Meg Ryan

Blond-haired, blue-eyed with a bubbly personality. Meg Ryan was born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra in Fairfield, Connecticut, to Susan (Duggan) (Duggan), who was an English teacher and actress and Harry Hyra, a math teacher. She has Ruthenian, Polish, Irish and German family heritage ("Hyra" is an Irish and Ruthenian surname, and "Ryan" is her maternal grandmother's maiden name). Meg was graduated in June 1979 Bethel high school in Bethel. Meg then moved to New York City and studied journalism at New York University. Meg Ryan was her new name, began acting to earn a little extra as she finished her education. Her screen debut came in 1981, making a brief appearance as Candice Bergen's daughter in George Cukor's last film Rich and Famous (1981). She auditioned and was eventually selected to play Betsy in the daily TV soap as the World turns (1956). She was a part of the show's cast from 1982 until 1984. Meg was also part of the TV series One of the Boys (1982) but it was swiftly removed. She relocated to Hollywood in 1984, and was offered an interview for the western television series Wildside (1985). Meg was in a small part in Top Gun (1986), later being cast in Steven Spielberg's Innerspace (1987) In which she was starring alongside Dennis Quaid. In D.O.A.'s remake, she once again played alongside Dennis Quaid. (1988) and got married in Saint Valentine's Day 1991. Meg made an appearance in the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally... (1989), and the scene in the restaurant became 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. She appeared again alongside Tom in the hugely successful Sleepless in Seattle (1993) in which she was nominated for the Golden Globe. Meg determined to act against her peers in 1994, playing the character of Meg as a mother and wife who is alcoholic in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). Then, she was back to "cute" with both I.Q. (1994) and French Kiss (1996). In 1994, Meg won the Harvard Hasty Pudding Award as "Woman of the Year" and was named as being one of "The 50 most beautiful women in the world 1994" by People Magazine.