Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski, known professionally as Amy Ryan, is an American stage and screen actress. A graduate of New York's High School of Performing Arts, she is an Academy Award nominee and three-time Tony Award nominee.
She received two Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performances as Sonya Alexandrovna in Uncle Vanya (2000) and Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (2005).
For her breakthrough film role as Helene McCready in the thriller Gone Baby Gone (2007), Ryan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
