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Amy Ryan
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Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski (born November 30, 1969), 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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Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski (born November 30, 1969), 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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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Daily Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
ER
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order
Quantum Leap
Chicago Hope
The Office
Homicide: Life on the Street
Broad City
Finding Your Roots
Home Improvement
Third Watch
Brooklyn Bridge
In Treatment
Kidnapped
War of the Worlds
Tapping the Wire
A Will of their Own
Dan in Real Life
You Can Count on Me
Escape Plan
Capote
Late Night
Changeling
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Gone Baby Gone
The Naked Truth
Only Murders in the Building
Wolfs
Goosebumps
Green Zone
Beautiful Boy
Baseball Wives
Bridge of Spies
Central Intelligence
Beau Is Afraid
Monster Trucks
Sugar
Worth
The Wire
Lost Girls
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
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