While some celebrities move on to bigger and bigger projects and never leave the limelight, some simply fizzle out and fade into obscurity. Be it family, or plain inadequacy concerning their acting chops, these once burgeoning Hollywood leading ladies are now a thing of the past. Let’s see their reasons for doing so!

Meg Ryan

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With classic hits under her belt such as ‘Sleepless in Seattle’, ‘You’ve Got Mail’, ‘When Harry Met Sally’, Meg Ryan was a favorite for the casting directors in the 80’s and 90’s. But her success only lasted so long after her messy divorce from actor Dennis Quaid, which hurt her reputation, accompanied by some extreme plastic surgery.