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