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Amy Ryan

American actress (born 1968)

Amy Ryan is an American actress who began her professional stage career in 1987 and made her Broadway debut in 1993. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her breakthrough film role in Gone Baby Gone (2007), and on television played Beadie Russell in the HBO crime series The Wire.

Amy Ryan appears in 8 films and 1 TV series in The Rerun, from 2005 to 2023. Most of that work is in drama, comedy and mystery. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Steven Spielberg (2), Morgan Freeman (2).

Known for

  • Gone Baby Gone (2007). Her breakthrough film role as a troubled single mother earned an Oscar nomination.
  • The Wire (2002), Beadie Russell. She played Beadie Russell in the HBO crime series.
  • Bridge of Spies (2015).
  • Birdman (2014).
  • Changeling (2008). A film credit that followed her Oscar nomination.

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When was Amy Ryan born?
Amy Ryan was born on 3 May 1968.

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