Meg Ryan
Blue-eyed blonde with an effervescent
personality, Meg Ryan was born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra in Fairfield,
Connecticut, to Susan (Duggan) (Duggan), the English teacher and one-time
actress, and Harry Hyra, a math teacher. Ruthenian as well as Polish, Irish,
German, and German descendents. "Hyra" is her maternal grandmother's
maiden name, is Ruthenian. Meg was graduated in June 1979 Bethel high school,
Bethel. Meg moved to New York City and studied journalism at New York
University. Meg Ryan is her name change, started acting to earn extra cash
while she was completing her education. Her first screen appearance came in
1981 with a short appearance as Candice Bergen's daughter in George Cukor's
final film Rich and Famous (1981). She was chosen for the part as Betsy in the
TV soap As the World Turns (1956) after she tried out. The show starred her
from 1982 to 1984. Meg also had a part in the TV series One of the Boys (1982)
but the show was soon cancelled. In 1984, Meg moved to Hollywood and was
offered a part in the western-themed television series Wildside (1985). Meg was
in a small part in Top Gun (1986), later being included in Steven Spielberg's
Innerspace (1987) which was a film in which she starred with Dennis Quaid. In
the remake of D.O.A., she starred again alongside Dennis Quaid. (1988), and
were married on Saint Valentine's Day 1991. Meg played the lead role in When
Harry Met Sally... (1989), which made the scene in the restaurant 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. In 1993, she starred with Tom in Sleepless in
Seattle (1993) in which she was again nominated for the Golden Globe. In 1994,
Meg decided to act against type when she appeared as the wife of an alcoholic
and mother in the film When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). Following that, Meg
returned to her "cute" I.Q. (1994) as well as French Kiss (1996).
People Magazine named Meg "Woman of the Year" in 1994 with the
Harvard Hasty Pudding Award.
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