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Where did Meg Ryan go to college and high school? Did Meg Ryan go to film school?

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Meg Ryan is a well-known American actress. Ryan’s acting career began in 1981, when Ryan made her debut in the drama film Rich and Famous.

Ryan grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut, the son of former actress and English teacher Susan Jordan and math teacher Harry Hyra. Ryan’s father is of Polish heritage.

Where did Meg Ryan go to college and high school?

Meg Ryan attended New York University where she studied journalism  and  St. Pius X Elementary School in Fairfield

Did Meg Ryan go to film school?

No, Ryan began her acting career in minor roles in 1981 before joining the CBS soap opera As the World Turns in 1982.

 

Ryan appeared in the independent comedy film Serious Moonlight in 2009, alongside Kristen Bell and Justin Long. Ryan portrayed a high-powered female attorney in this film, directed by actress Cheryl Hines and based on a screenplay by late writer Adrienne Shelly, who was murdered a year prior to filming, who learns that her husband, played by Timothy Hutton, is about to leave their troubled marriage and decides to hold him captive by duct-taping him to a toilet.