Meg Ryan biography

Blond-haired, blue-eyed with an effervescent personality, Meg Ryan is the daughter of a casting agent. Her parents divorced in 1976. She graduated from Bethel HS, Bethel in June 1979. Moving to New York, she attended New York University where she majored in journalism. To earn extra money while working on her degree, Meg went into acting using her new name Meg Ryan. In 1981, she had her big screen debut as Candice Bergen's daughter in George Cukor's last film Rich and Famous (1981). She tried out and was cast as Betsy in the daytime television soap "As the World Turns" (1956). She would be part of the cast from 1982 to 1984. Meg also had a part in the television series _"One of the Boys" (1982)_, but this show was soon cancelled. In 1984, Meg moves to tinsel town and lands a job in the western Television Series "Wildside" (1985) With her part in the highly successful movie Top Gun (1986) Meg becomes a star with "take me to bed or lose me forever". This led Meg to being cast in Steven Spielberg's movie Innerspace (1987) where she co-starred with Dennis Quaid. She would again co-star with Quaid in the remake of D.O.A. (1988) and they would marry on Valentine Day in 1991. In 1989, Meg would appear in another blockbuster called When Harry Met Sally... (1989) and the scene at the restaurant would become famous. Meg would be nominated for 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 would appear again with Tom in the very successful Sleepless in Seattle (1993) for which she would again be nominated for the Golden Globe. In 1994, Meg decided to act against type when she appeared as the alcoholic wife and mother in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). After that, she went back to "cute" with both I.Q. (1994) and French Kiss (1995). In 1994, Meg won the Harvard Hasty Pudding Award as "Woman of the Year" and was voted as being one of "The 50 most beautiful people in the world 1994" by People Magazine.