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.
Acting
Movie
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
as Sylvia
2014
Movie
War of the Worlds
as Neighbor With Toddler
2005
Movie
Bridge of Spies
as Mary Donovan
2015
Movie
Central Intelligence
as Pamela Harris
2016
Movie
Escape Plan
as Abigail Ross
2013
TV
The Office
as Holly Flax
2005
Movie
Changeling
as Carol Dexter
2008
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lorraine Hansen
1999
Movie
Gone Baby Gone
as Helene McCready
2007
Movie
Goosebumps
as Gale Cooper
2015
Movie
Beautiful Boy
as Vicki Sheff
2018
TV
The Wire
as Beadie Russell
2002
Movie
Green Zone
as Lawrie Dayne
2010
TV
Only Murders in the Building
as Jan Bellows
2021
Movie
The Infiltrator
as Bonni Tischler
2016
Movie
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Martha Hanson
2007
Movie
Capote
as Marie Dewey
2005
Movie
Wolfs
as Margaret
2024
Movie
Dan in Real Life
as Eileen
2007
Movie
Beau Is Afraid
as Grace
2023
TV
ER
as Sister Elizabeth
1994
Movie
Monster Trucks
as Cindy Coley
2016
Movie
Late Night
as Caroline Morton
2019
TV
Quantum Leap
as Libby McBain
1989
