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And she’s slated to both produce and act in the television series Picture Paris in 2018. Instead, Ryan made her directorial debut with Ithaca in 2015, using Ephron as her "quiet" and "intelligent" role model. The actress was set to voice future Sally, the character played by Greta Gerwig ( Lady Bird), in the CBS spinoff of How I Met Your Mother. She voiced Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia for the 1997 Disney animated film and made a cameo on Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2009. Ryan continued to star in a variety of romantic films throughout her career, most notably in You’ve Got Mail, reuniting with her Sleepless co-star Tom Hanks for a love story set in - you guessed it - New York City. Four years later, Ryan embodied Annie Reed, another journalist who meets the love of her life in New York - this time at the Empire State Building for the film Sleepless in Seattle. In When Harry Met Sally, Meg Ryan played journalist Sally, who shares a car ride from Chicago to New York with an acquaintance named Harry. Image Credit: TriStar/Photofest Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic He also followed his love of writing by releasing a collection of short stories called Uncommon Typein 2014, and released an app called Hanx Writer to re-create the experience of typing on a typewriter. In 2016, Hanks helped launch the Hidden Heroes campaign to provide resources to veterans. His roster includes My Big Fat Greek Wedding (he previously converted to the Greek Orthodox Church), Mamma Mia! and Where The Wild Things Are. Banks, Captain Sully in Sully and more recently, journalist Ben Bradlee in best picture Oscar nominee The Post.īeyond acting, Hanks began producing in 1998. Though his rom-com days appear to be behind him, Hanks has become a household name, portraying Jim Lovell in Apollo 13, Captain Miller in Saving Private Ryan, Thomas Schell in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Hanks threw on his cowboy hat in 1994 to begin his 15-years-and-counting ride voicing Woody in the award-winning Toy Story franchise ( Toy Story 4 is set to come out in 2019). He won the best actor Oscar in 1994 for Philadelphia and in 1995 for Forrest Gump. Sleepless in Seattle himself, otherwise known as Sam Baldwin, before he landed his acclaimed role as Forrest Gump in 1994. Image Credit: TriStar/Photofest Samir Hussein/WireImage Here’s what the stars of Sleepless in Seattle are doing today.

The stars have gone on to become A-list actors with creative works in film, television, theater and writing. It was Ephron's major directorial debut and has grossed more than $220 million worldwide.

Sleepless in Seattle remains one of late filmmaker Nora Ephron's greatest hits, along with When Harry Met Sally and You've Got Mail - all starring Ryan. The film will always be cherished as a classic love story, though it came out 25 years ago, on June 25, 1993. Annie begins corresponding with Sam’s young son, Jonah, who persuades his dad to meet Annie at the top of the Empire State Building in New York a la An Affair to Remember. She, along with hundreds of other hopeful women, writes him a letter about meeting in person. Just one of the romantic comedy films starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, Sleepless in Seattle tells the story of Annie Reed, who hears widower Sam Baldwin speak about his heartbreak on the radio.
