…Harry Met Sally… (1989) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). She also directed the latter film, which starred Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. After several critical and commercial failures, Ephron returned to Sleepless in Seattle’s winning formula in the late 1990s, once again pairing Hanks and Ryan in the romantic comedy…

…such as Pretty Woman (1990), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), While You Were Sleeping (1995), My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997), and You’ve Got Mail (1998) showcased the charisma of stars such as Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, and Sandra Bullock as they denied their attraction to leading men such as

…Hanks reteamed with her in Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You’ve Got Mail (1998), both directed by Nora Ephron. He portrayed the drunken manager of a women’s baseball team in the comedy A League of Their Own (1992) and delivered an Oscar-winning performance as a gay lawyer with AIDS in…

…appeared in such films as Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Another Stakeout (1993), and The Flintstones (1994), the movie version of the classic cartoon. In her first starring role she attempted to broaden her image by playing a policewoman-turned-leather-clad-dominatrix in Exit to Eden (1994), but the movie and O’Donnell’s performance were…

…Baldwin; the Ephron-penned and -directed Sleepless in Seattle (1993) with Hanks; and the period comedy I.Q. (1994), in which she played the fictional niece of Albert Einstein. She also played a wife struggling with alcohol addiction in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994); the love interest of a disgraced…