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