Born in Queens, N.Y., in 1970, Amy Ryan attended the High School of the Performing Arts, the same institution featured in Fame (1980) and the subsequent TV spinoff. She declined acceptance to New York University in favor of the life of a working actor and spent the first part of her career building her résumé on the New York stage, eventually earning Tony nominations for "Uncle Vanya" (2000) and "A Streetcar Named Desire" (2005).At the height of her Broadway fame, Ryan left the theater world to pursue work in TV and feature films, landing a recurring role on the hit HBO series "The Wire" (2003-08) before scoring high-profile supporting turns in War of the Worlds (2005) and Capote (2005).
But it was Ryan's raw portrayal of a negligent mother in Gone Baby Gone (2007) that truly caught Hollywood's attention and earned the actress Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, among other accolades.
The Missing PersonHired to shadow a mysterious man leaving on a train from Chicago going to Los Angeles, heavy drinking private investigator John Rosow (Michael Shannon) discovers that the stranger is most definitely not who everyone thinks he is. With a large cash reward offered by the man's wife dangling before his... Read More
Getting OffWhen a college friend discovers he is HIV-positive, hard-drinking, promiscuous artist Josie (Christine Harnos) decides to have an AIDS test herself, prompting her and friends, Jennifer (Brooke Smith) and Elaine (Amy Ryan), to take a second look at the direction of their lives. As they open up and... Read More
Win Win (2011) | R | |
Jack Goes Boating (2010) | R | |
Green Zone (2009) | R | |
The Missing Person (2008) | NR | |
R | ||
Bob Funk (2007) | R | |
R | ||
War of the Worlds (2005) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
Keane (2004) | R | |
You Can Count on Me (2000) | R | |
NR | ||
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