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Amy Ryan

Amy Ryan

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.

Wolfs

2024

as Margaret

Sugar

2024

as Melanie Matthews

Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid

2023

as Self

Passing Through

2023

Beau Is Afraid

2023

as Grace

Only Murders in the Building

2021

as Jan Bellows

Worth

2021

as Camille Biros

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

2020

as Michelle McNamara's Words (voice)

Lost Girls

2020

as Mari Gilbert

Strange but True

2019

as Charlene Chase

Late Night

2019

as Caroline Morton

Beautiful Boy

2018

as Vicki Sheff

Abundant Acreage Available

2017

as Tracy

Monster Trucks

2016

as Cindy Coley

The Infiltrator

2016

as Bonni Tischler

Central Intelligence

2016

as Pamela Harris

Don Verdean

2015

as Carol

Bridge of Spies

2015

as Mary Donovan

Louder Than Bombs

2015

as Hannah Brennan

Goosebumps

2015

as Gale Cooper

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

2015

as Self

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014

as Sylvia

Clear History

2014

as Wendy

Broad City

2014

as Heidi Strand

Escape Plan

2013

as Abigail Ross

Devil's Knot

2013

as Margaret Lax

Breathe In

2013

as Megan Reynolds

Finding Your Roots

2012

as Self

Win Win

2011

as Jackie Flaherty

Jack Goes Boating

2010

as Connie

Green Zone

2010

as Lawrie Dayne

Bob Funk

2009

as Ms. Wright

The Missing Person

2009

as Miss Charley

Changeling

2008

as Carol Dexter

Chicago 10

2008

as Anita Hoffman (voice)

Marvelous

2008

as Queenie

In Treatment

2008

as Adele Brouse

Dan in Real Life

2007

as Eileen

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

2007

as Martha Hanson

Gone Baby Gone

2007

as Helene McCready

Tapping the Wire

2007

as Self

Kidnapped

2006

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

2006

as Emily Brooks

Capote

2005

as Marie Dewey

Keane

2005

as Lynn Bedik

War of the Worlds

2005

as Neighbor With Toddler

The Office

2005

as Holly Flax

The Women

2002

as Peggy

The Wire

2002

as Off. Beatrice 'Beadie' Russell

The Wire

2002

as Beatrice "Beadie" Russell

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Julie Turner

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Edie Nelson

100 Centre Street

2001

as Ellen

100 Centre Street

2001

as Rebecca Rifkind

You Can Count on Me

2000

as Rachel Louise Prescott

Third Watch

1999

as Dr. Jenny Hanson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Lorraine Hansen

Roberta

1999

as Judy

A Will of their Own

1998

as Carrie Baker

Remembering Sex

1998

as Elaine Devlin

The Naked Truth

1995

as Chloe Banks

ER

1994

as Sister Elizabeth

Chicago Hope

1994

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

In the Deep Woods

1992

as Beth

Brooklyn Bridge

1991

Home Improvement

1991

as Robin

Law & Order

1990

as Amy

Law & Order

1990

as Valerie Messick

Quantum Leap

1989

as Libby McBain