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Amy Ryan (born November 30, 1969) is an American actress.
Early life
Born in Queens, New York City, Ryan is her mother's maiden name. Ryan and her sister delivered the Daily News by bike growing up in the 1970s. At a young age, she 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.
Theatre
Ryan made her off-Broadway debut in the Westside Theatre's 1987 production of A Shayna Maidel, playing the role of Hanna. The following year she was seen in the Second Stage Theatre Company's revival of The Rimers of Eldritch. Additional off-Broadway credits include As Bees In Honey Drown, Crimes of the Heart and Saved. She also worked in regional theater, where she originated roles in new plays by Neil LaBute, Arthur Miller and Neil Simon. On Broadway she has appeared as Tess in The Sisters Rosensweig, Natasha in the 1997 revival of The Three Sisters, and Peggy in the 2001-2002 revival of The Women.
Ryan has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play twice, in 2000 for her portrayal of Sonya Alexandrovna in Uncle Vanya and in 2005 for her performance as Stella Kowalski opposite John C. Reilly in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Television
Following a brief stint playing a runaway on As the World Turns, Ryan was cast in television series such as I'll Fly Away, in which she played a high school temptress, and Brooklyn Bridge, where she played Marion Ross' character in flashbacks. After roles on ER and Chicago Hope, Ryan became a series regular on The Naked Truth as Téa Leoni's spoiled stepdaughter. In 1993 she made her first appearance on NBC's Law & Order, appearing in several episodes over the years.
By 2001, director Sidney Lumet cast her in 100 Centre Street playing three different roles (Ellen, Paris and Rebecca). Ryan went on to feature prominently in the second season of HBO's The Wire, playing Port Authority Officer Beadie Russell,. She appeared for a six-episode arc on The Office as dorky HR rep Holly Flax. She reprised her role on The Office in the Season 5 finale. She currently has no plans to return to The Office, but she remains open to the prospect of a return.
Film
Due to the deletion of the scene wherein she played Eric Stoltz's wife in Allison Anders' Grace of my Heart, Ryan made her 1999 movie debut in Roberta. She then appeared in You Can Count on Me with Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo and the mystery/thriller Keane. Albert Brooks chose her to play his wife in Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World in 2005, and 2007 brought both Dan in Real Life and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Her role as a star-struck sheriff's wife in Capote earned her positive reviews, but it was playing a hardened welfare mom in Ben Affleck's Gone Baby Gone that finally brought her national attention.
After being voted Best Supporting Actress for Gone Baby Gone by the National Board of Reviewas well as the critics circles in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco and Washington, DC, Ryan's performance was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role at the 80th Academy Awards.
Ryan appeared in Changeling (2008), directed by Clint Eastwood, and will next be seen opposite Matt Damon in Paul Greengrass's Green Zone. She recently completed a role in Philip Seymour Hoffman's directorial film debut, Jack Goes Boating.
Personal life
At the age of 39, Ryan gave birth to her first child with fiancé Eric Slovin. Daughter, Georgia Gracie was born on October 15, 2009. She is best friends with actress Patricia Clarkson.
Filmography
Year
Film
Role
Notes
1999
Roberta
Judy
2000
You Can Count on Me
Rachel Louise Prescott
A Pork Chop for Larry
Beth
2002-2008
The Wire
Off. Beatrice 'Beadie' Russell
2004
Keane
Lynn Bedik
2005
War of the Worlds
Neighbor with Toddler
Capote
Marie Dewey
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Emily Brooks
2006
Shiner
Mom
Marvelous
Queenie
2007
Gone Baby Gone
Helene McCready
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Supporting Actress
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress with Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress also for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Forward
Neal Cassady
Carolyn Cassady
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Martha Hanson
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress also for Gone Baby Gone
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress also for Gone Baby Gone
Dan in Real Life
Eileen Burns
2008
Changeling
Carol Dexter
2008-2009
The Office
Holly Flax
2009
Bob Funk
Ms. Wright
The Missing Person
Miss Charley
Green Zone
Lawrie Dayne
completed
2010
Jack Goes Boating
Connie
post-production
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External links
- at the Internet Movie Database
- at the Internet Broadway Database
- at TV.com
- from the HBO website
- from filmplosion.com
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