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