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Meg Ryan

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Meg Ryan

Born November 19, 1961 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA40 films

Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is an American actress, producer, and director. She began her acting career in 1981 when she made her acting debut in the drama film Rich and Famous. She later joined the cast of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns in 1982.

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She began to appear in supporting roles in films during the mid-1980s like box office hit Top Gun, achieving recognition in independent films such as Promised Land (1987) before her performance in the Rob Reiner-directed romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally... (1989) brought her widespread attention and her first Golden Globe nomination.

She subsequently established herself, both nationally and internationally, as one of the most successful actresses in the 1990s and early 2000s, particularly in romantic comedy films such as When Harry Met Sally (1989), Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), Prelude to a Kiss (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), French Kiss (1995), You've Got Mail (1998), and Kate & Leopold (2001). Her other films include Top Gun (1986), Innerspace (1987),  The Doors (1991), Anastasia (1997), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), Courage Under Fire (1996), Addicted to Love (1997), City of Angels (1998), Proof of Life (2000), Against the Ropes (2004), and The Women (2008). In 2015, she made her directorial debut with Ithaca, in which she also starred.

In 1995, critic Richard Corliss called her "the current soul of romantic comedy." Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited her as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.

She was married to actor Dennis Quaid (1991-2001), and they have a son, Jack. In 2000, she became romantically involved with actor Russell Crowe while working on their film Proof of Life. In January 2006, she adopted a 14-month-old girl from China whom she named Daisy True. She was in a relationship with American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp (2010-2014). They reunited in 2017, and announced their engagement on November 8, 2018. In October 2019, it was reported that she had ended their engagement.

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Anastasia posterFirst watchAnastasia19977.6as Anastasia (voice)Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting with her grandmother.View film

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Filmography

40 films as actor
  1. TBARabbit Ears: Goldilocks and the Three BearsNarrator (voice)
  2. TBAGood Sex
  3. 2023What Happens LaterWilla
  4. 2015Fan GirlMary Farrow
  5. 2015IthacaMrs. Macauley
  6. 2009Serious MoonlightLouise
  7. 2008The DealDeidre Hearn
  8. 2008The WomenMary Haines
  9. 2008My Mom's New BoyfriendMarty Durand
  10. 2007In the Land of WomenSarah Hardwicke
  11. 2004Against the RopesJackie Kallen
  12. 2003In the CutFrannie Avery
  13. 2001Kate & LeopoldKate McKay
  14. 2000Proof of LifeAlice Bowman
  15. 2000Hanging UpEve Mozell Marks
  16. 1998HurlyburlyBonnie
  17. 1998You've Got MailKathleen Kelly
  18. 1998City of AngelsMaggie
  19. 1997AnastasiaAnastasia (voice)
  20. 1997Addicted to LoveMaggie
  21. 1996Courage Under FireCaptain Karen Emma Walden
  22. 1995RestorationKatharine
  23. 1995French KissKate
  24. 1994I.Q.Catherine Boyd
  25. 1994When a Man Loves a WomanAlice Green
  26. 1993Flesh and BoneKay Davies
  27. 1993Sleepless in SeattleAnnie Reed
  28. 1992Prelude to a KissRita Boyle
  29. 1991The DoorsPamela Courson
  30. 1990Joe Versus the VolcanoDeDe / Angelica / Patricia Graynamore
  31. 1989When Harry Met Sally...Sally Albright
  32. 1988The PresidioDonna Caldwell
  33. 1988D.O.A.Sydney Fuller
  34. 1988Promised LandBev Sykes
  35. 1987InnerspaceLydia Maxwell
  36. 1986Armed and DangerousMaggie Cavanaugh
  37. 1986Top GunCarole
  38. 1983Amityville 3-DLisa
  39. 1982Amy and the AngelDenise
  40. 1981Rich and FamousDebby Blake, 18 Years