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 as one of the most successful actresses in the 1990s and early 2000s, particularly in romantic comedy films such as "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993), "French Kiss" (1995), "You've Got Mail" (1998), and "Kate & Leopold" (2001). Her other films include "The Doors" (1991), "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1994), "Courage Under Fire" (1996), "Addicted to Love" (1997), "City of Angels" (1998), "Proof of Life" (2000), and "The Women" (2008). In 2015, she made her directorial debut with "Ithaca", a film in which she also acted. Ryan was born and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, the daughter of Susan Jordan ("née"