Actress Amy Ryan was nominated yesterday for a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress. Ryan’s turn in Ben Affleck’s directorial debut “Gone Baby Gone” is one of this year’s most memorable performances, and I think she deserves to win.
As a drug-addled unfit mother who would make Britney Spears look like Donna Reed, Ryan delivered an amazing and raw performance that helped make this movie one of the best things on the screen in 2007. It was like Affleck pulled her off the street — or out of a bar at noon — put her in front of the camera and said, “Yo, you. Talk.” More than that, Ryan creates a character who can be seen as a villain and victim. Check out this clip to see Ryan in action.
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Photo courtesy Miramax Films
