Academy Award nominee Amy Ryan discusses the Netflix film “Lost Girls,” available March 13 and directed by Liz Garbus. “Lost Girls” is based on real events and Robert Kolker’s best-selling book about Mari Gilbert, played by Ryan, who is a mother searching for her 24-year-old daughter. Gilbert then discovers more than a dozen unsolved murders of sex workers and creates a bond with the mothers. Ryan shares her own memories of the Long Island Serial Killer and what the role meant to her—bringing dignity and humanity back to all women.<br /><br><br /><br><br />She also opens up acting and playing unlikeable characters. “It's not my job to like this character. It's certainly not my job to judge them. Once I start judging them, it's a doomed project,” Ryan said on “Salon Talks.” “I am more comfortable with truth. I would cringe if something was not quite right. I'd rather check my ego at the door and go from there.”
