Meg Ryan

Highest Rated: 100% Everything Is Copy (2016)

Lowest Rated: 5% Amityville: The Demon (1983)

Birthday: Nov 19, 1961

Birthplace: Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Although she has also proven herself as a dramatic actress, Meg Ryan used her blonde hair, blue eyes, and effervescent personality to greatest effect in romantic comedies of the 1980s and '90s. Initially getting her start on television, Ryan became a star with her titular role in the smash 1989 comedy When Harry Met Sally, earning both fame and permanent notoriety for her ability to fake an orgasm for Billy Crystal during a scene in a New York restaurant.The daughter of a casting agent, Ryan was born Margaret Mary Emily Anna Hyra in Fairfield, Connecticut on November 19, 1961. Raised in New York, she went on to study journalism at New York University. In need of money to pay for her night classes, Ryan turned to acting to raise some extra cash. With her mother's help, she landed a role on a short-lived television series, and then made her film debut in Rich and Famous. The 1981 film -- director George Cukor's last -- cast Ryan as Candice Bergen's daughter, and proved to be a positive enough experience that the young actress was soon looking for more work. A lucky break led to her being cast in the daytime drama As the World Turns, on which she performed from 1982 until 1984.After appearing in Amityville 3-D (1983), Ryan secured more auspicious work when she was cast as the wife of doomed flyboy Goose (Anthony Edwards) in Top Gun (1986). Although her role was minor, the film's success paved the way for more work for the actress, and the following year she starred in Innerspace, a comedy that cast her as Dennis Quaid's girlfriend. Her onscreen status as Quaid's love interest soon became off-screen reality, and after starring together in D.O.A. (1988), the two married in 1991.In 1989, Ryan had her breakthrough role as Sally Albright in Rob Reiner's When Harry Met Sally. The following year, she starred opposite Tom Hanks in Joe Versus the Volcano. Although the film received a lukewarm critical and commercial reception, it began an onscreen collaboration between Ryan and Hanks that would prove to be very successful in future films. Before she next appeared onscreen with Hanks, Ryan took an uncharacteristic turn towards the purely dramatic, playing Jim Morrison's drug-addicted wife Pamela in Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991). She received wide critical praise for her portrayal, proving that she was capable of extending her range beyond light comedy. She further demonstrated her capabilities in the dark 1993 drama Flesh and Bone. Her performance as a hitchhiker received strong notices, although the film, which cast her opposite husband Quaid, was largely ignored by audiences.That same year, Ryan returned to romantic comedy, starring opposite Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle. Nominated for a Golden Globe for her work, she then starred in another romantic comedy, I.Q., the following year. However, 1994 also brought more dramatic roles with Restoration, a period drama that cast Ryan as Robert Downey, Jr.'s doomed love, and When a Man Loves a Woman, in which she played an alcoholic. After further bucking her bubbly persona with a turn as a Gulf War solider in Courage Under Fire (1996) and a somewhat nasty portrayal of a vengeful ex-girlfriend in Addicted to Love (1997), Ryan again starred opposite Hanks in You've Got Mail (1998). Another romantic comedy, it put the actress back in her most successful milieu and was popular among critics and audiences alike. That same year, Ryan had further success starring opposite Nicolas Cage in the romantic drama City of Angels, and essayed the unlikely role of a world-weary exotic dancer in Hurlyburly.2000 saw Ryan return to comedy, starring alongside Lisa Kudrow and Diane Keaton in Keaton's Hanging Up and also serving as the producer of the supernatural thriller Lost Souls. However, it was Ryan's offscreen activities that same year that truly aroused the public's notice and allowed her to break away from her perky, girl-next-door persona more effectively than any number of dramatic film roles could ever

