2023
as Grace
Gone Baby Gone
2007
as Helene McCready
Monster Trucks
2016
as Cindy Coley
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
as Martha Hanson
Beautiful Boy
2018
as Vicki Sheff
The Infiltrator
2016
as Bonni Tischler
Green Zone
2010
as Lawrie Dayne
Breathe In
2013
as Megan Reynolds
Devil's Knot
2013
as Margaret Lax
Dan in Real Life
2007
as Eileen
Capote
2005
as Marie Dewey
Worth
2021
as Camille Biros
Win Win
2011
as Jackie Flaherty
Late Night
2019
as Caroline Morton
Lost Girls
2020
as Mari Gilbert
Strange but True
2019
as Charlene Chase
Louder Than Bombs
2015
as Hannah Brennan
Clear History
2013
as Wendy
Chicago 10
2008
as Anita Hoffman (voice)
You Can Count on Me
2000
as Mrs. Prescott
In the Deep Woods
1992
as Beth
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006
as Emily Brooks
The Missing Person
2009
as Miss Charley
Keane
2004
as Lynn Bedik
Bob Funk
2009
as Ms. Wright
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
2015
as Self
Don Verdean
2015
as Carol
The Statement
Jack Goes Boating
2010
as Connie
The Women
2002
as Peggy
Abundant Acreage Available
2017
as Tracy
Marvelous
2008
as Queenie
Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
2023
as Self
Passing Through
2023
Remembering Sex
1998
as Elaine Devlin
Roberta
1999
as Judy
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
2016
as Self
Baseball Wives
2002
as Megan Salerno
About Amy Ryan
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. Ry… With 72 credits spanning from 1953 to 2024, Amy Ryan has appeared in 47 films and 25 TV shows.
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Most Popular Amy Ryan Movies
- Wolfs (2024) — as Margaret
- War of the Worlds (2005) — as Neighbor With Toddler
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) — as Sylvia
- Escape Plan (2013) — as Abigail Ross
- Changeling (2008) — as Carol Dexter
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