Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1968-05-03 (Age: 58)
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography (46)
Wolfs
2024
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
2023
Passing Through
2023
Beau Is Afraid
2023
Worth
2021
Lost Girls
2020
Strange but True
2019
Late Night
2019
Beautiful Boy
2018
Abundant Acreage Available
2017
Monster Trucks
2016
The Infiltrator
2016
Central Intelligence
2016
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
2016
