Highlights
- Ryan received a nomination for Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play twice.
- Recently, Amy Ryan was announced to be part of the series.
- Amy Ryan, starring in Apple TV+ Sugar credited for her roles in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, and Capote.
Following the press release, Apple TV announced a new detective series title, “Sugar.” As the announcement came on June 9, 2022, Colin Farrell joined as the lead cast member. Recently, Amy Ryan was announced to be part of the series. Reportedly, Ryan has been nominated for her supporting performance for her role in the film Gone Baby Gone.
As per sources, Mark Protosevich and Farrell serve as executive producers. Moreover, Protosevich is credited as a writer for the series too. Additionally, Fernando Meirelles will direct and executive produce. As “Sugar” is yet another addition from Kinberg and Genre Films. The last production venture, Invasion. Additionally, the sci-fiction was renewed for a second season in December.
Amy Ryan, starring in Apple TV+ Sugar credited for her roles in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, and Capote. Amy starred in the critically acclaimed series Only Murders in the Building as Jan. The series that also stars Selena Gomez premiered on August 31, 2021. Notably, Amy’s television venture is remarkable for her role in The Office as Holly Flax as well as the HBO series The Wire in which she played Beatrice “Beadie” Russell.
Amy Ryan From Flushing to Theatre
Ryan, born as Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski in Flushing, Queens, in New York City, is the daughter of Pamela (née Ryan) and John Dziewiontkowski. Reportedly, her mother, Pamela, was a nurse, and her father, John, a trucking business owner. Ryan is ethnically Polish, Irish, and of English descent. In the early years of the 1970s, Ryan and her sister Laura delivered the Daily News by bike. Interestingly, Ryan attended the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center in upstate New York. Eventually following the years, Ryan completes her graduation from New York’s High School of Performing Arts at the age of 17.
Ryan made her theatre debut in the Westside Theatre 1987 production of A Shayna Maidel, playing the role of Hanna. The following year Ryan was seen in the Second Stage Theatre Company revival of The Rimers of Eldritch. Additional off-Broadway works include As Bees In Honey Drown, Crimes of the Heart, and Saved. Ryan also worked in regional theater, originating roles in new plays by Neil LaBute, Arthur Miller, and Neil Simon.
On Broadway, Ryan appeared as Tess in The Sisters Rosensweig, Natasha in the 1997 revival of The Three Sisters, and Peggy in the 2001–2002 revival of The Women.
Ryan received a nomination for Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play twice. Reportedly in 2000, for her portrayal of Sonya Alexandrovna in Uncle Vanya, and in 2005, for her performance as Stella Kowalski opposite John C. Reilly in A Streetcar Named Desire.