Amy Ryan
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.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order
Law & Order
Rick and Morty
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
The Office
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
All Movies (47)
- Wolfs2024 · as Margaret
- Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid2023 · as Self
- Passing Through2023
- Beau Is Afraid2023 · as Grace
- Worth2021 · as Camille Biros
- Lost Girls2020 · as Mari Gilbert
- Strange but True2019 · as Charlene Chase
- Late Night2019 · as Caroline Morton
- Beautiful Boy2018 · as Vicki Sheff
- Abundant Acreage Available2017 · as Tracy
- Monster Trucks2016 · as Cindy Coley
- The Infiltrator2016 · as Bonni Tischler
- Central Intelligence2016 · as Pamela Harris
- A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies2016 · as Self
- Don Verdean2015 · as Carol
- Bridge of Spies2015 · as Mary Donovan
- Louder Than Bombs2015 · as Hannah Brennan
- Goosebumps2015 · as Gale Cooper
- Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)2015 · as Self
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)2014 · as Sylvia
- Escape Plan2013 · as Abigail Ross
- Clear History2013 · as Wendy
- Devil's Knot2013 · as Margaret Lax
- Breathe In2013 · as Megan Reynolds
- Win Win2011 · as Jackie Flaherty
- Jack Goes Boating2010 · as Connie
- Green Zone2010 · as Lawrie Dayne
- Bob Funk2009 · as Ms. Wright
- The Missing Person2009 · as Miss Charley
- Changeling2008 · as Carol Dexter
- Chicago 102008 · as Anita Hoffman (voice)
- Marvelous2008 · as Queenie
- Dan in Real Life2007 · as Eileen
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead2007 · as Martha Hanson
- Gone Baby Gone2007 · as Helene McCready
- Tapping the Wire2007 · as Self
- Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World2006 · as Emily Brooks
- Capote2005 · as Marie Dewey
- War of the Worlds2005 · as Neighbor With Toddler
- Keane2004 · as Lynn Bedik
- The Women2002 · as Peggy
- Baseball Wives2002 · as Megan Salerno
- You Can Count on Me2000 · as Mrs. Prescott
- Roberta1999 · as Judy
- Remembering Sex1998 · as Elaine Devlin
- In the Deep Woods1992 · as Beth
- The Statement—
All TV Shows (29)
- Sugar2024 · as Melanie Matthews
- Only Murders in the Building2021 · as Jan Bellows
- I'll Be Gone in the Dark2020 · as Michelle McNamara's Words (voice)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
- Broad City2014 · as Heidi Strand
- Rick and Morty2013 · as Marjorie (voice)
- Finding Your Roots2012 · as Self
- In Treatment2008 · as Adele Brouse
- Kidnapped2006
- The Office2005 · as Holly Flax
- The Wire2002 · as Beadie Russell
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Julie Turner
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Edie Nelson
- 100 Centre Street2001 · as Rebecca Rifkind
- 100 Centre Street2001 · as Ellen
- Third Watch1999 · as Dr. Jenny Hanson
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Lorraine Hansen
- A Will of their Own1998 · as Carrie Baker
- The Daily Show1996 · as Self
- The Naked Truth1995 · as Chloe Banks
- ER1994 · as Sister Elizabeth
- Chicago Hope1994 · as Helen Sherwood
- Homicide: Life on the Street1993 · as Erika Cullen
- Brooklyn Bridge1991
- Home Improvement1991 · as Robin
- Law & Order1990 · as Amy
- Law & Order1990 · as Valerie Messick
- Quantum Leap1989 · as Libby McBain
- The Oscars1953 · as Self