Meg Ryan

Meg Ryan is a blonde-haired blue-eyed, blonde-haired woman who has a vibrant personality. Her birth name is Margaret Mary Emily Hyra to Susan (Duggan) who was she was an English teacher, and once an actress. Harry Hyra was a math teacher. Ruthenian and Polish, Irish, German and German descendents. "Hyra", her maternal grandmother's maiden name is Ruthenian. Meg graduated from Bethel High School in Bethel in May 1979. She moved to New York and majored as a journalist at New York University. In order to earn money while she was completing her degree, Meg went into acting under the name Meg Ryan. 1981 was her debut on the big screen. She portrayed Candice Bergen's daughter in the film of George Cukor Rich and Famous (1981). She auditioned and was made Betsy in the day time soap as the World Turns (1956). From 1982 until 1984, she was a member of the team. Meg also had a part in the television series One of the Boys (1982), but this show was eventually cancelled. In 1984, Meg moved to Hollywood and was offered a position with the western TV series Wildside (1985). Meg had a small role in Top Gun (1986), which led her to be cast in Steven Spielberg’s Innerspace (1987) in which she played alongside Dennis Quaid. For the remake of D.O.A., she starred again with Dennis Quaid. (1988) The two got wed 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 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. She was also a part of the hugely successful Sleepless in Seattle (1993), where she received nominations for the Golden Globe. Meg decided to go against the trend in 1994, when she portrayed the role of Meg's drunken wife and mother "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1994). After that, she went back to "cute" with both I.Q. (1994) and French Kiss (1995). People Magazine voted Meg as one of the top 50 most beautiful people on earth 1994.