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Amy Ryan Biography
Birth Name:Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski
Birth Place:Queens, New York, United States
Profession Actress, Producer, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Received the Capri Arts Award for her work in "Gone Baby Gone․"
- Won the 2007 Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts
- In 2011, she got married to fellow screen performer Eric Slovin
- Made her off-Broadway debut in 1987 as Hanna in "A Shayna Maidel․"
- Studied acting at a young age while attending the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center
- Is frequently cast in the role of eccentric characters
- Uses her mother's maiden name, Ryan, as her professional name
- Played the wife of Eric Stoltz's character in "Grace of My Heart," but her part was cut from the film
Awards
- 2007EDA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2007EDA Female Focus Award-Best Breakthrough Performance: nominated
- 2007ACCA-Best Actress in a Supporting Role: winner
- 2007BSFC Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2007Capri Arts Award-: winner
- 2007CFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
- 2007DFWFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
- 2007DFCS Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
- 2007FFCC Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2007Golden Schmoes-Best Supporting Actress of the Year: nominated
- 2007Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Ensemble Performance: winner
- 2007ICP Award-Best Supporting Performance: nominated
- 2007LAFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2007NBR Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2007NYFCC Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2007OFCC Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2007PFCS Award-Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: winner
- 2007SDFCS Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2007SFFCC Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2007Satellite Award-Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama: winner
- 2007SEFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2007SLFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2007TFCA Award-Best Supporting Performance, Female: nominated
- 2007UFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2007VVFP Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
- 2007WAFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2008Oscar-Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: nominated
- 2008Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
- 2008Critics Choice Award-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
- 2008Critics Choice Award-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
- 2008Critics Choice Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2008Gold Derby Film Award-Supporting Actress: winner
- 2008Gold Derby TV Award-Comedy Guest Actress: winner
- 2008Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Guest Actress: nominated
- 2008Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: nominated
- 2008HFCS Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2008INOCA TV-Best Guest Actress in a Drama or Comedy Series: winner
- 2008IFC Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2008NSFC Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
- 2008OFTA Film Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
- 2008OFTA Television Award-Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: nominated
- 2008OFCS Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2008Virtuoso Award-: winner
- 2008VFCC Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
- 2009Gold Derby TV Award-Comedy Guest Actress: winner
- 2009INOCA TV-Best Guest Actress in a Drama or Comedy Series: nominated
- 2009Golden Nymph-Outstanding Actress - Comedy Series: nominated
- 2010Gold Derby TV Award-Comedy Guest Actress of the Decade: nominated
- 2010Gold Derby Film Award-Supporting Actress of the Decade: nominated
- 2011IFJA Award-Best Supporting Actress: nominated
- 2011UFCA Award-Best Supporting Actress: winner
- 2014BOFCA Award-Best Ensemble: winner
- 2014DFCS Award-Best Ensemble: winner
- 2014Sierra Award-Best Ensemble: winner
- 2014NYFCO Award-Best Ensemble: winner
- 2014PFCS Award-Best Ensemble Acting: winner
- 2014SDFCS Award-Best Ensemble: winner
- 2014SEFCA Award-Best Ensemble: nominated
- 2014WAFCA Award-Best Acting Ensemble: winner
- 2015Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: winner
- 2015COFCA Award-Best Ensemble: nominated
- 2015GAFCA Award-Best Ensemble: nominated
- 2015Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: winner
- 2015NTFCA Award-Best Ensemble: winner
- 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble of the Decade: nominated
- 2022Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: nominated
- 2022HCA Award-Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy: nominated
- 2024Astra TV Award-Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Drama Series: nominated