Amy Ryan

Acting · Born 1968-05-03 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography

• Capote as Marie Dewey
• Changeling as Carol Dexter
• Gone Baby Gone as Helene McCready
• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead as Martha Hanson
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Sylvia
• Bridge of Spies as Mary Donovan
• Beautiful Boy as Vicki Sheff
• War of the Worlds as Neighbor With Toddler
• Wolfs as Margaret
• Green Zone as Lawrie Dayne

TV

• Third Watch as Dr. Jenny Hanson
• The Office as Holly Flax
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lorraine Hansen
• Quantum Leap as Libby McBain
• Only Murders in the Building as Jan Bellows
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Erika Cullen
• The Wire as Beadie Russell
• ER as Sister Elizabeth
• In Treatment as Adele Brouse
• Law & Order as Amy