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. She completed writing programs at the University of Southern California (USC) and Stanford University during Summer 2021, and attends Windward School in Los Angeles, California, USA. Born Ryan Claire Baumann, on October 31, 2004 in Los Angeles, 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 Ellerstadt, 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, Columbia Records New York, and Young & Rubicam New York (now VMLY&R of WPP Group, London) as a SAG Principal Performer. Her lead ensemble role in Warfighter (2018) (U.S. theaters 2019, now on Netflix, Variety article 11-6-2019) eventually led to working with director Michael Bay and actress Adria Arjona in a backstory scene for 6 Underground (2019), a current Netflix Top 10 "all-time most viewed original movie" starring Ryan Reynolds. As sometimes happens, Ryan's scene (a SAG Day Performer role) with Arjona (who stars as "FIVE", The Doctor) missed the final cut for this Skydance Media feature due to the film's length. She is best known for starring in 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 Warfighter (2018), Ryan's big-screen debut, Ryan played 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). Another lead was played by Isaac C. Singleton Jr. ("Boothe" in Deadpool- 2016; and "Bo'sun" in Pirates of the Caribbean- 2003). 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 Isaac C. Singleton Jr. above-title. 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. Ryan has studied at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in West Hollywood CA. During the 2020-22 pandemic, Ryan began experimenting as songwriter/recording artist "Ryan Claire" and is now working on the follow-up to her debut tween-pop original single, Dreamin' a Dream, released worldwide in 2020 at age 15. She can speak in a few popular accents and mimic almost any accent she hears. Ryan became a full member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) at 11 months old.