FrameThrower · Actors · Amy Ryan
Amy Ryan
7 films · 526 frames · top-billed in 3 · 2005–2023
Born 3 May 1968 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski, known professionally as Amy Ryan, is an American actress. She has been nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe for her performance in Gone Baby Gone (2007) and is also known for her roles in the HBO series The Wire, playing Port Authority Officer Beadie Russell; In Treatment, playing psychiatrist Adele Brousse; and The Office, playing human resources representative Holly Flax.
Ryan was born in Queens, New York City. She is the daughter of Pam, a nurse, and John, a trucking business owner. Ryan is her mother's maiden name. She is of English, Irish, and Polish descent. Growing up in the 1970s, Ryan and her sister delivered the Daily News by bike.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 526 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Amy takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 7 films we hold, 57% of their frames are day, 53% natural — the look of the work Amy takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 526 frames from Amy Ryan's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.