FrameThrower · Actors · Meg Ryan
Meg Ryan
3 films · 219 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1995–2003
Born 19 November 1961 · Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Meg Ryan is an American actress, producer, and director. She began her acting career in 1981 when she made her acting debut in the drama film Rich and Famous. She later joined the cast of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns in 1982.
She began to appear in supporting roles in films during the mid-1980s like box office hit Top Gun, achieving recognition in independent films such as Promised Land (1987) before her performance in the Rob Reiner-directed romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally... (1989) brought her widespread attention and her first Golden Globe nomination.
She subsequently established herself, both nationally and internationally, as one of the most successful actresses in the…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 219 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1995–2003
- Crystal Award1995
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year1994
How their films are shot
Measured across 219 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Meg takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 51% of their frames are night — the look of the work Meg takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 219 frames from Meg Ryan's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.