Birth name: Margaret Mary Emily Ann Hyra
Gender: Female
Spouse: Dennis Quaid (14 February 1991 - 16 July 2001) (divorced) 1 child
Profession: Actress
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Graduated from Bethel High School. Was Prom Queen. [1979]
"People say that chivalry is dead, I don't think that it's dead, I think it's just got the 'flu!"(commenting on the nudity and sex in 'In the Cut') "You don't go, 'Wow! I get to do a nude scene.' But I love the sex scene in this movie. It was scary, honest and raw. But people could find my body very unattractive. There could be a backlash against it."
Salary Kate & Leopold (2001) $15,000,000 Proof of Life (2000) $15,000,000 You've Got Mail (1998) $10,500,000 City of Angels (1998) $8,500,000
Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: Perky blond actress, with twinkly blue eyes and a broad smile, who has endeared herself to audiences in a handful of hit movies. She made her screen debut as Candice Bergen 's daughter in Rich and Famous (1981), and appeared as a regular on the daytime drama As the World Turns and the short-lived prime-time series Wild Side (1985) while amassing a handful of other film credits (1983's Amityville 3-D 1986's Armed and Dangerous). Her climb toward stardom began with a solid supporting role in Top Gun (1986, as the wife of flyer Anthony Edwards ) and continued with Innerspace (1987), D.O.A., Promised Land and The Presidio (all 1988). But it was her engaging performance opposite Billy Crystal in the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally (1989) that put her over the top; her "fake orgasm" scene became an instant classic. She's had other successes, both comedic and dramatic (notably as Jim Morrison's drugged-out girlfriend in 1991's The Doors but audiences seem to like her best in romantic comedy, as was reaffirmed by the enormous success of Sleepless in Seattle (1993, opposite Tom Hanks, with whom she starred in 1990's Joe Versus the Volcano which again gave her a tailor-made role. In 1991 she married longtime boyfriend Dennis Quaid , whom she met on Innerspace and with whom she appeared in D.O.A and the downbeat drama Flesh and Bone (1993). She's also starred in Prelude to a Kiss (1992), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994, in a bravura performance as an alcoholic), I.Q (also 1994), and French Kiss (1995).
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The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - Meg Ryan