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Filmography

Movies

		Credit
22%	Ithaca	Director Mrs. Macauley	—	2016
100%	Everything Is Copy	Actor	—	2016
No Score Yet	Fan Girl	Mary Farrow	—	2015
22%	Serious Moonlight	Louise	—	2009
14%	The Women	Mary Haines	$26.9M	2008
No Score Yet	The Deal	Deidre Hearn	—	2008
No Score Yet	My Mom's New Boyfriend	Marty Durand	—	2008
No Score Yet	The Women	Actor	—	2008
44%	In the Land of Women	Sarah Hardwicke	$11.1M	2007
No Score Yet	Homeland Security	Actor	—	2007
12%	Against the Ropes	Jackie Kallen	$5.7M	2004
33%	In the Cut	Frannie	$4.8M	2003
80%	Searching for Debra Winger	Actor	—	2002
29%	Desert Saints	Producer	—	2002
50%	Kate & Leopold	Kate	$47.1M	2001
16%	The Wedding Planner	Executive Producer	$60M	2001
39%	Proof of Life	Alice	$31.2M	2000
8%	Lost Souls	Producer	—	2000
12%	Hanging Up	Eve	—	2000
59%	Hurlyburly	Bonnie	—	1998
69%	You've Got Mail	Kathleen Kelly	—	1998
58%	City of Angels	Maggie	—	1998
85%	Anastasia	Anastasia	—	1997
No Score Yet	Northern Lights	Executive Producer	—	1997
56%	Addicted to Love	Maggie	—	1997
85%	Courage Under Fire	Capt. Karen Walden	—	1996
70%	Restoration	Katherine	—	1996
48%	French Kiss	Producer Kate	—	1995
44%	I.Q.	Catherine Boyd	—	1994
71%	When a Man Loves a Woman	Alice Green	—	1994
68%	Flesh And Bone	Kay Davies	—	1993
74%	Sleepless in Seattle	Annie Reed	—	1993
63%	Prelude to a Kiss	Rita Boyle	—	1992
57%	The Doors	Pam Courson	—	1991
62%	Joe Versus the Volcano	DeDe/Angelica/Patricia	—	1990
90%	When Harry Met Sally	Sally	—	1989
53%	The Presidio	Donna Caldwell	—	1988
61%	D.O.A.	Sydney Fuller	—	1988
73%	Promised Land	Beverly 'Bev' Sykes	—	1988
82%	Innerspace	Lydia Maxwell	—	1987
11%	Armed and Dangerous	Maggie Cavanaugh	—	1986
54%	Top Gun	Carole Bradshaw	—	1986
5%	Amityville: The Demon	Lisa	—	1983
No Score Yet	Amy and the Angel	Denise	—	1982
57%	Rich and Famous	Debby (age 18)	—	1981

TV

		Credit
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015-2019	Guest	2018 2016
No Score Yet	Sunday Morning 2011-2018	Appearing	2016
No Score Yet	Tavis Smiley 2013-2018	Guest	2016
No Score Yet	The Talk 2010	Guest	2016
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2016 2015
No Score Yet	Billy on the Street 2011-2017	Appearing	2015
No Score Yet	Web Therapy 2011-2014	Karen Karen Sharpe	2013
No Score Yet	Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide 2012	Appearing	2012
92%	Curb Your Enthusiasm 2000	Herself	2009
No Score Yet	Lass es, Larry! 2000-2017	Herself	2009
No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003	Guest	2008 2004
85%	The Simpsons 1989	Voice	2007
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014	Guest	2004
No Score Yet	Nature 1982	Appearing Narrator Host	2002
No Score Yet	Charles in Charge 1984-1990	Megan Jane	1985 1984

QUOTES FROM Meg Ryan CHARACTERS

DeDe/Angelica/Patricia says: I have no response to that.

Joe Banks says: But still...We're on a raft... There's no land in site.... I don't now...

DeDe/Angelica/Patricia says: It's always gonna be something with you; isn't it, Joe?

Sarah Hardwicke says: This is it, this is exactly where I'm supposed to be, right here, with her. So I guess I just wish I could have appreciated everything more.

Dennis Reed says: It rains nine months a year in Seattle.

Annie Reed says: I know!

Annie Reed says: Destiny is something that we've invented because we can't stand that fact that everything that happens is accidental.

Annie Reed says: I don't deserve you.

Walter says: Well, I wouldn't put it that way, but... okay.

Rasputin says: Long live the Romanov's!

Anastasia says: Right! I couldn't have said it better myself!

Angelica says: Well, you're in a rotten mood, Patricia!

Patricia says: It's the sunshine: it gets me down.

Angelica says: Would you like to hear a poem?

Joe Banks says: Ok, sure.

Angelica says: Long ago, the delicate tangles of his hair covered the emptiness of my hand. Would you like to hear it again?

Maggie says: No dying now, Mr. Messenger. Not until you give me Seth's phone number.

Anastasia says: Do you really think I'm royalty?

Dimitri says: You know I do!

Anastasia says: Then stop bossing me around!

Anastasia says: Men are such babies

Anastasia says: Men are such babies.

Harry Burns says: Why don't you tell me the story of your life?

Sally Albright says: The story of my life?

Harry Burns says: We've got eighteen hours to kill before we hit New York.

