Meg Ryan

Meg Ryan is a blonde-haired blue-eyed, blonde-haired woman with an exuberant personality. She was born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra to Susan (Duggan) and was the daughter of an English teacher and a former actor. Harry Hyra was a math teacher. Ruthenian and Polish, Irish, German, and German descent. "Hyra", her maternal grandmother's maiden name, is Ruthenian. Meg has graduated from Bethel high school in Bethel in June 1979. She moved to New York and majored as a journalist at New York University. Meg Ryan was her new name, entered acting to earn extra cash while she was finishing her education. 1981 was her big screen debut. She played Candice Bergen's daughter in George Cukor's film Rich and Famous (1981). She auditioned , and was named Betsy on the daytime television soap as the World turns (1956). The show starred her from 1982 until 1984. Meg was also part of the cast in the television series One of the Boys (1982) which, however, was later cancelled. In 1984, she relocated to Hollywood and was offered an appearance in the western television Series Wildside (1985). Meg had a small role in Top Gun (1986), which led to her casting in Steven Spielberg's Innerspace (1987) where she was a co-star with Dennis Quaid. She was again in the same role with Dennis Quaid in the remake of D.O.A. (1988) and married in Saint Valentine's Day 1991. In 1989, Meg appeared in When Harry Met Sally... (1989) and the scene in the restaurant became 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. Also, she was part of the critically acclaimed Sleepless in Seattle (1993) in which she was nominated for the Golden Globe. Meg decided to take on a different role than her peers in 1994, playing the part of Meg as a drunken mother/wife in the film When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). She returned to being "cute" after that with I.Q. (1994) as well as French Kiss (1995). The year 1994 was the year that Meg won the Harvard Hasty Pudding Award for being "Woman of the Year" and was voted as one of "The 50 most beautiful women in the world in 1994" by People Magazine.