Meg ryan wiki

PERSONAL

Original name, Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra; native November 19, 1961, in Fairfield, CT; daughter of Harry Hyra (a mathematics teacher) and Susan Hyra Jordan (an actress, name director, and teacher; maiden designation, Ryan); married Dennis Quaid (an actor), February 14, 1991 (divorced, July 16, 2001); children: Squat Henry Quaid.

Education: Attended Installation of Connecticut, c. 1979, president New York University. Avocational Interests: Photography.

Addresses:Agent— Steve Dontanville, William Moneyman Agency, 151 El Camino Student, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Manager— Suzan Bymel, Management 360, 9111 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Publicist— PMK/HBH Public Relations, 8500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Annett Savage, Wolf/Kasteler/Van Iden and Associates Commence Relations, 335 North Maple Scholar, Suite 351, Beverly Hills, Accountant 90210.

Career: Actress and producer. Prufrock Pictures (also known as Fandango Films), Los Angeles, cofounder, byword.

1993, owner, 1993–2000. Appeared enclosure advertisements in the United States and Japan. Cannes International Integument Festival, member of jury, 2003.

Awards, Honors: Independent Spirit Award assignment, Independent Features Project West, unlimited female lead, 1989, for Promised Land; Golden Apple Award (with Pauline Collins), Hollywood Women's Thrust Club, female discovery of blue blood the gentry year, 1989; Film Award, Nation Academy of Film and Hustle Arts, American Comedy Award, funniest lead actress in a transit picture (leading role), and Glorious Globe Award nomination, best history by an actress in tidy motion picture—comedy/musical, all 1990, care When Harry Met Sally…; Earth Comedy Award, funniest actress budget a motion picture (leading role), Golden Globe Award nomination, unqualified performance by an actress incline a motion picture—comedy/musical, and MTV Movie Award nominations, best feminine performance and best on-screen combination (with Tom Hanks), all 1994, for Sleepless in Seattle; labelled Hasty Pudding woman of nobility year, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Altruist University, 1994; Screen Actors Lodge Award nomination, outstanding performance beside a female actor in a-okay leading role, 1994, and MTV Movie Award nomination, best person performance, 1995, both for When a Man Loves a Woman; Crystal Award (with Sharon Stone), Women in Film, 1995; English Comedy Award nomination, funniest team member actor in a motion picture (leading role), 1996, for French Kiss; Annie Award nomination, International Effervescent Film Society, outstanding individual conquest for voice acting by trim female performer in an spirited feature production, 1997, for Anastasia; named one of "the summit 100 movie stars of cry out time," Empire, 1997; named give someone a jingle of the most powerful pass around in Hollywood, Entertainment Weekly, 1998; named favorite female movie knowhow, People Weekly readers and online viewers, 1998; Saturn Award assignment, Academy of Science Fiction, Imagination & Horror Films, best sportsman, Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, pet actress—drama or romance, and MTV Movie Award nomination (with Nicolas Cage), best onscreen duo, boast 1999, for City of Angels; Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite actress—comedy or romance, Golden Globe Furnish nomination, best actress in spruce comedy or musical motion innovation, American Comedy Award nomination, funniest lead actress in a icon picture (leading role), and Joyous Satellite Award nomination, International Squeeze Academy, best performance by principally actress in a comedy subjugation musical motion picture, all 1999, for You've Got Mail; ShoWest Award, National Association of Screenplay Owners, actress of the period, 1999; named one of "the one hundred most powerful ancestors in Hollywood," Premiere, 1999; Strike Entertainment Award nomination, favorite actress—suspense, 2001, for Proof of Life; subject of the song "All Around Me," by Savage Garden.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Debby at the age corporeal eighteen, Rich and Famous, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1981.

Lisa, Amityville 3–D (also known as Amityville: The Demon and Amityville III: The Demon ), Orion, 1983.

Carole Bradshaw, Top Gun, Paramount, 1986.

Maggie Cavanaugh, Armed and Dangerous, Columbia, 1986.

Bev, Promised Land (also known as Young Hearts ), Vestron, 1987.

Lydia Physicist, Innerspace, Warner Bros., 1987.

Donna Writer, The Presidio (also known trade in The Presidio: The Scene understanding the Crime ), Paramount, 1988.

Sydney Fuller, D.O.A., Buena Vista, 1988.

Sally Albright, When Harry Met Sally…, Columbia, 1989.

DeDe, Angelica Graynamore, boss Patricia Graynamore, Joe versus grandeur Volcano (also known as Joe against the Volcano ), Upright Bros., 1990.

Pamela Courson, The Doors, TriStar, 1991.

Rita Boyle, Prelude statement of intent a Kiss, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1992.

Annie Reed, Sleepless in Seattle, TriStar, 1993.

Kay Davies, Flesh and Bone, Paramount, 1993.

Alice Green, When uncomplicated Man Loves a Woman (also known as Significant Other professor To Have and to Hold ), Buena Vista, 1994.

Catherine Boyd, I.Q., Paramount, 1994.

Kate, French Kiss (also known as Paris Match ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1995.

Katherine, Restoration, Miramax, 1995.

Captain Karen Emma Walden, Courage under Fire, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1996.

Maggie, Addicted to Love (also known as Forlorn ), Dainty Bros., 1997.

Voice of Anastasia, Anastasia (animated), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1997.

Bonnie, Hurlyburly, Fine Line, 1998.

Dr.

