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, as well as Harry Hyra, a maths teacher. Her heritage includes Ruthenian, Polish and Irish as well as German. ("Hyra") is her Ruthenian surname "Ryan", is her maternal grandmother's maiden. Meg graduated from Bethel high school in Bethel in June 1979. She relocated to New York and majored as journalist at New York University. Meg Ryan was her name and she started acting to earn money as she finished her education. 1981 was her first big screen appearance. She played Candice Bergen's baby girl in the film by George Cukor Rich and Famous (1981). She was a candidate for auditions and was named Betsy in the daily television soap as the World turns (1956). The show starred her from 1982 to 1984. Meg was also a part of the TV series One of the Boys (1982) but it was swiftly cancelled. In 1984, Meg emigrated to Hollywood and was offered a role in the western-themed television series Wildside (1985). Meg had a small role in Top Gun (1986), and then was included in Steven Spielberg's Innerspace (1987) In which she co-starred with Dennis Quaid. She again co-starred with Quaid in the remake of D.O.A. (1988) and the couple married on Saint Valentine's Day in 1991. Meg appeared in 1989's When Harry Met Sally... (1989), and the restaurant scene was made famous. Meg was nominated twice for the Golden Globe and 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. In 1994, Meg decided to act against type when she appeared as an alcoholic wife and mother in the film When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). After that, Meg returned to her "cute" I.Q. (1994) and 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 voted as being one of "The 50 most beautiful people in the world 1994" by People Magazine.



 

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