Meg Ryan

Meg Ryan is a blonde-haired, blue eyed woman with a vivacious personality. Meg Ryan was born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra to Susan (Duggan), the daughter of an English teacher, and also a one-time actor. Harry Hyra was a math teacher. Meg is of Ruthenian, Polish, Irish and German roots. ("Hyra" is a Ruthenian surname, while "Ryan" is her maternal grandmother's maiden name). Meg was graduated in June 1979 Bethel high school in Bethel. Meg relocated to New York City and studied journalism at New York University. To earn extra money while completing her studies, Meg went into acting under the name Meg Ryan. Her screen debut came in 1981 when she made a brief appearance as Candice Bergen's daughter in George Cukor's last film Rich and Famous (1981). She was cast in the role as Betsy in the TV soap The World Turns the World Turns (1956) after she tried out. The show starred her from 1982 until 1984. Meg was also part of the TV show One of the Boys (1982) and was removed. In 1984, she moved to Hollywood and was offered an opening in the western television series Wildside (1985). Meg was in a small part in Top Gun (1986), which led her to be cast in Steven Spielberg's Innerspace (1987) in which she co-starred with Dennis Quaid. In the remake of D.O.A., she starred again with Dennis Quaid. (1988) They got wed on Saint Valentine's Day 1991. Meg appeared in 1989's When Harry Met Sally... (1989), and the restaurant scene was made famous. Meg was nominated both the Golden Globe and the BAFTA. In 1990, she co-starred with Tom Hanks in Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) and this time she played three roles as DeDe/Angelica/Patricia. She was also a part of the hugely successful Sleepless in Seattle (1993) in which she received nominations for the Golden Globe. In 1994, Meg decided to act against type when she appeared as the wife of an alcoholic and mother in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). Following that, Meg went back to her "cute" I.Q. (1994) as well as French Kiss (1996). The year 1994 was the year that Meg won the Harvard Hasty Pudding Award for being "Woman of the Year" and was named as being one of "The 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1994" by People Magazine.


 

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