Meg Tilly was set on being a dancer, and at 17 connected to the Connecticut Ballet Company and later Throne Dance Theatre. It was in this capacity that she had her screen debut in Alan Parker's Fame. Unfortunately, an injury to her back cut short her plans for a dance career, and a small appearance in the TV series Hill Street Blues turned her towards acting (her dancing skills were not all forgotten, as was evident in The Big Chill and Psycho II). She received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Agnes of God, and nobody doubted that she was on her ay to stardom. One step on the road to that status was her being cast in Milos Forman's Amadeus as Constanza, but again her body interfered, and seven weeks into the production with her foot in a cast were more than the producers could accept, and she was replaced. Her "consolation", was a role in Forman's next project Valmont, didn't do her career much good. Since then she has averaged a movie a year, and with the exception of Leaving Normal, none have tapped the enormous reservoir of talent she has.



Son, with Colin Firth, William Joseph Firth (b. 1990). Was originally cast as Mozart's wife in Amadeus (1984), but had to leave after tearing a ligament in her leg during a soccer game with her children one day before her shooting started. In high school, everyone called Jennifer, Meg, and their younger sister Becky the Three Musketeers. 1995: Retired from acting and moved to British Columbia, Canada, to devote herself to writing and raising a family. While older sister Jennifer Tilly has remained mum about the history of childhood sexual abuse in the family recently revealed by Meg (which included her stepfather and one of her mother's boyfriends), youngest sister Becky has corroborated her sister's revelations. Said that her worst film experience was working with Anthony Perkins in Psycho II (1983). Her best film experience was working with Norman Jewison, Jane Fonda and Anne Bancroft in Agnes of God (1985). Interestingly, both films resulted in Tilly being nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe and an Oscar. Was in consideration for the part of Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction (1994) but Uma Thurman, who went on to receive a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.