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Meg Ryan (nee Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra,
November 19, 1961 in Fairfield,
Connecticut|Fairfield, Connecticut) is an United
States|American Actor|actress who specializes in
romantic comedy|romantic comedies, but has worked
in other film genres as well.

Ryan studied journalism at New York University.
She went into acting to earn extra money while in
school. After her first role in a feature film,
Ryan (now using her screen name) played Betsy on
the daytime drama As the World Turns from 1982 to
1984. Directors for this show especially liked
working with her because she could cry on cue.

After several TV movie|TV film and smaller movie
roles, her first full-blown hit in a leading role
was the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally. The
movie was favorably received and crystallized
Ryan's on-screen persona as a bubbly, charming,
feisty but incurable romantic, a role she has
reprised in several roles since. In 2003, she
broke away from her usual roles, and starred in In
the Cut, an erotic crime/thriller/mystery.  Many
of her films of the 1990s have been hits not only
in North America, but also abroad.

Ryan married actor Dennis Quaid on Valentine's Day
in 1991 after co-starring in two films with him.
They divorced on July 16, 2001 after she had an
indiscreet affair with actor Russell Crowe, with
whom she was working on a movie. Quaid and Ryan
had one child together, Jack Henry, born April 24,
1992.  Meg has been estranged from her own mother,
Susan Jordan, for many years.

==Filmography==
*Rich and Famous (1981)
*Amityville 3-D (1983)
*Top Gun (1986)
*Armed and Dangerous (movie)|Armed and Dangerous
(1986)
*Promised Land (1987)
*Innerspace (1987)
*D.O.A. (1988)
*The Presidio (1988)
*When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
*Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
*The Doors (movie)|The Doors (1991)
*Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
*Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
*Flesh and Bone (1993)
*A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
*When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
*I.Q. (movie)|I.Q. (1994)
*French Kiss (1995) (also producer)
*Restoration (movie)|Restoration (1995)
*Courage Under Fire (1996)
*Addicted to Love (1997)
*Anastasia (1997 movie)|Anastasia (1997) (voice)
*City of Angels (1998)
*Hurlyburly (1998)
*You've Got Mail (1998)
*Hanging Up (2000)
*Proof of Life (2000)
*Kate & Leopold (2001)
*Searching for Debra Winger (2002) (documentary)
*In the Cut (2003)
*Against the Ropes (2004)
*The Tortilla Curtain (2005) (currently in
pre-production)
*Papa (movie)|Papa (2005) (currently announced
start of production)
*In the Land of Women (2006) (currently in
post-production)

==External links==

* imdb name|id=0000212|name=Meg Ryan