{"id":5623,"count":2,"description":"Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is an American actress, producer, and director. She began her acting career in 1981 when she made her acting debut in the drama film Rich and Famous. She later joined the cast of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns in 1982.\n\nShe began to appear in supporting roles in films during the mid-1980s like box office hit\u00a0Top Gun, achieving recognition in independent films such as\u00a0Promised Land (1987) before her performance in the\u00a0Rob Reiner-directed romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally...\u00a0(1989) brought her widespread attention and her first Golden Globe\u00a0nomination.\n\nShe subsequently established herself, both nationally and internationally,\u00a0as one of the most successful actresses in the 1990s and early 2000s, particularly in romantic comedy\u00a0films such as\u00a0When Harry Met Sally\u00a0(1989),\u00a0Joe Versus the Volcano\u00a0(1990), Prelude\u00a0to a Kiss (1992), Sleepless in Seattle\u00a0(1993),\u00a0French Kiss\u00a0(1995),\u00a0You've Got Mail (1998), and\u00a0Kate & Leopold\u00a0(2001). Her other films include Top Gun (1986), Innerspace (1987), \u00a0The Doors (1991), Anastasia\u00a0(1997),\u00a0When a Man Loves a Woman\u00a0(1994),\u00a0Courage Under Fire (1996), Addicted to Love\u00a0(1997),\u00a0City of Angels (1998),\u00a0Proof of Life\u00a0(2000), Against the Ropes (2004), and\u00a0The Women (2008). In 2015, she made her directorial debut with\u00a0Ithaca,\u00a0in which she also starred.\n\nIn 1995, critic Richard Corliss called her \"the current soul of romantic comedy.\" Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited her as one of the best actors never to have received an\u00a0Academy Award\u00a0nomination.\n\nShe was married to actor Dennis Quaid (1991-2001), and they have a son, Jack. In 2000, she became romantically involved with actor\u00a0Russell Crowe while working on their film\u00a0Proof of Life. In January 2006, she adopted a 14-month-old girl from China whom she named Daisy True.\u00a0She was in a relationship with American singer-songwriter\u00a0John Mellencamp (2010-2014).\u00a0They reunited in 2017, and announced their engagement on November 8, 2018.\u00a0In October 2019, it was reported that she had ended their engagement.","link":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/actor\/meg-ryan\/","name":"Meg Ryan","slug":"meg-ryan","taxonomy":"actor","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actor\/5623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actor"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/actor"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movie?actor=5623"},{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?actor=5623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}