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 productions in the early 2010s—including the ensemble drama "Lives of The Saints" opposite Kat Dennings, Kevin Zegers, and John Lithgow, and "Long Time Gone", a film adaptation of the April Stevens novel "Angel Angel",—all of which failed to materialize. In April 2011, it was announced that Ryan would make her feature film directing debut with a film titled "Into the Beautiful", described as "a contemporary "Big Chill" with longtime friends reconnecting", but it also was never made. In October 2012, Ryan was featured in the PBS documentary "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide". The series introduces