Meg Ryan
Meg Ryan is a blonde-haired blue-eyed
woman with an exuberant personality. Meg Ryan was born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra
to Susan (Duggan), who was an English teacher, and once an actor. Harry Hyra
was a math teacher. Ruthenian and Polish, Irish, German and German of German
descent. "Hyra" is her maternal grandmother's maiden name, comes from
Ruthenian. Meg has graduated from Bethel high school in Bethel in June 1979.
Meg moved to New York and majored as journalist at New York University. Meg
Ryan was her new name, and she began acting to earn extra money while she
completed her degree. Her screen debut came in 1981 with a short appearance as
Candice Bergen's daughter in George Cukor’s final film Rich and Famous (1981).
She was chosen for the role of Betsy in the soap opera as the World Turns
(1956) after she had a go at. She was in the show's cast from 1982 to 1984. Meg
also had a part in the TV series One of the Boys (1982) which, however, was
eventually cancelled. In 1984, Meg moved to Hollywood, and was offered a
position with the western TV series Wildside (1985). Meg was in a small part in
Top Gun (1986), which led her to be cast in Steven Spielberg’s Innerspace
(1987) where she co-starred with Dennis Quaid. In D.O.A.'s remake, she once
again co-starred with Dennis Quaid. (1988) and they married on Saint
Valentine's Day in 1991. In 1989, Meg appeared in When Harry Met Sally...
(1989) and the scene at the restaurant became famous. Meg was nominated both
for the Golden Globe as well as 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. In 1993, she starred alongside Tom in Sleepless in
Seattle (1993), for which she was nominated again for the Golden Globe. In 1994,
Meg decided to act in a different way when she appeared as the wife of an
alcoholic and mother in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). After that, Meg
returned to her "cute" I.Q. (1994) as well as French Kiss (1995).
People Magazine voted Meg as one of the 50 most beautiful individuals in the
world in 1994.
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