Acting · Queens, New York City, New York, USA · Born May 3, 1968
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.
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as Margaret
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as Melanie Matthews
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as Self
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MovieBeau Is Afraid
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as Grace
TVOnly Murders in the Building
2021
as Jan Bellows
MovieWorth
2021
as Camille Biros
TVI'll Be Gone in the Dark
2020
as Michelle McNamara's Words (voice)
MovieLost Girls
2020
as Mari Gilbert
MovieStrange but True
2019
as Charlene Chase
MovieLate Night
2019
as Caroline Morton
MovieBeautiful Boy
2018
as Vicki Sheff
MovieAbundant Acreage Available
2017
as Tracy
MovieMonster Trucks
2016
as Cindy Coley
MovieThe Infiltrator
2016
as Bonni Tischler
MovieCentral Intelligence
2016
as Pamela Harris
MovieA Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
2016
as Self
MovieDon Verdean
2015
as Carol
MovieBridge of Spies
2015
as Mary Donovan
MovieLouder Than Bombs
2015
as Hannah Brennan
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
MovieGoosebumps
2015
as Gale
MovieBirdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
2015
as Self
MovieBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
as Sylvia
TVBroad City
2014
as Heidi Strand
TVRick and Morty
2013
as Marjorie (voice)
MovieEscape Plan
2013
as Abigail Ross
MovieClear History
2013
as Wendy
MovieDevil's Knot
2013
as Margaret Lax
MovieBreathe In
2013
as Megan Reynolds
TVFinding Your Roots
2012
as Self
MovieWin Win
2011
as Jackie Flaherty
MovieJack Goes Boating
2010
as Connie
MovieGreen Zone
2010
as Lawrie Dayne
MovieBob Funk
2009
as Ms. Wright
MovieThe Missing Person
2009
as Miss Charley
MovieChangeling
2008
as Carol Dexter
MovieChicago 10
2008
as Anita Hoffman (voice)
MovieMarvelous
2008
as Queenie
TVIn Treatment
2008
as Adele Brouse
MovieDan in Real Life
2007
as Eileen
MovieBefore the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
as Martha Hanson
MovieGone Baby Gone
2007
as Helene McCready
MovieTapping the Wire
2007
as Self
TVKidnapped
2006
MovieLooking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006
as Emily Brooks
MovieCapote
2005
as Marie Dewey
MovieWar of the Worlds
2005
as Neighbor With Toddler
TVThe Office
2005
as Holly Flax
MovieKeane
2004
as Lynn Bedik
MovieThe Women
2002
as Peggy
TVThe Wire
2002
as Beadie Russell
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2002
as Megan Salerno
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Julie Turner
TV100 Centre Street
2001
as Rebecca Rifkind
MovieYou Can Count on Me
2000
as Mrs. Prescott
TVThird Watch
1999
as Dr. Jenny Hanson
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lorraine Hansen
MovieRoberta
1999
as Judy
TVA Will of their Own
1998
as Carrie Baker
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1998
as Elaine Devlin
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
TVThe Naked Truth
1995
as Chloe Banks
TVER
1994
as Sister Elizabeth
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Helen Sherwood
TVHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Erika Cullen
MovieIn the Deep Woods
1992
as Beth
TVBrooklyn Bridge
1991
TVHome Improvement
1991
as Robin
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Amy
TVQuantum Leap
1989
as Libby McBain
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
The Statement
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