Amy Ryan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

73

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-05-03 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Amy Ryan

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

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Office

    The Office

  • Only Murders in the Building

    Only Murders in the Building

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Wire

    The Wire

  • ER

    ER

  • Third Watch

    Third Watch

  • Quantum Leap

    Quantum Leap

  • Home Improvement

    Home Improvement

  • Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

  • In Treatment

    In Treatment

  • War of the Worlds

    War of the Worlds

  • Broad City

    Broad City

  • Sugar

    Sugar

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

  • Beautiful Boy

    Beautiful Boy

  • Central Intelligence

    Central Intelligence

  • Wolfs

    Wolfs

  • Escape Plan

    Escape Plan

  • The Naked Truth

    The Naked Truth

  • Goosebumps

    Goosebumps

  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

  • Monster Trucks

    Monster Trucks

  • Bridge of Spies

    Bridge of Spies

  • 100 Centre Street

    100 Centre Street

  • 100 Centre Street

    100 Centre Street

  • Green Zone

    Green Zone

  • Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

  • Brooklyn Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge

  • Gone Baby Gone

    Gone Baby Gone

  • Devil's Knot

    Devil's Knot

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

  • Strange But True

    Strange But True

  • Worth

    Worth

  • You Can Count on Me

    You Can Count on Me

  • I'll Be Gone in the Dark

    I'll Be Gone in the Dark

  • Changeling

    Changeling

  • Dan in Real Life

    Dan in Real Life

  • Capote

    Capote

  • Breathe In

    Breathe In

  • The Infiltrator

    The Infiltrator

  • Beau Is Afraid

    Beau Is Afraid

  • Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

    Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

  • A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies

    A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies

  • The Women

    The Women

  • Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid

    Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid

  • Clear History

    Clear History

  • Chicago 10

    Chicago 10

  • Bob Funk

    Bob Funk

  • Keane

    Keane

  • The Missing Person

    The Missing Person

  • Late Night

    Late Night

  • A Will of their Own

    A Will of their Own

  • In the Deep Woods

    In the Deep Woods

  • Win Win

    Win Win

  • Baseball Wives

    Baseball Wives

  • Don Verdean

    Don Verdean

  • Jack Goes Boating

    Jack Goes Boating

  • Lost Girls

    Lost Girls

  • Passing Through

    Passing Through

  • Marvelous

    Marvelous

  • Louder Than Bombs

    Louder Than Bombs

  • Roberta

    Roberta

  • Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)

    Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)

  • Abundant Acreage Available

    Abundant Acreage Available

  • Tapping the Wire

    Tapping the Wire

  • Remembering Sex

    Remembering Sex