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Amy Ryan
Born · May 3, 1968 (56 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Bio
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.
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Sugar
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Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
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Passing Through
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2023
Beau Is Afraid
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2021
Worth
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2021
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
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2020
Lost Girls
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2020
Strange but True
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6.0
2019
Late Night
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6.4
2019
Beautiful Boy
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2018
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5.2
2017
Monster Trucks
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6.1
2016
The Infiltrator
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2016
Central Intelligence
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6.4
2016
Don Verdean
Carol
4.8
2015
Bridge of Spies
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7.2
2015
Louder Than Bombs
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2015
Goosebumps
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6.3
2015
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
Self
7.2
2015
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
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7.5
2014
Clear History
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6.0
2014
Broad City
Heidi Strand · (2 episodes)
7.2
2014
Escape Plan
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6.7
2013
Devil's Knot
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6.2
2013
Breathe In
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5.9
2013
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6.2
2012
Win Win
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6.8
2011
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5.9
2010
Green Zone
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2010
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4.6
2009
The Missing Person
Miss Charley
5.6
2009
Changeling
Carol Dexter
7.6
2008
Chicago 10
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6.0
2008
Marvelous
Queenie
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2008
In Treatment
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2008
Dan in Real Life
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2007
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2007
Gone Baby Gone
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2007
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7.0
2007
Kidnapped
(2 episodes)
7.0
2006
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2006
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2005
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2005
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2005
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8.6
2005
The Women
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0.0
2002
The Wire
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8.6
2002
The Wire
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8.6
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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7.6
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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7.6
2001
100 Centre Street
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7.7
2001
100 Centre Street
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7.7
2001
You Can Count on Me
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2000
Third Watch
Dr. Jenny Hanson · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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7.9
1999
Roberta
Judy
3.0
1999
A Will of their Own
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7.0
1998
Remembering Sex
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4.5
1998
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
The Naked Truth
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6.4
1995
ER
Sister Elizabeth · (2 episodes)
7.8
1994
Chicago Hope
(1 episode)
7.2
1994
Homicide: Life on the Street
(1 episode)
8.0
1993
In the Deep Woods
Beth
5.6
1992
Brooklyn Bridge
(1 episode)
7.5
1991
Home Improvement
Robin · (1 episode)
7.4
1991
Law & Order
Amy · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
Law & Order
Valerie Messick · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
Quantum Leap
Libby McBain · (1 episode)
8.0
1989