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 which struggled to find financing since the early 1990s, resulting in an independent production budgeted at $18 million. Upon its release, "The Women" received a disastrous response from critics, with Richard Schickel of "Time" calling it "one of the worst movies I've ever seen". The film was a financial success, however, becoming Ryan's most successful film since 2001's "Kate & Leopold" with a worldwide gross of $50 million. In 2009, Ryan starred alongside Kristen Bell and Justin Long in the independent comedy film "Serious Moonlight". In this film, directed by actress Cheryl Hines and based on a screenplay by late