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.

Filmography

• 2026A Statement
• Sugar — Melanie Matthews
• 2024Wolfs — Margaret
• 2023Beau Is Afraid — Grace
• 2023Passing Through
• Only Murders in the Building — Jan Bellows
• 2021Worth — Camille Biros
• I'll Be Gone in the Dark — Michelle McNamara's Words (voice)
• 2020Lost Girls — Mari Gilbert
• 2019Late Night — Caroline Morton
• 2019Strange but True — Charlene Chase
• 2018Beautiful Boy — Vicki Sheff
• 2017Abundant Acreage Available — Tracy
• 2016Central Intelligence — Pamela Harris
• 2016Monster Trucks — Cindy Coley
• 2016The Infiltrator — Bonni Tischler
• 2015Bridge of Spies — Mary Donovan
• 2015Don Verdean — Carol
• 2015Goosebumps — Gale
• 2015Louder Than Bombs — Hannah Brennan
• 2014Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — Sylvia
• Broad City — Heidi Strand
• 2013Breathe In — Megan Reynolds
• 2013Clear History — Wendy
• 2013Devil's Knot — Margaret Lax
• 2013Escape Plan — Abigail Ross
• Rick and Morty — Marjorie (voice)
• 2011Win Win — Jackie Flaherty
• 2010Green Zone — Lawrie Dayne
• 2010Jack Goes Boating — Connie
• 2009Bob Funk — Ms. Wright
• 2009The Missing Person — Miss Charley, Executive Producer
• 2008Changeling — Carol Dexter
• 2008Chicago 10 — Anita Hoffman (voice)
• In Treatment — Adele Brouse
• 2008Marvelous — Queenie
• 2007Before the Devil Knows You're Dead — Martha Hanson
• 2007Dan in Real Life — Eileen
• 2007Gone Baby Gone — Helene McCready
• Kidnapped
• 2006Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World — Emily Brooks
• 2005Capote — Marie Dewey
• The Office — Holly Flax
• 2005War of the Worlds — Neighbor with Toddler
• 2004Keane — Lynn Bedik
• 2002Baseball Wives — Megan Salerno
• The Wire — Beadie Russell
• 2002The Women — Peggy
• 100 Centre Street — Rebecca Rifkind, Ellen
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Julie Turner, Edie Nelson
• 2000You Can Count on Me — Mrs. Prescott
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Lorraine Hansen
• 1999Roberta — Judy
• Third Watch — Dr. Jenny Hanson
• A Will of their Own — Carrie Baker
• 1998Remembering Sex — Elaine Devlin
• The Naked Truth — Chloe Banks
• Chicago Hope — Helen Sherwood
• ER — Sister Elizabeth
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Erika Cullen
• 1992In the Deep Woods — Beth
• Brooklyn Bridge
• Home Improvement — Robin
• Law & Order — Amy, Valerie Messick
• Quantum Leap — Libby McBain
• NDA

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2023Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid — Self
• 2016A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies — Self
• 2015Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Finding Your Roots — Self
• 2007Tapping the Wire — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self