Sally Albright says: The story of my life isn't even going to get us out of Chicago, I mean nothing's happened to me yet. That's why I'm going to New York.

Harry Burns says: So something can happen to you?

Sally Albright says: Yes.

Harry Burns says: Like what?

Sally Albright says: I can go into journalism school to become a reporter.

Harry Burns says: So you can write about things that happen to other people?

Patricia says: My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.

Patricia says: I wonder where we'll end up?

Joe Banks says: Away from the things of man, my love. Away from the things of man.

Harry Burns says: Okay Fine . I Take it back .

Harry Burns says: Okay Fine. I take it back.

Sally Albright says: You can't take it back . It's Already out there .

Sally Albright says: You can't take it back. It's Already out there.

Harry Burns says: Oh Geez . Call the cops it's already out there .

Harry Burns says: Oh Geez. Call the cops it's already out there.

Alice Bowman says: "Things don't happen for a reason; they just happen."

Alice Bowman says: Things don't happen for a reason; they just happen.

Anastasia says: You think you're going to miss it?

Dimitri says: Miss what? Your talking?

Anastasia says: No. Russia.

Rasputin says: Your Imperial Highness. Look what ten years has done to us: you a beautiful young flower and me a rotting corpse.

Anastasia says: That face!

Rasputin says: Last seen at a party like this one.

Anastasia says: A curse...

Carole says: "Hey Goose ya big stud!"

Carole says: Hey Goose ya big stud!

Lt. Nick Bradshaw says: "That's me honey."

Lt. Nick Bradshaw says: That's me honey.

Carole says: "Take me me to bed or lose me forever!"

Carole says: Take me me to bed or lose me forever!

Annie Reed says: "You make a million decisions that mean nothing, & then one day, you order take-out, and it changes your life."

Annie Reed says: You make a million decisions that mean nothing, & then one day, you order take-out, and it changes your life.

Kathleen Kelly says: Kathleen Kelly: I love daisies. Joe Fox: You told me. Kathleen Kelly: They're so friendly. Don't you think daisies are the friendliest flower?

Kathleen Kelly says: I love daisies.

Joe Fox says: You told me.

George Pappas says: They're so friendly. Don't you think daisies are the friendliest flower?

Kathleen Kelly says: Once I read a story about a butterfly in the subway, and today, I saw one. It got on at 42nd, and off at 59th, where, I assume it was going to Bloomingdales to buy a hat that will turn out to be a mistake - as almost all hats are.

Kathleen Kelly says: What will NY152 say today I wonder. I turn on my computer. I wait impatiently as it connects. I go online, and my breath catches in my chest until I hear three little words: You've got mail. I hear nothing. Not even a sound on the streets of New York, just the beating of my own heart. I have mail. From you.

Kathleen Kelly says: [on closing her store] But the truth is, I'm heart broken. I feel as though a part of me has died and my mother has died all over again and nothing will ever make it right.

Kathleen Kelly says: Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life. Well, not small, but valuable. And sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven't been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around? I don't really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So good night, dear void.

Alice Green says: It's horrifying how much you can hate yourself for being low and weak and he couldn't save me from that. So I turned it on him; I tried to empty it onto him. But there was always more, you know. When he tried to help I told him that he made me feel small and worthless. But nobody makes us feel that, we do that for ourselves. I shut him out because I knew if he ever really saw who I was inside, that he wouldn't love me. And we're separated now, he's moved away, and it was so hard not to beg him to stay. And I don't know if I'm going to get a second chance but I have to believe. That I deserve one. Because we all do.

Alice Green says: I think I could love you again if you could, for once, say 'I don't know.'

Annie Reed says: Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.

Annie Reed says: I don't deserve you.

Annie Reed says: Sam... It's nice to meet you.

Annie Reed says: Sam. It's nice to meet you.

Sally Albright says: You see? That is just like you, Harry. You say things like that, and you make it impossible for me to hate you.

Sally Albright says: Harry, you're going to have to try and find a way of not expressing every feeling that you have, every moment that you have them.

Maggie says: I wait all day, just hoping for one more minute with you, and I don't even know you.

Maggie says: Those eyes. The way he looked right... right down into me.

Maggie says: Those eyes. The way he looked right, right down into me.

Maggie says: I'm not afraid. When they ask me what I liked the best, I'll tell them, it was you.

Harry Burns says: But I would be proud...

Sally Albright says: But I would be proud...

Harry Burns says: ...to partake...

Sally Albright says: ...to partake...

Harry Burns says: ...of your pecan pie.

Sally Albright says: ...of your pecan pie.