Biography
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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Wolfs
2024
as Margaret
Hired to cover up a high-profile crime, a fixer soon finds his night spiralling out of control when he's forced to work with an unexpected counterpart...
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
2023
as Self
A documentary about the making of Ari Aster's Kafkaesque epic Beau is Afraid.
Passing Through
2023
Isolated in his apartment, a gay man embarks on a road trip across the US to deliver a friend’s ashes, but he finds that his journey takes him further...
Beau Is Afraid
2023
as Grace
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odys...
Worth
2021
as Camille Biros
Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with...
Lost Girls
2020
as Mari Gilbert
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen...
Strange But True
2019
as Charlene Chase
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
Late Night
2019
as Caroline Morton
A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over di...
Beautiful Boy
2018
as Vicki Sheff
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming d...
Abundant Acreage Available
2017
as Tracy
After their father dies, a middle-aged brother and sister wrestle with legacy and ownership when three brothers, whose family farmed the land for gene...
Monster Trucks
2016
as Cindy Coley
Tripp is a high school senior with a knack for building trucks who makes an incredible discovery - a gas-guzzling creature named Creech. To protect hi...
The Infiltrator
2016
as Bonni Tischler
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Central Intelligence
2016
as Pamela Harris
Calvin Joyner, a mild-mannered accountant whose high school glory days are long behind him, reconnects with an awkward pal from high school through Fa...
Don Verdean
2015
as Carol
Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition...
Bridge of Spies
2015
as Mary Donovan
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, ...
Louder Than Bombs
2015
as Hannah Brennan
Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad...
Goosebumps
2015
as Gale Cooper
After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series...
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
2015
as Self
A making-of documentary for the 2014 film "Birdman".
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
as Sylvia
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night appr...
Clear History
2014
as Wendy
Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He ...
Escape Plan
2013
as Abigail Ross
Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival...
Devil's Knot
2013
as Margaret Lax
The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.
Breathe In
2013
as Megan Reynolds
When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters th...
Win Win
2011
as Jackie Flaherty
When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns...
Jack Goes Boating
2010
as Connie
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered around two working-class New York City couples.
Green Zone
2010
as Lawrie Dayne
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of ...
Bob Funk
2009
as Ms. Wright
After he's fired from his job -- by his mother, no less -- Bob Funk agrees to quit drinking, see a therapist, and eventually report to a new boss, who...
The Missing Person
2009
as Miss Charley
John Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private investigator. At the last minute, he is hired by someone h...
The Missing Person
2009
Executive Producer
John Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private investigator. At the last minute, he is hired by someone h...
Changeling
2008
as Carol Dexter
Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mothe...
Chicago 10
2008
as Anita Hoffman (voice)
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic Natio...
Marvelous
2008
as Queenie
After her husband leaves her, Gwen goes to live with her sister Queenie. She discovers that she has suddenly acquired a special gift that enables her ...
Dan in Real Life
2007
as Eileen
Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious...
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
as Martha Hanson
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and ...
Gone Baby Gone
2007
as Helene McCready
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hi...
Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self
Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission ...
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006
as Emily Brooks
To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what make...
Capote
2005
as Marie Dewey
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
War of the Worlds
2005
as Neighbor With Toddler
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daugh...
Keane
2004
as Lynn Bedik
William Keane is barely able to cope. It has been six months since his six-year-old daughter was abducted from New York City’s Port Authority Bus Term...
The Women
2002
as Peggy
Mary Haines's life falls apart and her social circle shatters after her husband's affair is revealed. Filmed version of the 2001 Broadway revival with...
Baseball Wives
2002
as Megan Salerno
You Can Count on Me
2000
as Rachel Louise Prescott
A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.
Roberta
1999
as Judy
When Jonathan Fishman, a young Manhattan computer specialist randomly encounters a prostitute he is shocked to recognize her as Roberta whom he knew w...
Remembering Sex
1998
as Elaine Devlin
In the Deep Woods
1992
as Beth
A friend of Joanna has been killed by a serial killers who leaves the bodies in the woods. A strange guy who says is a private detective: Joanna begin...