Meg Ryan Happy Birthday
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Meg Ryan is 50 years old today (19Nov11),it’s time to salute magical Meg.
Here’s 10 things you may not have known about Ms. Ryan:
- She provided the voice for Russian royal Anastasia in the hit 1997 animated film about the Russian royal.
- She has played Kate, Catherine, Katharine or Kathleen in five movies, Maggie in three.
- Savage Garden’s song All Around Me is a tribute to her, inspired by songwriter Daniel Jones’ celebrity crush.
- She shares a birthday with Jodie Foster.
- She was offered the role of Clarice Starling in the movie The Silence of the Lambs, but the part eventually went to Jodie Foster.
- She has starred alongside Tom Hanks or ex-husband Dennis Quaid in six movies – Sleepless in Seattle, Joe Versus the Volcano, You’ve Got Mail, Innerspace, D.O.A and Flesh & Bone.
- Meg Ryan is an anagram of ‘Germany’.
- She has played Candice Bergen’s daughter twice, in Rich & Famous and The Women.
- She has an asteroid named after her – 8353 Megryan.
- She turned down two roles in romantic films that went on to become box office hits for Julia Roberts – Pretty Woman and Steel Magnolias. Meg also turned down the lead in Ghost.
Away from the big screen, she’s a mum of two, the former wife of Dennis Quaid and rocker John Mellencamp’s current squeeze.
