Amy Ryan
Biography
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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Full filmography
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Lorraine Hansen
- Law & Order (1990) as Amy
- Law & Order (1990) as Valerie Messick
- Rick and Morty (2013) as Marjorie (voice)
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
- The Office (2005) as Holly Flax
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Julie Turner
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Edie Nelson
- ER (1994) as Sister Elizabeth
- The Wire (2002) as Beadie Russell
- Quantum Leap (1989) as Libby McBain
- Chicago Hope (1994) as Helen Sherwood
- Sugar (2024) as Melanie Matthews
- Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) as Erika Cullen
- Third Watch (1999) as Dr. Jenny Hanson
- In Treatment (2008) as Adele Brouse
- Home Improvement (1991) as Robin
- Only Murders in the Building (2021) as Jan Bellows
- Broad City (2014) as Heidi Strand
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Finding Your Roots (2012) as Self
- War of the Worlds (2005) as Neighbor With Toddler
- The Naked Truth (1995) as Chloe Banks