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