
Amy Ryan
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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: Criminal Intent

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

ER

Law & Order

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Quantum Leap

Chicago Hope

The Office

Homicide: Life on the Street

Broad City

Finding Your Roots

Home Improvement

Third Watch

Brooklyn Bridge

Kidnapped

In Treatment

War of the Worlds

Tapping the Wire

A Will of their Own

The Wire

You Can Count on Me

Dan in Real Life

Escape Plan

Capote

Late Night

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Changeling

The Naked Truth

Gone Baby Gone

Only Murders in the Building

Goosebumps

Green Zone

Beautiful Boy

Baseball Wives

Wolfs

Monster Trucks

Sugar

Beau Is Afraid

Central Intelligence

Bridge of Spies

Worth

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Lost Girls
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