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: Acting

Born: Queens, New York City, New York, USA, 1968-05-03

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1992	In the Deep Woods	Beth	56
2	1998	Remembering Sex	Elaine Devlin	45
3	1999	Roberta	Judy	30
4	2000	You Can Count on Me	Rachel Louise Prescott	68
5	2002	Baseball Wives	Megan Salerno	0
6	2002	The Women	Peggy	0
7	2004	Keane	Lynn Bedik	61
8	2005	War of the Worlds	Neighbor With Toddler	65
9	2005	Capote	Marie Dewey	70
10	2006	Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World	Emily Brooks	53
11	2007	Tapping the Wire	Self	73
12	2007	Gone Baby Gone	Helene McCready	73
13	2007	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Martha Hanson	71
14	2007	Dan in Real Life	Eileen	66
15	2008	Marvelous	Queenie	0
16	2008	Chicago 10	Anita Hoffman (voice)	60
17	2008	Changeling	Carol Dexter	76
18	2009	The Missing Person	Miss Charley	56
19	2009	Bob Funk	Ms. Wright	47
20	2010	Green Zone	Lawrie Dayne	65
21	2010	Jack Goes Boating	Connie	60
22	2011	Win Win	Jackie Flaherty	68
23	2013	Breathe In	Megan Reynolds	59
24	2013	Devil's Knot	Margaret Lax	62
25	2013	Escape Plan	Abigail Ross	67
26	2014	Clear History	Wendy	60
27	2014	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Sylvia	75
28	2015	Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)	Self	72
29	2015	Goosebumps	Gale Cooper	63
30	2015	Louder Than Bombs	Hannah Brennan	65
31	2015	Bridge of Spies	Mary Donovan	72
32	2015	Don Verdean	Carol	49
33	2016	Central Intelligence	Pamela Harris	64
34	2016	The Infiltrator	Bonni Tischler	67
35	2016	Monster Trucks	Cindy Coley	61
36	2017	Abundant Acreage Available	Tracy	54
37	2018	Beautiful Boy	Vicki Sheff	76
38	2019	Late Night	Caroline Morton	64
39	2019	Strange But True	Charlene Chase	60
40	2020	Lost Girls	Mari Gilbert	61
41	2021	Worth	Camille Biros	67
42	2023	Beau Is Afraid	Grace	67
43	2023	Passing Through		0
44	2023	Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid	Self	100
45	2024	Wolfs	Margaret	66

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1989	Quantum Leap	Libby McBain	80
2	1990	Law & Order	Amy	74
3	1990	Law & Order	Valerie Messick	74
4	1991	Home Improvement	Robin	74
5	1991	Brooklyn Bridge		75
6	1993	Homicide: Life on the Street		80
7	1994	Chicago Hope		72
8	1994	ER	Sister Elizabeth	78
9	1995	The Naked Truth	Chloe Banks	64
10	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
11	1998	A Will of their Own	Carrie Baker	70
12	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Lorraine Hansen	79
13	1999	Third Watch	Dr. Jenny Hanson	79
14	2001	100 Centre Street	Ellen	77
15	2001	100 Centre Street	Rebecca Rifkind	77
16	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Julie Turner	76
17	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Edie Nelson	76
18	2002	The Wire	Beadie Russell	86
19	2005	The Office	Holly Flax	86
20	2006	Kidnapped		71
21	2008	In Treatment	Adele Brouse	77
22	2012	Finding Your Roots	Self	62
23	2014	Broad City	Heidi Strand	71
24	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
25	2020	I'll Be Gone in the Dark	Michelle McNamara's Words (voice)	72
26	2021	Only Murders in the Building	Jan Bellows	85
27	2024	Sugar	Melanie Matthews	72

Amy Ryan

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