Meg Ryan at the 2024 Critics' Choice Awards.Photo:Christopher Polk/WWD via Getty
Christopher Polk/WWD via Getty
Meg Ryanmay not be a red carpet regular these days, but when she shows up, sheshows up.
She arrived at the2024 Critics Choice Awardsin a dazzling black sequin strapless Saint Laurent gown.The 62-year-old actress, who was on hand to present at the ceremony, kept her accessories to a minimum and wore her signature layered bob in a tousled style.
Meg Ryan at at the 2024 Critics' Choice Awards.Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty
Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty
Ryan’s hair — which dominated ‘90s beauty culture — made its way back into the zeitgeist when the star appeared onLate Night with Seth Meyersat the end of October. Viewers quickly noticed that the actress' new hairstyle seemed to call back to her famous ’90s hair.Ryan’s hairstylist Sally Hershberger told PEOPLE at the time that she didn’t expect Ryan’s new look to bring back so much nostalgia for “The Meg.” “I completely forgot about how big of a deal her hair was,” Hersberger says. “It wasn’t premeditated.”
But don’t think it’s a recreation of her ‘90s ‘do. Hershberger says that the “effortless” hairstyle is unique to Ryan’s current look.
The secret to Ryan’s tousled hair is Hershberger’s24K Supreme Body Volumizing Mousseand pin curls. Hershberger first wraps pieces of the hair with mousse in hand, lets them set in pin curls and gives some texture with a good scrunch, using herhaircare line’stexturizing balm. The final touch comes from adding the brand’stexturizing pasteto areas that call for a little extra texture.
“The Meg” was born on the set ofFrench Kissin 1995, when Hershberger set out to create a disheveled look for Ryan’s character. Ryan’s tousled style in the film quickly gained popularity, as Hershberger says women resonated with the undone style.
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Meg Ryan at the 46th annual Kennedy Center Honors.Gail Schulman/CBS via Getty
Gail Schulman/CBS via Getty
Women also resonate with Ryan’s take on getting older. While promoting her romcom and first movie since 2015,What Happens Later, Ryan, opened up about how “aging is not that terrifying.”
“Our culture is so obsessed with youth,” Ryan toldGlamour. “As an old person now, I love my age. I love where I’m at.”
“We’re all doing it. I wish someone had told me earlier, ‘Just relax. It is what it is. Don’t pay attention to the obstacles,’” she added.
TheSleepless in Seattleactress went on to explain that as she has gotten older she has been able to say her true thoughts “without thinking about how it’s going to land.”
“There’s a time in your teens and 20s where you’re trying on personalities to figure out who you are, who to be,” Ryan said.
Referring to the negative way tabloids have covered her in the past, she said she “can’t can’t pay attention to it."
“I just can’t. It’s not worth it.”
See PEOPLE’s full coverage of the 29th annualCritics Choice Awardsas they air live on The CW Sunday, Jan. 14, from 7 to 10 p.m. ET.
source: people.com
