
Actor
Amy Ryan
Born 1968 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Acting

The Office
Holly Flax · 2005

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Sylvia · 2014

The Wire
Beadie Russell · 2002

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lorraine Hansen · 1999

Only Murders in the Building
Jan Bellows · 2021

Bridge of Spies
Mary Donovan · 2015

Changeling
Carol Dexter · 2008

Gone Baby Gone
Helene McCready · 2007

Beautiful Boy
Vicki Sheff · 2018

War of the Worlds
Neighbor With Toddler · 2005

Escape Plan
Abigail Ross · 2013

Central Intelligence
Pamela Harris · 2016

ER
Sister Elizabeth · 1994

Quantum Leap
Libby McBain · 1989

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Martha Hanson · 2007

Goosebumps
Gale Cooper · 2015

Capote
Marie Dewey · 2005

Green Zone
Lawrie Dayne · 2010

The Infiltrator
Bonni Tischler · 2016

Home Improvement
Robin · 1991

Beau Is Afraid
Grace · 2023

Law & Order
Amy · 1990

Wolfs
Margaret · 2024

Dan in Real Life
Eileen · 2007