Actress Amy Ryan worked in stage, television and film for many years before being nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Bef Affleck's Gone, Baby, Gone. Born in 1969 in Queens, New York, she made her Broadway debut in 1993 in Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosensweig.
Critical Praise
During the 2007 awards season, Ryan won 19 "Best Supporting Actress" awards, 17 for Gone, Baby, Gone and two for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Among the groups honoring her: the National Board of Review and the Broadcast Film Critics Association. She appears in the Paul Greengrass thriller Green Zone alongside Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear and Brendan Gleeson.
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Amy Ryan Timeline
Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
(1993-94) The Sisters Rosensweig: IBDB
(1997) The Three Sisters: IBDB
(2000) You Can Count on Me: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
(2000) Uncle Vanya: IBDB
(2001-02) The Women: IBDB
(2003-06) The Wire: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
(2004) Keane: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
(2005) A Streetcar Named Desire: IBDB
(2005) War of the Worlds: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
(2005) Capote: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
(2005) Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
(2006) Marvelous: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
(2007) Gone, Baby, Gone: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
(2007) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
(2007) Dan in Real Life: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
(2007) Neal Cassady: IMDb
(2007) Bob Funk: IMDb
(2008) The Changeling: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
References
Fast Facts
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Born
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Best friend
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Ben Affleck believed she was from Boston during her Gone, Baby, Gone audition
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Major roles in Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) and Clint Eastwood's The Changeling (2008)
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Two Tony Award Best Actress nominations
in 2000 for Uncle Vanya and in 2005 for A Streetcar Named Desire
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Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Gone, Baby, Gone
