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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 3, 1968
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Эми Райан
- Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski
- 艾美·萊恩
- 艾美.萊恩
- امی رایان
Amy Ryan
2.1 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.5
Margaret
Wolfs
2024
7.3
Melanie Matthews
Sugar
2024
10.0
Self
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
2023
0.0
Passing Through
2023
6.7
Grace
Beau Is Afraid
2023
8.5
Jan Bellows
Only Murders in the Building
2021
6.7
Camille Biros
Worth
2021
7.0
Michelle McNamara's Words (voice)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
2020
6.1
Mari Gilbert
Lost Girls
2020
6.0
Charlene Chase
Strange But True
2019
Credits
Wolfs
as Margaret
2024
6.5
Sugar
as Melanie Matthews
2024
7.3
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
as Self
2023
10.0
Passing Through
2023
0.0
Beau Is Afraid
as Grace
2023
6.7
Only Murders in the Building
as Jan Bellows
2021
8.5
Worth
as Camille Biros
2021
6.7
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
as Michelle McNamara's Words (voice)
2020
7.0
Lost Girls
as Mari Gilbert
2020
6.1
Strange But True
as Charlene Chase
2019
6.0
Late Night
as Caroline Morton
2019
6.4
Beautiful Boy
as Vicki Sheff
2018
7.5
Abundant Acreage Available
as Tracy
2017
5.4
Monster Trucks
as Cindy Coley
2016
6.1
The Infiltrator
as Bonni Tischler
2016
6.7
Central Intelligence
as Pamela Harris
2016
6.4
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
as Self
2016
0.0
Don Verdean
as Carol
2015
4.9
Bridge of Spies
as Mary Donovan
2015
7.2
Louder Than Bombs
as Hannah Brennan
2015
6.4
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Goosebumps
as Gale Cooper
2015
6.3
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
as Self
2015
7.2
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
as Sylvia
2014
7.5
Clear History
as Wendy
2014
6.0
Broad City
as Heidi Strand
2014
7.1
Escape Plan
as Abigail Ross
2013
6.7
Devil's Knot
as Margaret Lax
2013
6.2
Breathe In
as Megan Reynolds
2013
5.9
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
6.4
Win Win
as Jackie Flaherty
2011
6.8
Jack Goes Boating
as Connie
2010
6.0
Green Zone
as Lawrie Dayne
2010
6.5
Bob Funk
as Ms. Wright
2009
4.6
The Missing Person
as Miss Charley
2009
5.8
Changeling
as Carol Dexter
2008
7.6
Chicago 10
as Anita Hoffman (voice)
2008
5.8
Marvelous
as Queenie
2008
0.0
In Treatment
as Adele Brouse
2008
7.6
Dan in Real Life
as Eileen
2007
6.6
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Martha Hanson
2007
7.1
Gone Baby Gone
as Helene McCready
2007
7.3
Tapping the Wire
as Self
2007
7.3
Kidnapped
2006
7.2
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
as Emily Brooks
2006
5.1
Capote
as Marie Dewey
2005
7.0
War of the Worlds
as Neighbor With Toddler
2005
6.5
The Office
as Holly Flax
2005
8.6
Keane
as Lynn Bedik
2004
6.0
The Women
as Peggy
2002
0.0
The Wire
as Beadie Russell
2002
8.6
🎬
Baseball Wives
as Megan Salerno
2002
0.0
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Julie Turner
2001
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Edie Nelson
2001
7.6
100 Centre Street
as Rebecca Rifkind
2001
7.7
100 Centre Street
as Ellen
2001
7.7
You Can Count on Me
as Mrs. Prescott
2000
6.8
Third Watch
as Dr. Jenny Hanson
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lorraine Hansen
1999
7.9
🎬
Roberta
as Judy
1999
2.3
A Will of their Own
as Carrie Baker
1998
7.0
🎬
Remembering Sex
as Elaine Devlin
1998
4.5
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
The Naked Truth
as Chloe Banks
1995
6.4
ER
as Sister Elizabeth
1994
7.8
Chicago Hope
as Helen Sherwood
1994
7.2
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
8.1
In the Deep Woods
as Beth
1992
5.3
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
7.5
Home Improvement
as Robin
1991
7.4
Law & Order
as Amy
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Valerie Messick
1990
7.4
Quantum Leap
as Libby McBain
1989
8.0