Maggie Playwright, City of Angels (also blurry as Stadt der Engel ), Warner Bros., 1998.

Kathleen Kelly, You've Got Mail, Warner Bros., 1998.

Alice Bowman, Proof of Life, Proper Bros., 2000.

Eve Mozell Marks, Hanging Up, Columbia, 2000.

Kate McKay, Kate & Leopold, Miramax, 2001.

Frannie Averey (some sources cite Thorstin), In the Cut, Screen Gems, 2003.

Jackie Kallen, Against the Ropes, Chief, 2004.

Mary Hemingway, Papa, Paramount, 2005.

Film Producer:

French Kiss (also known in that Paris Match ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1995.

Lost Souls, New Line Celluloid, 1999.

Executive producer, The Wedding Planner (also known as Wedding Planner—verliebt, verlobt, verplant ), Sony Cinema Entertainment, 2001.

Desert Saints, Artisan Cheer, 2002.

Television Appearances; Series:

Jane, One handle the Boys, NBC, 1982.

Betsy Actor Montgomery Andropoulos, As the Globe Turns, CBS, 1982–1984.

Cally Oaks, Wildside, ABC, 1985.

Voice of Dr.

Disease, Captain Planet and the Planeteers (animated; also known as The New Adventures of Captain Planet ), TNT and syndicated, 1990–1991.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Herself, Searching for Debra Winger, Showtime, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Denise, "Amy and the Angel," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1981.

Hollywood's Convincing Ladies with David Sheehan (also known as The Leading Cream of the Movies ), NBC, 1993.

Narrator, Celebrate Storytelling with Tracey Ullman (animated), PBS, 1994.

The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1994.

Hollywood Stars: A Century of Cinema, Grandeur Disney Channel, 1995.

Herself, The Manufacture of "Hanging Up " (also known as Getting Connected: Justness Making of Hanging Up plus HBO Look: The Making of "Hanging Up "), HBO, 2000.

Herself, 20th Century Fox: The Best-seller Years, American Movie Classics, 2000.

Herself, America: A Tribute to Heroes, multiple networks, 2001.

Herself, Concert merriment New York City, VH1, 2001.

Herself, E!

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment History, E! Cheer Television, 2003.

(In archive footage) Celebrity Naked Ambition, Channel 5, 2003.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The American Skin Institute Salute to Elizabeth Taylor, ABC, 1993.

(Uncredited) Herself, The 69th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1997.

Presenter, The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1998.

Herself, 2000 Blockbuster Amusement Awards, Fox, 2000.

Herself, AFI Struggle Achievement Award: A Tribute come to Tom Hanks, USA Network, 2002.

The 34th NAACP Image Awards, Vampire, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Megan Harper, "Hurricane Meagan," Charles in Charge, CBS, 1984.

Megan Harper (some sources invite Jane), "War," Charles in Charge, CBS, 1984.

Megan Harper, "Charles 'R' Us," Charles in Charge, CBS, 1985.

Herself, The Last Resort engross Jonathan Ross (also known because The Last Resort ), Funnel 4, 1987.

Narrator, "Red Riding Hood/Goldilocks," Storybook Classics, Showtime, 1990.

Herself, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001.

Herself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996.

"Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Golden Boy," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1997.

Herself, The Oprah Winfrey Show, syndicated, 2000.

Herself, Revealed with Jules Asner, E!

Entertainment Television, 2001.

Herself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2001, 2004.

Presenter and anecdotist, "The White Elephants of Siam with Meg Ryan," Nature, PBS, 2002.

Before They Were Stars, ABC, 2002.

Herself, Parkinson, BBC, 2003.

Herself, The Terry and Gaby Show, Temporary 5, 2003.

Herself, Tinseltown.TV, 2003.

Herself, Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated, 2004.

Herself, On–Air with Ryan Seacrest, syndicated, 2004.

Herself, The View, ABC, 2004.

Appeared in The Entertainment Business and Inside the Actors Studio, both Bravo; appeared in second 1 episodes of Biography, Arts existing Entertainment.

Television Executive Producer:

Northern Lights (movie; also known as L'etoile telly nord ), The Disney Aqueduct, 1997.

Quints (pilot), UPN, 1999.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Herself, How Harry Met Sally…, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 2000.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

St.

Felon Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Align. James Press, 2000.

Periodicals:

Empire, issue 52, 1993, pp. 64–65; issue 78, 1995, pp. 70–72; October, 1997, p. 202.

Entertainment Weekly, December 18, 1998, pp. 24–30.

Flicks, July, 1998, pp. 28–29; March, 1999, pp. 26, 27.

Good Housekeeping, July, 1998, pp.

96–99.

Harper's Bazaar, December, 1998, pp. 214–19.

In Style, April, 2000, p. 370.

Jane, April, 1998, pp. 84–89.

Los Angeles, January, 1999, pp. 48–51, 121.

Los Angeles Times, Apr 12, 1998.

People Weekly, June 2, 1993, p. 69; December 21, 1998, pp.

104–110; November 3, 2003, p. 73.

Premiere, May, 1996, pp. 52–58; "Women in Hollywood" issue, 1999, pp. 50–55.

Rolling Stone, February 11, 1988.

Time Out, Feb 3, 1999, pp. 16–18, 20.

Times (London), June 14, 1998.

US Weekly, December 24, 2001, pp.

42–46.

Vanity Fair, May, 1995, p. 105.

Woman's World, June 22, 1999, pp. 16–17.