Meg Ryan married actor Dennis Quaid on Valentine's Day in 1991
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Fairfield, Connecticut) is an American actress who specializes in
romantic comedies, but has also worked in other
Ryan was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, and went by the name Peggy
(also her grandmother's nickname) as a child. She has two sisters,
Dana and Annie, and a brother, Andrew. She graduated from Saint Pius X
Elementary School in Fairfield, where her mother, Susan Ryan Hyra
Jordan, taught the sixth grade. There, she was confirmed into the
Catholic Church, choosing Anne as her confirmation name.
Her mother, Susan, had done some professional acting in television
commercials and later worked as an assistant casting director in New
York City. She supported and encouraged her young daughter's study of
acting. By age 13, Ryan was studying Stanislavski's Method. At age 14,
through her mother's connections, she booked her first television
commercial, doing chin-ups and giggling to promote "Tickle" deodorant.
Following her parents' divorce in 1976, her father Harry, a high
school teacher, raised the children on his own.
She graduated from Bethel High School in 1979, where she was elected
Homecoming Queen. She went on to study journalism at New York
University, while acting in television commercials to earn extra
money. Her success led her to drop out of college only a semester shy
of graduating.
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