Meg Ryan's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Wildside Cally Oaks One of the Boys (1982) Jane

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

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.