Meg Ryan is an American actress and producer. Ryan began her acting career in 1981 in minor roles before joining the cast of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns in 1982. Subsequently, 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.
Ryan subsequently established herself, both nationally and internationally, [1] as one of the most successful actresses in the 1990s and early 2000s, particularly in romantic comedy films such as Sleepless in Seattle (1993), French Kiss (1995), You've Got Mail (1998), Hanging Up (2000) and Kate & Leopold (2001). Her other films include The Doors (1991), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), Courage Under Fire (1996), Addicted to Love (1997), City of Angels (1998), Proof of Life (2000), and The Women (2008). In 2015, she made her directorial debut with Ithaca , a film in which she also acted.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | Rich and Famous | Debby Blake | |
1983 | Amityville 3-D | Lisa | |
1986 | Top Gun | Carole Bradshaw | |
Armed and Dangerous | Maggie Cavanaugh | ||
1987 | Promised Land | Beverly "Bev" Sykes | |
Innerspace | Lydia Maxwell | ||
1988 | D.O.A. | Sydney Fuller | |
The Presidio | Donna Caldwell | ||
1989 | When Harry Met Sally... | Sally Albright | |
1990 | Joe Versus the Volcano | DeDe / Angelica Graynamore / Patricia Graynamore | |
1991 | The Doors | Pamela Courson | |
1992 | Prelude to a Kiss | Rita Boyle | |
1993 | Sleepless in Seattle | Annie Reed | |
Flesh and Bone | Kay Davies | ||
1994 | When a Man Loves a Woman | Alice Green | |
I.Q. | Catherine Boyd | ||
1995 | French Kiss | Kate | Also producer |
Restoration | Katharine | ||
1996 | Courage Under Fire | CPT Karen Emma Walden | |
1997 | Addicted to Love | Maggie | |
Anastasia | Anastasia Romanov | Voice role | |
1998 | City of Angels | Dr. Maggie Rice | |
Hurlyburly | Bonnie | ||
You've Got Mail | Kathleen Kelly | ||
2000 | Hanging Up | Eve Mozell Marks | |
Proof of Life | Alice Bowman | ||
2001 | Kate & Leopold | Kate McKay | |
2003 | In the Cut | Frannie Avery | |
2004 | Against the Ropes | Jackie Kallen | |
2007 | In the Land of Women | Sarah Hardwicke | |
2008 | The Deal | Deidre Heam | |
My Mom's New Boyfriend | Martha Durand | ||
The Women | Mary Haines | ||
2009 | Serious Moonlight | Louise "Lou" | |
2015 | Ithaca | Mrs. Kate Macauley | Also director/producer |
2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Carole Bradshaw | Archival footage from Top Gun |
2023 | What Happens Later | Willa | Also director/writer |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | As the World Turns | Betsy Stewart Montgomery Andropoulos | Main Cast; 1982-1984 |
ABC Afterschool Special | Denise | Episode: "Amy and the Angel" | |
One of the Boys | Jane | Recurring role; 13 episodes | |
1983 | Tattletales | Herself | Soap opera couples week |
1984–1985 | Charles in Charge | Megan Harper | 2 episodes |
1985 | Wildside | Cally Oaks | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
1990–1991 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Dr. Blight (voice role) | Cast member |
1997 | Northern Lights | — | Television film Executive producer |
2003 | Tinseltown TV | Herself | Episode: "December 6, 2003" |
2007 | The Simpsons | Dr. Swanson (voice role) | Episode: "Yokel Chords" |
2008 | Pangea Day | Herself | Television film |
2009 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Episode: "The Reunion" | |
2011–2013 | Web Therapy | Karen Sharpe | 5 episodes |
2015 | Fan Girl | Mary Farrow | Television film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | A Century of Cinema | Herself | Documentary with film personalities. |
1998–2000 | HBO First Look | Television documentary – The Making of Proof of Life (2000) – Getting Connected: On the Set of Hanging Up (2000) – The Making of You've Got Mail: A Conversation with Nora Ephron (1998) | |
1999–2001 | The Directors | Television documentary – The Films of Lawrence Kasdan (2001) – The Films of Rob Reiner (1999) | |
2000 | The Making of Hanging Up | Television documentary | |
2002 | Nature | Television documentary – The White Elephants of Thailand | |
Searching for Debra Winger | |||
2003 | What's Going On? | Television documentary – Intolerance in Northern Ireland | |
2004 | Love Hollywood Style | Television documentary | |
2006 | The Making of Anastasia | Video documentary | |
2012 | Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide | ||
2015 | Everything Is Copy | ||
2016 | Gylne tider | Television documentary Episode: "Gylne tabber og tilbakeblikk" |
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