Amy Ryan
Acting
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
Acting74
movieWolfs
2024
Margaret
tvSugar
2024
Melanie Matthews
tvOnly Murders in the Building
2021
Jan Bellows
movieWorth
2021
Camille Biros
tvI'll Be Gone in the Dark
2020
Michelle McNamara's Words (voice)
movieLost Girls
2020
Mari Gilbert
movieStrange but True
2019
Charlene Chase
movieLate Night
2019
Caroline Morton
movieBeautiful Boy
2018
Vicki Sheff
movieMonster Trucks
2016
Cindy Coley
movieThe Infiltrator
2016
Bonni Tischler
movieCentral Intelligence
2016
Pamela Harris
movieDon Verdean
2015
Carol
movieBridge of Spies
2015
Mary Donovan
movieLouder Than Bombs
2015
Hannah Brennan
tvBroad City
2014
Heidi Strand
tvRick and Morty
2013
Marjorie (voice)
movieEscape Plan
2013
Abigail Ross
movieDevil's Knot
2013
Margaret Lax
movieBreathe In
2013
Megan Reynolds
movieWin Win
2011
Jackie Flaherty
movieGreen Zone
2010
Lawrie Dayne
movieBob Funk
2009
Ms. Wright
movieThe Missing Person
2009
Miss Charley
movieChangeling
2008
Carol Dexter
movieChicago 10
2008
Anita Hoffman (voice)
movieMarvelous
2008
Queenie
tvIn Treatment
2008
Adele Brouse
movieBefore the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
Martha Hanson
movieGone Baby Gone
2007
Helene McCready
movieLooking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006
Emily Brooks
movieCapote
2005
Marie Dewey
movieWar of the Worlds
2005
Neighbor With Toddler
tvThe Office
2005
Holly Flax
movieKeane
2004
Lynn Bedik
movieThe Women
2002
Peggy
tvThe Wire
2002
Beadie Russell
Baseball Wives
2002
Megan Salerno
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Julie Turner / Edie Nelson
tv100 Centre Street
2001
Ellen / Rebecca Rifkind
movieYou Can Count on Me
2000
Mrs. Prescott
tvThird Watch
1999
Dr. Jenny Hanson
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Lorraine Hansen
movieRoberta
1999
Judy
tvA Will of their Own
1998
Carrie Baker
Remembering Sex
1998
Elaine Devlin
tvThe Naked Truth
1995
Chloe Banks
tvER
1994
Sister Elizabeth
tvChicago Hope
1994
Helen Sherwood
tvHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
Erika Cullen
tvLaw & Order
1990
Amy / Valerie Messick
tvQuantum Leap
1989
Libby McBain
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Production1
movieThe Missing Person
2009
Executive Producer