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. Ruthenian and Polish, Irish, German, and German heritage. "Hyra" is her maternal grandmother's maiden name is Ruthenian. Meg was graduated in June 1979 Bethel highschool, Bethel. Meg relocated to New York City and studied journalism at New York University. Meg Ryan was her name, and she began acting in order to earn additional money as she finished her education. In 1981, she made her big screen debut with a brief appearance as Candice Bergen's daughter in George Cukor's last film Rich and Famous (1981). She was a test subject and was selected to play Betsy in the daytime soap on television As the World Turns (1956). From 1982 to 1984, she was part of the show's cast. Meg was also a part of the TV series One of the Boys (1982), which was quickly cancelled. Her move to Hollywood came in 1984, where she was offered a job on the western series Wildside (1985). Meg was a part-time actress in Top Gun (1986), and was then part of Steven Spielberg's Innerspace (1987) in which she appeared alongside Dennis Quaid. She again co-starred with Quaid in the remake of D.O.A. (1988) They were married on Saint Valentine's Day 1991. Meg was in 1989's When Harry Met Sally... (1989), and the restaurant scene was made famous. Meg was twice nominated 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, Meg starred alongside Tom in Sleepless in Seattle (1993) in which she was nominated again for the Golden Globe. Meg chose to stand out from the crowd in 1994, by playing the part of Meg as an alcoholic wife/mother in the film When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). After that, Meg returned to her "cute" I.Q. (1994) & French Kiss (1995). In 1994, Meg won the Harvard Hasty Pudding Award for being "Woman of the Year" and was voted as one of "The 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1994" by People Magazine.