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Meg Ryan is an American actress, director, and producer and her current net worth is $40 million.

Born and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, as the daughter of former actress and English teacher, Susan Jordan, and math teacher Harry Hyra, her parents raised her Roman Catholic.

Growing up, she attended St. Pius X Elementary School in Fairfield.

At 15, her parents divorced and in 1979 she graduated from Bethel High School.

First at the University of Connecticut she went to study journalism as an undergraduate, and then at New York University.

While there, she acted in television commercials as well as soap opera As the World Turns to make extra cash.

Thanks to her success as an actress, she dropped out of college a semester before she would have graduated.

She used the surname Ryan, her grandmother’s maiden name, when she joined the Screen Actors Guild.

Ryan made her film debut in George Cukor’s Rich and Famous. After which, she appeared in daytime drama As the World Turns, playing Betsy Stewart.

Right around that time, she appeared in a Burger King commercial.

Then several television and smaller film roles followed, such as Charles in Charge, Armed and Dangerous, among others.

In 1986 she appeared alongside Anthony Edwards in Top Gun, where she played his wife.

With her future husband, Dennis Quaid, she appeared in the Innerspace (1987), later in the remake of D.O.A and The Presidio.

She had her first leading role in the romantic comedy film When Harry Met Sally… (1989). The role alongside Billy Crystal, earned her a Golden Globe nominaton.

In 1993 she appeared for the second time alongside Tom Hanks in highly successful comedy Sleepless in Seattle.

The two also starred together for a third time in the film You’ve Got Mail. The performance she gave earned her a third Golden Globe nomination.

Later she appeared in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), which became a huge success.

For the role, playing an alcoholic high school guidance counselor, she received critical acclaim.

Among her most notable roles we recall the ones she had in French Kiss (1995), Courage Under Fire (1996), Addicted to Love (1997), City of Angels (1998), Proof of Life (2000), and The Women (2008).

In 2015 she made her directorial debut with Ithaca, a film in which she also starred.

This wraps up our Meg Ryan Net Worth profile!