[post_page_title]An independent movie star[/post_page_title]
After several years of questionable film roles, including the sports drama Against the Ropes, which was a critical and commercial failure, Meg found herself focusing on independent movies. These were a world away from the big box office movies she’d been starring in a decade earlier, but she didn’t have much choice.
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If Ryan wanted to continue working as an actress, she had to make sacrifices with her career. Among her film credits during this period were the dramedy In the Land of Women and the black comedy Serious Moonlight, neither of which was particularly successful.