Amy Ryan
Biography
Amy Ryan is an American actress who was born in Flushing, Queens, and began her stage career in 1987, making her Broadway debut in 1993 in The Sisters Rosensweig. She earned Tony nominations for Uncle Vanya (2000), A Streetcar Named Desire (2005) and Doubt: A Parable (2024). Her breakthrough on screen came as a troubled single mother in Gone Baby Gone (2007), a performance that brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress along with Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nods. Her films include You Can Count on Me (2000), 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). On television she played Beadie Russell in The Wire and Holly Flax in The Office, later appearing in Only Murders in the Building and Sugar. She won an Obie for the 2016 stage production Love, Love, Love.
58years old
Turns 59 on May 3in 201 days
- Born Flushing
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 31
- Career span
- 24 years2000 to 2024
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First role
Right after finishing high school, Ryan was cast in the national tour of Biloxi Blues. She then spent the following decade working steadily in off-Broadway productions.
Early training
Ryan attended the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center in upstate New York at a young age, before graduating from New York's High School of Performing Arts at 17.
Amy Ryan movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Frank Wood appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Frank Wood's page
Michael Keaton's page
Michael Shannon's page
Jason Isaacs's page
Richard Kind's page
Liev Schreiber's page
Also two films together14 more actors
- Gabriel ByrneLost Girls (2020) and Louder Than Bombs (2015)
- Greg KinnearStrange But True (2019) and Green Zone (2010)
- Mark RuffaloChicago 10 (2007) and You Can Count on Me (2000)
- Philip Seymour HoffmanJack Goes Boating (2010) and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
- Bill HaderBeau Is Afraid (2023) and Clear History (2013)
- Steve CarellBeautiful Boy (2018) and Dan in Real Life (2007)
- Denis O'HareLate Night (2019) and Changeling (2008)
- Danny McBrideDon Verdean (2015) and Clear History (2013)
- Jon TenneyLooking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005) and You Can Count on Me (2000)
- Merritt WeverBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and The Missing Person (2009)
- Stephen HendersonBeau Is Afraid (2023) and Keane (2004)
- SlaineCentral Intelligence (2016) and Gone Baby Gone (2007)
- Halston SageLate Night (2019) and Goosebumps (2015)
- Sharon WilkinsWin Win (2011) and Keane (2004)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Amy Ryan's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
24 of the 31 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 31 films: 24 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.
- 24Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 82% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$217M16.8% of the total
- 2$165M12.8% of the total
- 3$159M12.3% of the total
- 4$137M10.6% of the total
- 5$113M8.8% of the total
- 6$103M8.0% of the total
- 7$95M7.3% of the total
- 8$68M5.3% of the total
$236 millionfrom the other 16 films with a worldwide figure, 18% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.