Meg Ryan, American husband and actress, Margaret Mary Emily Anne was born on November 19, 1961, in Fairfield, Connecticut.

She attended St. Pius X Elementary School in Fairfield and was raised Catholic. She has two sisters named Dana and Annie as well as a brother named Andrew Hyra who plays music and is part of the band Billy Pilgrim. When she was fifteen, her parents separated.

In 1979, Ryan graduated from high school in Bethel. She went to the University of Connecticut and New York University to study journalism while she was an undergraduate.

She starred in television commercials and the soap opera As the World Turns to earn extra money while studying. She dropped out of school a semester early due to her success in her acting career.

Career of Meg Ryan

Ryan made her acting debut in director George Cukor’s final film, Rich and Famous, in 1981. From 1982 to 1984, Ryan portrayed Betsy Stewart in the daytime drama As the World Turns, where her role was part of ‘a much-loved love story arc. .

In the early 1980s, she also appeared in a few television commercials for brands like Burger King and Aim toothpaste.

This was followed by roles on television and in smaller films, such as Charles in Charge, Armed and Dangerous and Amityville 3-D.

Ryan received his first nomination for an Independent Spirit Award for his performance in Promised Land (1987).

When Harry Met Sally… (1989), a romantic comedy starring comedian Billy Crystal that gave Ryan his first major role, earning him a Golden Globe nomination.

In one of the most famous scenes of her portrayal of Sally Albright, she theatrically shows the character Crystal in Katz’s Delicatessen in Manhattan how easy it is for a woman to fake an orgasm.

In Luis Mandoki’s romantic social drama When a Man Loves a Woman, which also starred Andy Garcia, Ryan took on the role of an alcoholic high school guidance counselor in 1994, a far cry from naive roles in comedies romantics for which she had previously gained fame.

Ryan was attached to numerous projects in the early 2010s, all of which failed, including the ensemble drama Lives of The Saints, in which he would have starred alongside Kat Dennings, Kevin Zegers and John Lithgow, and Long Time Gone , a film based on April Stevens’ novel Angel Angel.

Into the Beautiful, dubbed “a contemporary Big Chill with longtime friends reconnecting,” was supposed to be Ryan’s feature directorial debut in April 2011, but it was never released.

The PBS show Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide spotlighted Ryan in October 2012. The show features women and girls who struggle to overcome difficult conditions while living in them.

William Saroyan’s Human Comedy was released as an audiobook that same month, read by Ryan.

Ryan was rumored to return to television in October 2013 to produce and appear in a brand new comedy for NBC based on a former New York editor, but once again the production failed to gain approval .

The ABC Family Movie Fan Girl, an independent comedy starring Kiernan Shipka about a 15-year-old girl with a passion for film who sets out to make a film about her favorite band, All Time Low, was Ryan’s next feature film. In June 2015, it had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Ithaca, a drama film based on William Saroyan’s 1943 novel The Human Comedy, marked Ryan’s directorial debut.

It was filmed in Petersburg, Virginia, with Ryan as the main cast, and had its international premiere in October at the Middleburg Film Festival.

Relationship History with Meg Ryan

Dennis Quaid and Ryan were married on February 14, 1991. Jack Quaid, their only child, was born on April 24, 1992. In June 2000, she and Quaid announced their separation and in July 2001, their divorce was legally finalized.

While producing the film Proof of Life with actor Russell Crowe in 2000, Ryan began dating him.

Ryan also dated American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp from 2010 to 2014. They got back together in 2017 and on November 8, 2018, Ryan made an engagement announcement. It was revealed that Ryan called off their engagement in October 2019.