Ryan Baumann

Ryan Baumann is an American movie actress who has worked side by side with such Hollywood directors as Michael Bay, Mark Pellington, Sasha Levinson and Jerry G. Angelo. Born Ryan Claire Baumann, on October 31, 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA, Ryan is a 3rd-generation actress from a family of actors/producers that go back to 1940 including a 2004 & 2007 Emmy Award for producing on a winning TV Series. Her great-great-grandfather was notable American-born attorney, Sidney Levy Herold (1880-1950) of Ashkenazi Jewish descent from Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was the first to specialize in oil & gas law in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA including during its historic oil boom years. Ryan has also worked with industry leaders Skydance Media, and Young & Rubicam New York (now VMLY&R of WPP Group, London) as a SAG Principal Performer. Her lead ensemble role in American Warfighter (2018) (U.S. theaters 2019, now on Netflix, Variety article 11-6-2019) led to working with director Michael Bay filming a scene with Adria Arjona for 6 Underground (2019), the new Netflix/Skydance franchise starring Ryan Reynolds. Adria Arjona, who stars as "FIVE" (The Doctor), still has her character's backstory "5" to hit the screen, so look for Ryan's scene with Arjona and McKenzie Franklin to make the sequel. She is best known for starring in American Warfighter (2018) as "Ryan", the childhood soulmate of a U.S. Navy SEAL... appearing in 6 of his PTSD nightmares, Ryan's character prominently dies by his side (twice)... a breakout role in this indie feature that's all about its big message of Heroism & Sacrifice. In American Warfighter (2018), Ryan's big-screen debut, Ryan played most of her scenes directly opposite the film's star/writer/director, Jerry G. Angelo (14 times Best Actor/Best Feature festival winner, star & producer of Artik- 2019). Other stars included Isaac C. Singleton Jr. (Deadpool- 2016), Paul Logan (Days of Our Lives) and Jennifer Marshall (Stranger Things). Prior to that, Ryan starred above-title as "Junior" (the son of Horse Hogg) in The Adventures of Horse Hogg (2016), an action-comedy TV pilot short, which also starred above-title Isaac C. Singleton Jr. ("Boothe" in Deadpool- 2016; and "Bo'sun" in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl- 2003). Ryan is credited in the Billing Block on the official posters for her 2 films above. Ryan's first big break was starring with Soni Bringas (star of Fuller House) in the American Girl national U.S. commercial for their "2014 Girl of the Year" doll, Isabelle. Ryan was then featured in the national U.S. commercial for the American Girl movie, Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight (2014). Both commercials also aired in Canada. Ryan's career started very early. She was in her first SAG commercial at 6 months old, cast as an infant boy in an Italian commercial for Mulino Bianco biscuits. She began modeling just before age 5 in 2009, when she was chosen as the "Matteo Girl" for the Matteo children's Bambino clothing line made in downtown Los Angeles. She was the sole face of their Bambino line from 2010 - 2017. Then later, as a popular child model, Ryan was featured on sidewalk billboards from Manhattan NYC to Santa Monica CA as the face of the American Apparel Kids line in 2013. By age 10, Ryan graced the cover of Institute Magazine (August 30, 2015- and its "Pierrot Theatre" feature spread) wearing an Alexandria Olivia designer dress from their Fall Couture 2015 Collection. And on stage, an 11 year old Ryan played the featured role of "Penelope Ann" in a professional production of the musical Bye Bye Birdie at the Fremont Centre Theatre for an 8-show, October 2016 run, starring established adult character actors. An actor, singer, dancer by nature, Ryan studies at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in West Hollywood CA. Early during the 2020-21 pandemic, Ryan began experimenting as a songwriter/recording artist (as "Ryan Claire") and is now working on the follow-up to her debut teen-pop single, Dreamin' a Dream, released worldwide April 2020. She can also speak in a few popular accents and mimic almost any accent she hears. Prior to the pandemic she was an avid student of Israeli Krav Maga. Ryan became a full member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) at 11 months old.