Meg Ryan

Meg Ryan, blonde-haired and blue-eyed she was born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra in Fairfield Connecticut to Susan (Duggan), a former actress and English teacher and Harry Hyra, a maths teacher. Meg Ryan is of Ruthenian, Polish, Irish, and German roots. ("Hyra" is a Ruthenian surname and "Ryan" is her maternal grandmother's maiden name). Meg graduated from Bethel high school in Bethel in June 1979. After moving to New York, she attended New York University where she majored in journalism. Meg Ryan is her new name, entered acting to earn extra cash as she finished her education. Her debut on screen 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 auditioned and was eventually named Betsy in the daily television soap As the World turns (1956). From 1982 until 1984, she was a part of the cast. Meg also played a role in the TV show One of the Boys (1982) but the show was soon removed. In 1984, she moved to a tinsel town, and got an appearance in the western television Series Wildside (1985). Meg had a small role in Top Gun (1986), which resulted in her being cast in Steven Spielberg’s Innerspace (1987), where she was a co-star with Dennis Quaid. In the remake of D.O.A., she starred in a second time with Quaid. (1988) They got married on Saint Valentine's Day 1991. In 1989, Meg appeared in When Harry Met Sally... (1989) and the scene at the restaurant gained a lot of attention. Meg was nominated for the Golden Globe as well as 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. In 1993, she co-starred alongside Tom in Sleepless in Seattle (1993), for which she was nominated again for the Golden Globe. Meg determined to take on a different role than her peers in 1994 when she played the character of Meg as a drunken mother/wife in the film When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). Then, she went back to her "cute" I.Q. (1994) and French Kiss (1995). People Magazine named Meg "Woman of the Year" in 1994 with the Harvard Hasty Pudding Award.



 

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