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.
as Carla Russo(1 ep)
as Dr. Anna Marie Crocetti
as Margaret
as Melanie Matthews(8 eps)
as Grace
as Jan Bellows(15 eps)
as Camille Biros
as Michelle McNamara's Words (voice)(7 eps)
as Mari Gilbert
as Charlene Chase
as Caroline Morton
as Vicki Sheff
as Tracy
as Cindy Coley
as Bonni Tischler
as Pamela Harris
as Carol
as Mary Donovan
as Hannah Brennan
as Self(1 ep)
as Gale
as Heidi Strand(2 eps)
as Marjorie (voice)(1 ep)
as Abigail Ross
as Wendy
as Margaret Lax
as Megan Reynolds
as Self(1 ep)
as Jackie Flaherty
as Connie
as Lawrie Dayne
as Ms. Wright
as Miss Charley
as Carol Dexter
as Anita Hoffman (voice)
as Queenie
as Adele Brouse(8 eps)
as Eileen
as Martha Hanson
as Helene McCready
as Self
as Emily Brooks
as Marie Dewey
as Neighbor with Toddler
as Holly Flax(17 eps)
as Lynn Bedik
as Peggy
as Beadie Russell(20 eps)
as Megan Salerno
as Julie Turner(1 ep)
as Edie Nelson(1 ep)
as Ellen(1 ep)
as Rebecca Rifkind(2 eps)
as Mrs. Prescott
as Dr. Jenny Hanson(1 ep)
as Lorraine Hansen(1 ep)
as Judy
as Carrie Baker(2 eps)
as Elaine Devlin
as Self(1 ep)
as Chloe Banks(20 eps)
as Sister Elizabeth(2 eps)
as Helen Sherwood(1 ep)
as Erika Cullen(1 ep)
as Beth
as Robin(1 ep)
as Amy(1 ep)
as Valerie Messick(1 ep)
as Libby McBain(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)