Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski (born November 30, 1969), 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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Budget128M
RevenueActing
Primarily2024 Wolfs as Margaret
2023 Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid as Self
2023 Passing Through
2023 Beau Is Afraid as Grace
2021 Worth as Camille Biros
2020 Lost Girls as Mari Gilbert
2019 Strange But True as Charlene Chase
2019 Late Night as Caroline Morton
2018 Beautiful Boy as Vicki Sheff
2017 Abundant Acreage Available as Tracy
2016 Monster Trucks as Cindy Coley
2016 The Infiltrator as Bonni Tischler
2016 Central Intelligence as Pamela Harris
2015 Don Verdean as Carol
2015 Bridge of Spies as Mary Donovan
2015 Louder Than Bombs as Hannah Brennan
2015 Goosebumps as Gale Cooper
2015 Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) as Self
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Sylvia
2014 Clear History as Wendy
2013 Escape Plan as Abigail Ross
2013 Devil's Knot as Margaret Lax
2013 Breathe In as Megan Reynolds
2011 Win Win as Jackie Flaherty
2010 Jack Goes Boating as Connie
2010 Green Zone as Lawrie Dayne
2009 Bob Funk as Ms. Wright
2009 The Missing Person as Miss Charley Executive Producer
2008 Changeling as Carol Dexter
2008 Chicago 10 as Anita Hoffman (voice)
2008 Marvelous as Queenie
2007 Dan in Real Life as Eileen
2007 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead as Martha Hanson
2007 Gone Baby Gone as Helene McCready
2007 Tapping the Wire as Self
2006 Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World as Emily Brooks
2005 Capote as Marie Dewey
2005 War of the Worlds as Neighbor With Toddler
2004 Keane as Lynn Bedik
2002 The Women as Peggy
2002 Baseball Wives as Megan Salerno
2000 You Can Count on Me as Rachel Louise Prescott
1999 Roberta as Judy
1998 Remembering Sex as Elaine Devlin
1992 In the Deep Woods as Beth