Amy Ryan - Biography

The Hollywood star has had an incredible career...

Early career

Born in 1970 in Queens, New York, she attended the city's illustrious High School of Performing Arts and was soon cast in a national tour of Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues. After a decade of treading the boards in regional theatres and off-Broadway, she made her Broadway debut in 1992 as Tess in The Sisters Rosenzweig and went on to replace Calista Flockhart in the 1997 revival of Anton Chekhov's

In 2000 she received a Tony Award nomination for her portrayal of Sonya in Chekhov's and in 2005 earned another nod for her role as Stella Kowalski in .  In between theatre work, she also built up a considerable CV on the small screen, most notably in 1992 TV seriesand a prominent recurring role in series two of the award-winning gritty cop drama, , as Officer Beatrice 'Beadie' Russell. She also made appearances on popular shows such as and

Movie career

After roles in independent movies such as Keane and , in 2005 she landed a role in the blockbuster . That same year she appeared in Capote as the star-struck sheriff's wife thrilled at having the famed author in her house. That came in 2007 when , in which she starred with Casey Affleck, made Hollywood sit up and pay attention. Hot on the heels of the movie's success she appeared in several other productions, including, Neal Cassady and

The buzz surrounding her performance as Helene McCready brought the sort of plum parts most jobbing actors dream of. She was cast opposite Angelina Jolie in the 2008 movie and signed up for to play a CIA agent with A-list hunk Matt Damon on the trail of weapons of mass destruction. She continues to blaze a trail on the silver screen while admitting: "Theatre will always be in my bones. I feel it's always where I'm going to root out bad habits I might pick up along the way. So I will always go back."

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