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Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra, known professionally as Meg Ryan, is an American actress. Known for playing quirky, charismatic women since the late 1980s, Ryan is particularly recognized for her leading roles in romantic comedies, a genre she dominated during the 1990s. Dubbed "America's Sweetheart" by the media, she became one of Hollywood's most bankable stars of the latter decade.

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entertainment · American actress (born 1961) · television actor · film actor · actor · voice actor · character actor · also Meg Ryan, Ryan

Born 19 November 1961 · Q167498

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seemingly by choice. But sometimes your life chooses you.
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Awarded Crystal Award (1995).
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2026· 1 entry

Aug 17, 2026Documented record88% confidence

“seemingly by choice. But sometimes your life chooses you.”

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2024· 2 entries

Aug 29, 2024Reported claimRated There does not appear to be any evidence that these events took place, nor any evidence that the duchess was in Sarajevo for the festival. Meghan was in Colombia on a documented visit during much of the film festival, including the opening ceremony on August 16. A video of Meg Ryan’s acceptance speech and footage of the When Harry Met Sally and You’ve Got Mail actress from the red carpet before she was given the honour do not support the claims. · PA Media

PA Media rated the claim “During an acceptance speech for an award at the Sarajevo Film Festival American actress Meg Ryan launched a “merciless diatribe” at Meghan.” There does not appear to be any evidence that these events took place, nor any evidence that the duchess was in Sarajevo for the festival. Meghan was in Colombia on a documented visit during much of the film festival, including the opening ceremony on August 16. A video of Meg Ryan’s acceptance speech and footage of the When Harry Met Sally and You’ve Got Mail actress from the red carpet before she was given the honour do not support the claims..

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Ryan attended the Sarajevo Film Festival to receive the highest award the Heart of Sarajevo

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2021· 1 entry

2021Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

But maintained that Ryan's behavior "played a part in it too"

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2019· 1 entry

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Ryan described herself as a "terrible celebrity" who finds fame to be uncomfortable, exhausting and disabling

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2017· 2 entries

2017Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

They reunited in 2017, and Ryan announced their engagement on November 8, 2018.

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And Ryan announced their engagement on November 8, 2018

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2015· 2 entries

2015Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Made her directorial debut with Ithaca, in which she also starred

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Ryan made her directing debut with Ithaca, a drama film based on the 1943 novel The Human Comedy by William Saroyan

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2009· 2 entries

2009Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Ryan guest-starred on the seventh season of Curb Your Enthusiasm

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2009Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Ryan starred alongside Kristen Bell and Justin Long in the independent comedy film Serious Moonlight

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2003· 2 entries

2003Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Ryan broke away from her usual roles, starring alongside Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Jason Leigh in Jane Campion's erotic thriller film In the Cut

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Supported Wesley Clark's campaign for U

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1996· 1 entry

1996Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Ryan starred as a helicopter pilot in the war drama Courage Under Fire, a critical and commercial success

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1995· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1995Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Crystal Award (1995).

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1995Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Critic Richard Corliss called Ryan "the current soul of romantic comedy"

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1994· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1994Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (1994).

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1994Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Ryan played an alcoholic high-school guidance counselor – far from the romantic-comedy ingenue roles for which she had become famous – in Luis Mandoki's social romantic drama When a Man Loves a Woman, also starring Andy

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1993· 1 entry

1993Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

The hugely successful romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattle paired Ryan for a second time with Tom Hanks

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1990· 1 entry

1990Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

— a commercial disappointment which later developed a cult following

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1988· 1 entry

1988Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

With Sean Connery and Mark Harmon in The Presidio

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1987· 1 entry

1987Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

With her future husband Dennis Quaid, and they subsequently costarred in the remake of D

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1986· 1 entry

1986Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Played Carole Bradshaw, the wife of Anthony Edwards' character, naval flight officer Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, in Top Gun

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1981· 1 entry

1981Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Ryan played Betsy Stewart in the daytime drama As the World Turns from 1982 to 1984; her character was featured in a popular romantic story arc

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1961· 1 entry

Nov 19, 1961Documented record86% confidence

Born 1961-11-19.

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1876· 1 entry

1876Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

To the present and falls in love with a successful market researcher in the modern New York, the James Mangold-directed film received a mixed-to-positive response, with Lael Loewenstein of Variety summing it as "a mostly

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