Meg Ryan | FactMonster

Actor

Date Of Birth:

19 November 1961

Place Of Birth:

Fairfield, Connecticut

Best Known As:

Impish star of "When Harry Met Sally"

Name at birth:Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra

Meg Ryan made her first big splash in 1989 as the star ofWhen Harry Met Sally.瑞安的浪漫喜剧主演Billy Crystalas battling friends who become lovers, and it established her for a time as Hollywood's leading sweetheart. A petite blonde with an impish smile, Ryan got her start in television commercials and the soap operaAs The World Turnsbefore getting roles in feature films likeTop Gun(1986, starringTom Cruise) andInnerspace(1987. with future husbandDennis Quaid). She followedWhen Harry Met Sallywith roles in other romantic comedies, includingSleepless in Seattle(1993) and 1998'sYou've Got Mail(both withTom Hanks). As the 1990s progressed, Ryan seemed to grow exasperated with being typecast in sweetheart roles and appeared more often in grittier parts. Her later films includeCourage Under Fire(1996, withDenzel Washington),Proof of Life(2000, withRussell Crowe,Jane Campion'sIn the Cut(2003), andAgainst the Ropes(2004, with Ryan as a boxing promoter).

Extra Credit

Ryan married actorDennis Quaidin 1991. Their son, Jack, was born in 1992, and they divorced in 2001? Ryan adopted a daughter, Daisy, in 2006; the child was born in China late in 2004.

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