Meg Ryan

Meg Ryan is a blonde-haired blue-eyed woman with an exuberant personality. She was born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra to Susan (Duggan) she was the daughter of an English teacher and a former actress. Harry Hyra was a math teacher. Her family heritage includes Ruthenian, Polish and Irish as well as German. ("Hyra") is her Ruthenian surname and "Ryan" is her maternal grandmother's maiden name. Meg was graduated in June 1979 Bethel highschool, Bethel. When she moved to New York, she attended New York University where she majored in journalism. In order to earn money while working on her degree, Meg went into acting with her new name Meg Ryan. Her screen debut came in 1981 with a short appearance as Candice Bergen’s daughter in George Cukor's last film Rich and Famous (1981). She was cast in the character as Betsy in the soap opera The World Turns the World Turns (1956) after she auditioned. She was in the show's cast from 1982 until 1984. Meg was also a character in the TV show One of the Boys (1982), however, this show was soon ended. She relocated to Hollywood in 1984 and was offered an opportunity to be a part of the western-themed television show Wildside (1985). Meg's role in the blockbuster film Top Gun (1986) led to her being included in Steven Spielberg's Innerspace (1987) in which she co-starred with Dennis Quaid. In D.O.A.'s remake, she again starred alongside Quaid. (1988) and then got married on Saint Valentine's Day 1991. Meg was in When Harry Met Sally... (1989), that made the scene at the restaurant famous. Meg was nominated both 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 starred alongside Tom in Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and was nominated again for the Golden Globe. Meg determined to stand out from the crowd in 1994 when she played the role of Meg as a mother/wife who has a drinking problem in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). She went back to being "cute" following that film with I.Q. (1994) as well as French Kiss (1996). In 1994, Meg was awarded the Harvard Hasty Pudding Award as "Woman of the Year" and was selected as being one of "The 50 most beautiful people in the world 1994" by People Magazine.



 

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