Meg Ryan

Meg Ryan is a blonde-haired blue-eyed lady with a vivacious personality. She was born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra to Susan (Duggan) and was she was an English teacher and a former actress. Harry Hyra was a math teacher. Meg is of Ruthenian, Polish, Irish, and German ancestry ("Hyra" is a Ruthenian surname, while "Ryan" is her maternal grandmother's maiden name). Meg has graduated from Bethel high school, Bethel in June 1979. Meg then moved to New York City and studied journalism at New York University. Meg Ryan as her new name, entered acting in order to earn money while she was completing her education. 1981 was her debut on the big screen. She portrayed Candice Bergen's little girl in George Cukor's film Rich and Famous (1981). She auditioned and was eventually cast as Betsy in the daily television soap The World Turns the World turns (1956). The show starred her from 1982 until 1984. Meg also played a role in the television series One of the Boys (1982) however, the show was eventually cancelled. Her move to Hollywood came in 1984 and was offered an interview for the western TV series Wildside (1985). Meg had a small role in Top Gun (1986), and was then part of Steven Spielberg's Innerspace (1987) in which she was starring alongside Dennis Quaid. She again co-starred with Quaid in the remake of D.O.A. (1988) and got married 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 starred alongside Tom in the very successful Sleepless in Seattle (1993) for which she was again nominated for the Golden Globe. Meg was able to break away from the grain in 1994 when she portrayed the role of Meg's drunken wife and mother "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1994). She went back to being "cute" following that film with I.Q. (1994) & French Kiss (1995). People Magazine named Meg "Woman Of The Year" in 1994, and she was awarded the Harvard Hasty Pudding Award.



 

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