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