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Girl Next Door: Meg Ryan

As a teenager, Meg Ryan was crowned homecoming queen after the original queen was suspended. Maybe real-life events like this have helped her to garner the stage title of "Queen of the Romantic Comedies."

Ryan's motion picture career began in director George Cukor's final film, Rich and Famous, where she played Candice Bergen's daughter.

Then, thanks to her standout performance in the 1986 mega-hit Top Gun, Ryan began to grab the notice of Hollywood casting directors. On her next film, Innerspace, she also grabbed the eye of her future husband and co-star, Dennis Quaid.

But it was in the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally that Ryan's cute-girl-next-door looks earned her a place in the hearts of audiences around the world. Her immortal and hilarious "orgasm" scene in that film also won her a spot in movie history. Although she continues to stretch her talents showing up in dramas and even period films, she always returns to her first love, comedy.

When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Best friends or meant-for-each-other lovers? Neither Ryan nor Billy Crystal can figure it out. But we'll have whatever she's having.
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Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Maybe it's the hum of all those Microsoft workers keeping Tom Hanks from sleeping. But nothing can stop him from falling in love with the radiant Ms. Ryan.
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French Kiss (1995)
When Ryan's husband takes off on a trip to Paris to meet a girl, she reluctantly follows and falls in love with goofy French thief Kevin Kline.

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Addicted to Love (1998)
What happens when your true love has found her true love and it's not you? Ryan shows a more steely side as a jilted lover getting revenge.
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