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), she was an English teacher and actor,
and Harry Hyra, a math teacher. She has Ruthenian, Polish, Irish and German
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, Bethel. Moving to New York, she attended New
York University where she majored in journalism. Meg Ryan was her name and she
started acting to earn a little extra cash during her time at university. In
1981, she made her debut on the big screen with only a brief appearance as
Candice Bergen's daughter in George Cukor's final film Rich and Famous (1981).
She tried out and was chosen to play Betsy in the day time soap as the World
Turns (1956). She was in the cast from 1982 until 1984. Meg also appeared in
the TV show One of the Boys (1982), however, this show was later put on hold.
In 1984, she moved to Hollywood, and was offered a job with the western
television series Wildside (1985). Meg's tiny role in the blockbuster movie Top
Gun (1986) led to her being part of Steven Spielberg's Innerspace (1987) where
she co-starred alongside Dennis Quaid. In D.O.A.'s remake, she again co-starred
with Dennis Quaid. (1988) and was married in Saint Valentine's Day 1991. Meg
was in When Harry Met Sally... (1989), which made the scene in the restaurant
famous. Meg was 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 appeared again together with
Tom in the highly successful Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and was nominated for the
Golden Globe. Meg decided to act against her peers in 1994, playing the
character of Meg as a drunken mother/wife in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994).
Then, she returned to her "cute" I.Q. (1994) and French Kiss (1995).
People Magazine named Meg "Woman of the Year" in 1994. In 1994, she
received the Harvard Hasty Pudding Award.
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