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Amy Ryan
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 perform…
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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.
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2026
A Statement
Movie
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2024
Wolfs
Movie Margaret
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2024
Sugar
TV show Melanie Matthews
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2023
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
Movie Self
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2023
Passing Through
Movie
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2023
Beau Is Afraid
Movie Grace
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2021
Only Murders in the Building
TV show Jan Bellows
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2021
Worth
Movie Camille Biros
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2020
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
TV show Michelle McNamara's Words (voice)
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2020
Lost Girls
Movie Mari Gilbert
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2019
Strange but True
Movie Charlene Chase
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2019
Late Night
Movie Caroline Morton
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2018
Beautiful Boy
Movie Vicki Sheff
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2017
Abundant Acreage Available
Movie Tracy
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2016
Monster Trucks
Movie Cindy Coley
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2016
The Infiltrator
Movie Bonni Tischler
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2016
Central Intelligence
Movie Pamela Harris
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2016
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Movie Self
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2015
Don Verdean
Movie Carol
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2015
Bridge of Spies
Movie Mary Donovan
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2015
Louder Than Bombs
Movie Hannah Brennan
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2015
Goosebumps
Movie Gale
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2015
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
Movie Self
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2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Movie Sylvia
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2014
Broad City
TV show Heidi Strand
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2013
Rick and Morty
TV show Marjorie (voice)
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2013
Escape Plan
Movie Abigail Ross
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2013
Clear History
Movie Wendy
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2013
Devil's Knot
Movie Margaret Lax
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2013
Breathe In
Movie Megan Reynolds
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2012
Finding Your Roots
TV show Self
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2011
Win Win
Movie Jackie Flaherty
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2010
Jack Goes Boating
Movie Connie
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2010
Green Zone
Movie Lawrie Dayne
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2009
Bob Funk
Movie Ms. Wright
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2009
The Missing Person
Movie Miss Charley
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2008
Changeling
Movie Carol Dexter
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2008
Chicago 10
Movie Anita Hoffman (voice)
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2008
Marvelous
Movie Queenie
