{"id":35356,"date":"2025-03-23T21:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T21:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=35356"},"modified":"2025-03-23T21:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T21:04:56","slug":"meg-ryan-stopped-acting-to-focus-on-her-children-this-is-her-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=35356","title":{"rendered":"Meg Ryan stopped acting to focus on her children: This is her today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The charming\u00a0actress\u00a0with her blond shag haircut will forever be remembered for iconic movies like\u00a0<em>Sleepless In Seattle<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>You\u2019ve Got Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, nothing indicated Ryan\u2019s star would fade, but the fact is she completely disappeared from the big screen after 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the girl next door from the 90s stays out of the limelight, but the now 61-year-old Ryan recently showed up on the red carpet and raised some eyebrows\u2026<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35741\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyspire.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shutterstock_93598144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I cannot be the only one who had a crush on Meg Ryan in the 80s and 90s. The blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty was the queen of rom-com, and there was a reason why she got the epithet \u201cAmerica\u2019s sweetheart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her star burned white hot for two decades when she was one of the most appreciated actresses in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>But it was far from evident that Meg Ryan would be known around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Born in 1961, Ryan grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut. Her father, Harry Hyra, was of Polish descent and a math teacher. Ryan\u2019s mother, Susan Jordan, was also a teacher but had previously worked as an actress, so of course, being on stage ran in the family.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39341\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyspire.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-3221309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meg Ryan, March 1996. (Photo by Bob Grant\/Fotos International\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-changed-her-name\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changed her name<\/h2>\n<p>However, her parents split up in 1976 when Meg was only 15, and her relationship with her parents became tense later in\u00a0life.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Meg would cut ties with her mother after a series of events. She also decided to change her surname to \u201cRyan,\u201d her grandmother\u2019s maiden name, when she registered herself with the Screen Actors Guild.<\/p>\n<p>As a young woman, Ryan chose to study journalism at the University of Connecticut and then at New York University. Her time in college would change her life, but perhaps not in the direction many believed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><\/figure>\n<p>Meg Ryan started acting in TV commercials and soap operas to earn some extra money. Suddenly she landed a role in\u00a0<em>As the World Turns<\/em>, and many producers heard about the talented, young actress.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan dropped out of college and began pursuing a career in the entertainment industry. She had a mini-breakthrough in\u00a0the blockbuster\u00a0<em>Top Gun<\/em>\u00a0when she made a colorful portrait of Carole Bradshaw, the wife of Nick \u201cGoose\u201d Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The charming\u00a0actress\u00a0with her blond shag haircut will forever be remembered for iconic movies like\u00a0Sleepless In Seattle\u00a0and\u00a0You\u2019ve Got Mail. Back then, nothing indicated Ryan\u2019s star would fade, but&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meg Ryan stopped acting to focus on her children: This is her today - Usa Press<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=35356\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meg Ryan stopped acting to focus on her children: This is her today - Usa Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The charming\u00a0actress\u00a0with her blond shag haircut will forever be remembered for iconic movies like\u00a0Sleepless In Seattle\u00a0and\u00a0You\u2019ve Got Mail. 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