Meg Ryan

Meg Ryan

Age
51
Birthday
Nov. 19th, 1961
Born in
Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Height
5' 8"

Meg Ryan's Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
Wildside TV Show
Wildside
One of the Boys (1982) TV Show
One of the Boys (1982)
 

Main Movie Roles

2009 - Serious Moonlight
2008 - My Mom's New Boyfriend
2008 - The Women
2007 - In the Land of Women
2004 - Against the Ropes
2003 - In the Cut
2001 - Kate & Leopold
2000 - Proof of Life
2000 - Hanging Up
1998 - City of Angels
1998 - Hurlyburly
1998 - You've Got Mail
1997 - Addicted to Love
1997 - Anastasia
1996 - Courage Under Fire
1995 - French Kiss
1995 - Restoration
1994 - When a Man Loves a Woman
1994 - I.Q.
1993 - Flesh and Bone
1993 - Sleepless in Seattle
1992 - Prelude to a Kiss
1991 - The Doors
1990 - Joe Versus the Volcano
1989 - When Harry Met Sally
1988 - The Presidio
1988 - D.O.A.
1987 - InnerSpace
1986 - Top Gun
1986 - Armed and Dangerous
1983 - Amityville 3-D

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
Dr. Blight (Voiced)
13
Meagan Parker
2
Dr. Swanson (Voiced)
1
Herself
1
Sally Albright
1
Herself
1
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BIOGRAPHY:

Blond-haired, blue-eyed with an effervescent personality, Meg Ryan graduated from Bethel high school, Bethel in June 1979. Moving to New York, she attended New York University where she majored in journalism. To earn extra money while working on her degree, Meg went into acting using her new name Meg Ryan. In 1981, she had her big screen debut as Candice Bergen's daughter in George Cukor's last film Rich and Famous (1981). She tried out and was cast as Betsy in the day time television soap "As the World Turns" (1956). She was part of the cast from 1982 to 1984. Meg also had a part in the television series "One of the Boys" (1982), but this show was soon cancelled. In 1984, she moved to tinsel town and landed a job in the western Television Series "Wildside" (1985). With her part in the highly successful movie Top Gun (1986) Meg became a star with "take me to bed or lose me forever". This led to Meg being cast in Steven Spielberg's movie Innerspace (1987) where she co-starred with Dennis Quaid. She again co-starred with Quaid in the remake of D.O.A. (1988) and they married on Valentine Day in 1991. In 1989, Meg appeared in another blockbuster called When Harry Met Sally... (1989) and the scene at the restaurant became 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 with Tom in the very successful Sleepless in Seattle (1993) for which she was again nominated for the Golden Globe. In 1994, Meg decided to act against type when she appeared as the alcoholic wife and mother in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). After that, she went back to "cute" with both I.Q. (1994) and French Kiss (1995). In 1994, Meg won the Harvard Hasty Pudding Award as "Woman of the Year" and was voted as being one of "The 50 most beautiful people in the world 1994" by People Magazine.


TRIVIA:
  • (1979) Graduated from Bethel High School. Was Prom Queen.
  • Born at 10:08 AM EST
  • (October 1997) Ranked #94 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
  • Turned down the role of "Vivian Ward" in _Pretty Woman (1990)_ (qv). 'Julia Roberts (I)' (qv) was later given the role.
  • Turned down the 'Sharon Stone (I)' (qv) role in _Basic Instinct (1992)_ (qv)
  • Member of jury Festival International de Cannes 2003
  • (April 1998) Voted most favorite female movie star by the readers and online users of the "People Weekly Magazine"
  • Savage Garden's song 'All Around Me' was written about her, inspired by a crush from 'Daniel Jones (II)' (qv), the band's composer.


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