Amy Ryan
Amy Ryan : Role - Holly Flax
Birthday : 30 November 1969
Birth Place : Queens, New York, U.S.A.
Height : 5′4.5″
Gender : Female
Amy Ryan was born on 30 November 1969 in Queens, New York, U.S.A. She joined the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center. She graduated at the age of seventeen from the High School Of Performing Arts, New York. She went on to join the National Tour of Biloxi Blues, and has worked in Off-Broadway theatre. Her journey on Broadway began with ‘The Sisters Rosenweig‘. She has also appeared in ‘The Three Sisters’, ‘Uncle Vanya’, ‘The Women’ and ‘The Streetcar Named Desire’.
She has acted in various TV series and in some films. Her journey of acting in the TV shows passes through the series like ‘As The World Turns’, ‘I’ll Fly Away’ , ‘Brooklyn Bridge’, ‘ER‘, Chicago Hope’, ‘The Naked Truth’, ‘The Wire’ ‘The Office’, etc. She has played three different roles (Ellen, Paris and Rebecca) in ‘100 Center Street‘. She has appeared in films like ‘Roberta’, ‘You Can Count On Me’, ‘Dan in Real Life’, ‘Before The Devil Knows You Are Dead‘, ‘Capote’, ‘Gone Baby Gone’, etc.
She earned a nomination for Oscar Award 2008 in the category- Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role for ‘Gone Baby Gone’. She earned a nomination for Golden Globe -2008 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for ‘Gone Baby Gone’. She was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Awards under the category - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for ‘Gone Baby Gone’. She was nominated as the Best Supporting Actress in Tony Awards 2000 for ‘Uncle Vanya’. She again earned the Tony nomination for ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ in 2005.
She was also nominated for several other awards in various categories for vivid performances done by her and she won many of them. She has to her credit 15 wins and three nominations.
Role in The Office
Amy Ryan is playing the role of “Holly Flax” in ‘The Office’ tv show. She is the Human Resources Representative at the Dunder Mifflin. She joins Dunder Mifflin in place of ‘Toby Flenderson”. She is humorous by nature and becomes a good friend of Michael Scott. The relation soon takes a romantic turn.
