Meg Ryan roles followed, including appearances in "Charles in Charge", "Armed and Dangerous", "Amityville 3-D" and "Promised Land"; for her role in the lattermost she received her first Independent Spirit Award nomination. In 1986, she played Carole Bradshaw, the wife of Naval Flight Officer Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (played by Anthony Edwards) in "Top Gun". Ryan appeared in the film "Innerspace" (1987) with her future husband Dennis Quaid, and later in the remake of "D.O.A." (1988) and in "The Presidio" (1988). Her first leading role was the romantic comedy film "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), which paired her with comedic leading man Billy
Meg Ryan her performance were both well received by critics. One critic called the film "a first-class production, accentuated by fine performances and an unflinching script", and another praised Ryan for her "roller-coaster role". The film was a notable success in its domestic run, grossing $50 million in the United States alone, and garnered the actress her first Screen Actors Guild Award. The same year, Ryan returned to type, starring alongside Tim Robbins in Fred Schepisi's romantic comedy "I.Q." The film centers on a mechanic and a Princeton doctoral candidate who fall in love, with the aid of the graduate student's uncle,