Amy Ryan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 3, 1968 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014

War of the Worlds
2005

Bridge of Spies
2015

Central Intelligence
2016

Escape Plan
2013

The Office
2005

Changeling
2008

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Gone Baby Gone
2007

Goosebumps
2015

Beautiful Boy
2018

The Wire
2002

Green Zone
2010

Only Murders in the Building
2021

The Infiltrator
2016




