Meg Ryan is an American actress, director and producer born in November 19th, 1961 in Fairfield, Connecticut. She is known as one the most famous actresses back in 90’s and early 2000’s because of playing several roles, most of them in romantic comedy films of that time, such as Sleepless in Seattle (1993), French Kiss (1995), You’ve Got Mail (1998) and Kate and Leopold (2001). Her debut was in George Cukor’s film, Rich and Famous (1981). She has also played several roles in television during 80’s.
Meg Ryan Religion
There are reasons to
think that Meg Was raised Catholic, and although she doesn’t make many comments
about her religious trends it is known that she is based into Buddhism more
than in any other religion currently. She has been influenced by Eckhart Tolle,
an author of spiritual books influenced by several religions, but without
tending to one in particular.
Meg Ryan Political Views
Meg’s political
trends are more than anything liberals. She openly supports the Democratic
Party, and has donated over $9,000 to this cause, as a help to Al Franken’s,
John Kerry’s and Barack Obama’s parties. She has also raised her voice against
Israeli policies towards Palestinians, by boycotting an Israeli movies
festival. Meg, along other actors and actresses, has signed the “United Against
Hate” letter, an initiative of MoveOn.org to express their dissatisfaction with
president Donald Trump’s actions.
Who is she dating?
Meg married handsome
Dennis Quaid on February 14th, 1991. It’s said that they fell in
love while filming D.O.A. (1988). The couple had a son, Jack Quaid, born April
24th, 1992. Meg exposed in an interview after her divorce, which
became final on July 16th, 2001, that the reason of it was that
Quaid had been unfaithful for a long time. Years after she started a
relationship with the singer-songwriter John Mellencamp. After many ruptures
and arrangements, the couple finally broke up in 2015.
Meg Ryan Hobbies
Meg’s hobbies usually
include helping others or leaving her mark for certain causes. She shot a
documentary for PBS series, Nature, centered on the white elephants of
Thailand, an endangered species. She has also made several donations to
organizations like Doctors Without Borders and of defense of woman’s rights.
Meg seems to be very spiritual as well, once she asked a group of Buddhist
monks to bless some traditional garment to wrap them around trees, making them
sainted.
Interesting Facts
“Meg Ryan” is an
anagram of “Germany”, she used her grandmother’s maiden name to register in the
Screen Actors Guild.
She has two childen,
Jack Quaid, and Daisy True Ryan, a Chinese baby that she adopted.
Meg graduated from
Bethel High School, and was elected as the Prom Queen in 1979.
Before knowing her
ex-husband, Dennis Quaid, she had moved in with the actor Anthony Edwards who
she knew from Pasión y Gloria (1986).
An asteroid was named
after her: 8353Megryan.
Megan has Rusyn,
Ruthenian, Irish and German descent.
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