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Amy Ryan
Known for: ActingAmy 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.
Filmography 35
Escape Plan
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as Abigail Ross 
Beautiful Boy
+4
as Vicki Sheff 
+2 
Beau Is Afraid
+5
as Grace 
Bridge of Spies
as Mary Donovan 
Goosebumps
+2
as Gale 
Wolfs
+2
as Margaret 
Central Intelligence
+4
as Pamela Harris 
Gone Baby Gone
+4
as Helene McCready 
Green Zone
+3
as Lawrie Dayne 
Monster Trucks
+4
as Cindy Coley 
Devil's Knot
+1
as Margaret Lax 
Changeling
+2
as Carol Dexter 
The Infiltrator
+7
as Bonni Tischler 
Dan in Real Life
+2
as Eileen 
Late Night
+2
as Caroline Morton 
Clear History
+1
as Wendy 
Capote
+4
as Marie Dewey 
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
+2
as Martha Hanson 
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
as Michelle McNamara's Words (voice) 
Strange but True
+4
as Charlene Chase 
Louder Than Bombs
as Hannah Brennan 
Worth
as Camille Biros 
You Can Count on Me
as Mrs. Prescott 
Breathe In
+4
as Megan Reynolds 
Lost Girls
as Mari Gilbert 
Win Win
+1
as Jackie Flaherty 
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
+1
as Emily Brooks 
In the Deep Woods
as Beth 
Don Verdean
+5
as Carol 
Jack Goes Boating
+1
as Connie 
The Missing Person
as Miss Charley 
Keane
as Lynn Bedik 
Chicago 10
as Anita Hoffman (voice) 
Abundant Acreage Available
+2
as Tracy