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Amy Ryan

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Also known as Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski

American actress (born 1968)

OverviewAI-generated

Amy Ryan is an American stage, film, and television actor. Born Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski on May 3, 1968, in Flushing, she began her professional work period in 1987. She is a citizen of the United States and speaks English. Ryan attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. Her career has included nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She has one child.

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Person · Open Library

Works
12

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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…

Known for

  • Wolfs — Margaret2024
  • Sugar — Melanie Matthews2024
  • Passing Through2023
  • Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid — Self2023
  • Beau Is Afraid — Grace2023
  • Worth — Camille Biros2021
  • Only Murders in the Building — Jan Bellows2021
  • Lost Girls — Mari Gilbert2020
  • I'll Be Gone in the Dark — Michelle McNamara's Words (voice)2020
  • Strange but True — Charlene Chase2019

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1974-11-05
alternative countryalternative rockamericanamericanacountryenglish

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7
Total plays
16

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Key facts

Born
Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski , ( 1968-05-03 ) May 3, 1968 (age 58) , New York City, U.S.
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1987–present
Spouse
Eric Slovin ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2011 ) ​
Awards
Full list

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Encyclopedic overview

Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski (born May 3, 1968), known professionally as Amy Ryan, is an American actress. She began her professional stage career in 1987 and made her Broadway debut in 1993 as a replacement in the original production of Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosensweig. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performances in Uncle Vanya (2000) and A Streetcar Named Desire (2005), and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Doubt: A Parable (2024).

For her breakthrough film role as a troubled single mother in the thriller Gone Baby Gone (2007), Ryan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include You Can Count on Me (2000), Capote (2005), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Changeling (2008), Birdman (2014), Bridge of Spies (2015), The Infiltrator (2016), Beautiful Boy (2018), and Beau Is Afraid (2023).

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