Meg Ryan

Career timeline

1. 1961 · Born

   Born in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

2. 1981 · Screen debut

   Rich and Famous (Movie)

3. 1986 · Breakthrough

   Top Gun (Movie)

4. 1995 · First production

   French Kiss (Movie)

5. 2015 · Directing debut

   Ithaca (Movie)

6. 2023 · Writing debut

   What Happens Later (Movie)

7. 2023 · Latest release

   What Happens Later (Movie)

Career in numbers

15 1980s

18 1990s

15 2000s

4 2010s

1 2020s

• Comedy28
• Drama27
• Romance23
• Thriller8
• Action7
• Mystery4

Highest-rated title E! True Hollywood Story 1996 8.1 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Meg Ryan in our catalogue.

Nora Ephron

4 titles together

Tom Hanks

3 titles together

Dan Bucatinsky

2 titles together

Dennis Quaid

2 titles together

Brion James

2 titles together

Tim Robbins

2 titles together

David Mandel

2 titles together

Timothy Hutton

2 titles together

Tony Shalhoub

2 titles together

Michael Hoffman

2 titles together

1. — How I Met Your Dad Upcoming as Future Sally Javits TV
2. — Good Sex Upcoming Movie
3. — Rabbit Ears: Goldilocks and the Three Bears Upcoming as Narrator (voice) Movie
4. 2023 What Happens Later as Willa 4.7 Movie
5. 2015 Fan Girl as Mary Farrow 5.3 Movie
6. 2015 Ithaca as Mrs. Macauley 5.2 Movie
7. 2011 Billy on the Street as Self 6.3 TV
8. 2011 Web Therapy as Karen Sharpe 6.7 TV
9. 2009 Serious Moonlight as Louise 5.0 Movie
10. 2008 The Deal as Deidre Hearn 5.4 Movie
11. 2008 Web Therapy as Karen Sharpe TV
12. 2008 The Women as Mary Haines 5.2 Movie
13. 2008 My Mom's New Boyfriend as Marty Durand 5.4 Movie
14. 2007 In the Land of Women as Sarah Hardwicke 5.9 Movie
15. 2004 Against the Ropes as Jackie Kallen 5.1 Movie
16. 2003 In the Cut as Frannie Avery 5.1 Movie
17. 2003 The Terry and Gaby Show TV
18. 2001 Kate & Leopold as Kate McKay 6.4 Movie
19. 2000 Proof of Life as Alice Bowman 6.1 Movie
20. 2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm as Meg Ryan 8.1 TV
21. 2000 Hanging Up as Eve Mozell Marks 5.3 Movie
22. 1998 Hurlyburly as Bonnie 5.5 Movie
23. 1998 You've Got Mail as Kathleen Kelly 6.7 Movie
24. 1998 City of Angels as Maggie 6.8 Movie
25. 1997 Anastasia as Anastasia (voice) 7.6 Movie
26. 1997 Addicted to Love as Maggie 6.2 Movie
27. 1996 E! True Hollywood Story 8.1 TV
28. 1996 Courage Under Fire as Captain Karen Emma Walden 6.6 Movie
29. 1995 Restoration as Katharine 6.1 Movie
30. 1995 French Kiss as Kate 6.5 Movie
31. 1994 I.Q. as Catherine Boyd 6.0 Movie
32. 1994 When a Man Loves a Woman as Alice Green 6.6 Movie
33. 1993 Flesh and Bone as Kay Davies 6.0 Movie
34. 1993 Sleepless in Seattle as Annie Reed 6.7 Movie
35. 1992 Prelude to a Kiss as Rita Boyle 5.6 Movie
36. 1991 The Doors as Pamela Courson 7.1 Movie
37. 1990 Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Dr. Blight (voice) 7.0 TV
38. 1990 Joe Versus the Volcano as DeDe / Angelica / Patricia Graynamore 5.8 Movie
39. 1989 The Simpsons as Dr. Swanson (voice) 8.0 TV
40. 1989 When Harry Met Sally... as Sally Albright 7.4 Movie
41. 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5.6 TV
42. 1988 The Presidio as Donna Caldwell 5.8 Movie
43. 1988 D.O.A. as Sydney Fuller 6.3 Movie
44. 1988 Promised Land as Bev Sykes 5.1 Movie
45. 1987 Innerspace as Lydia Maxwell 6.8 Movie
46. 1986 Armed and Dangerous as Maggie Cavanaugh 5.6 Movie
47. 1986 Top Gun as Carole 7.1 Movie
48. 1985 Wildside as Cally Oaks TV
49. 1984 Charles in Charge as Meagan Parker 6.1 TV
50. 1983 Amityville 3-D as Lisa 4.6 Movie
51. 1982 Nature as Host 8.0 TV
52. 1982 Amy and the Angel as Denise Movie
53. 1981 Rich and Famous as Debby Blake, 18 Years 5.5 Movie

1. 2023 What Happens Later 4.7 Movie
2. 2015 Ithaca 5.2 Movie

1. 2002 Desert Saints 5.8 Movie
2. 2000 Lost Souls 5.1 Movie
3. 1995 French Kiss 6.5 Movie

1. 2023 What Happens Later 4.7 Movie

1. 2023 What Happens Later 4.7 Movie
2. 1998 Northern Lights Movie

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