Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski (born May , ), known professionally as Amy
Ryan, is an American actress of stage and screen. A graduate of New
York's High School of Performing Arts, she is an Academy Award nominee
and two-time Tony Award nominee.Ryan began her professional stage
career in and made her Broadway debut in as a replacement in the
original production of The Sisters Rosensweig. She went on to receive
Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the
revival of Uncle Vanya and the revival of A Streetcar Named Desire.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for
her performance as Helene McCready in the film Gone Baby Gone. The
role also earned her a Golden Globe nomination and won her a Critics'
Choice Award. Her other films include Changeling (), Win Win () and
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (). On television, she
played Beadie Russell in HBO's The Wire (â€"), Holly Flax in NBC's The
Office (â€") and Adele Brousse in HBO's In Treatment ().Ryan was born
Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski in Flushing, Queens in New York City, the
daughter of Pamela (née Ryan), a nurse, and John Dziewiontkowski, a
trucking business owner. She is of Polish, Irish, and English descent.
Growing up in the s, Ryan and her sister Laura delivered the Daily
News by bike. At a young age, Ryan attended the Stagedoor Manor
Performing Arts Center in upstate New York. At , 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. She chose her mother's maiden name
as her stage name.
Ryan, is an American actress of stage and screen. A graduate of New
York's High School of Performing Arts, she is an Academy Award nominee
and two-time Tony Award nominee.Ryan began her professional stage
career in and made her Broadway debut in as a replacement in the
original production of The Sisters Rosensweig. She went on to receive
Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the
revival of Uncle Vanya and the revival of A Streetcar Named Desire.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for
her performance as Helene McCready in the film Gone Baby Gone. The
role also earned her a Golden Globe nomination and won her a Critics'
Choice Award. Her other films include Changeling (), Win Win () and
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (). On television, she
played Beadie Russell in HBO's The Wire (â€"), Holly Flax in NBC's The
Office (â€") and Adele Brousse in HBO's In Treatment ().Ryan was born
Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski in Flushing, Queens in New York City, the
daughter of Pamela (née Ryan), a nurse, and John Dziewiontkowski, a
trucking business owner. She is of Polish, Irish, and English descent.
Growing up in the s, Ryan and her sister Laura delivered the Daily
News by bike. At a young age, Ryan attended the Stagedoor Manor
Performing Arts Center in upstate New York. At , 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. She chose her mother's maiden name
as her stage name.
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