Winona Ryder
3.5Acting

Winona Ryder

Oct 29, 1971 - Winona, Minnesota, USA

Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29, 1971), known professionally as Winona Ryder, is an American actress. She is the recipient of several awards, including a Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards. She is known for taking on quirky roles in her earlier films, later playing more prominent roles in the 1990s.

After Ryder's film debut in Lucas (1986), she gained attention with her performance in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988). She further rose to prominence with major roles in Heathers (1989), Mermaids (1990), Edward Scissorhands (1990), and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). She garnered critical acclaim and two consecutive Academy Award nominations for her portrayals of socialite May Welland in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence (1993) and Jo March in the fifth film adaptation of Little Women (1994). Her other films during this period were Reality Bites (1994), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), The Crucible (1996), Alien Resurrection (1997), Celebrity (1998), and Girl, Interrupted (1999), which she also executive-produced.

In 2002, Ryder starred in the critically panned box office hit Mr. Deeds, after which her career declined and she took a break from films. In 2009, she returned in the high-profile film Star Trek. In 2010, she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards: as the lead actress in the television film When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story and as part of the cast of Black Swan. She also reunited with Burton for Frankenweenie (2012). She has starred as Joyce Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things (2016–present), for which she has received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations; and in 2020, she starred in the HBO drama miniseries The Plot Against America.

Her relationship with Johnny Depp in the early 1990s and a 2001 arrest for shoplifting were both subjects of tabloid journalism. She has been open about her personal struggles with anxiety and depression. In 2000, Ryder received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Movie1990Edward ScissorhandsKim
Movie1991Night on EarthCorky
Movie1993The House of the SpiritsBlanca Trueba
Movie2022Gone in the NightKath
Movie2006A Scanner DarklyDonna Hawthorne
Movie2000Autumn in New YorkCharlotte Fielding
Movie1999Girl, InterruptedSusanna
Movie1988HeathersVeronica Sawyer
Movie2002Mr. DeedsBabe Bennett
Movie2000Lost SoulsMaya Larkin
Movie1994Reality BitesLelaina Pierce
Movie1988BeetlejuiceLydia
Movie1993The Age of InnocenceMay Welland
Movie1990MermaidsCharlotte Flax
Movie2009The Private Lives of Pippa LeeSandra Dulles
Movie1996The CrucibleAbigail Williams
Movie2009Stay CoolScarlet Smith
Movie1989Great Balls of Fire!Myra Gale Brown
Movie1997Alien ResurrectionCall
Movie1990Welcome Home, Roxy CarmichaelDinky Bossetti
Movie1995How to Make an American QuiltFinn Dodd
Movie1998CelebrityNola
Movie2002S1m0neNicola Anders
Movie1994Little WomenJo March
Movie2001ZoolanderWinona Ryder (uncredited)
Movie1986LucasRina
Movie2007The TenKelly La Fonda
Movie2009Star TrekAmanda Grayson
Movie2007Sex and Death 101Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
Movie1996Looking for RichardSelf / Lady Anne
Movie1996BoysPatty Vare
Movie2011The DilemmaGeneva Brannen
Movie2012FrankenweenieElsa Van Helsing (voice)
Movie2010Black SwanBeth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
Movie2008The InformersCheryl Moore
Movie2008The Last WordCharlotte Morris
Movie2006The Darwin AwardsSiri Taylor
Movie19881969Beth Carr
Movie2012The IcemanDeborah Kuklinski
Movie2010When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson StoryLois Wilson
Movie2024Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceLydia
Movie2003One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien ResurrectionSelf
Movie2022The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo NixonSelf
Movie2007Marc Jacobs & Louis VuittonSelf
Movie1987Square DanceGemma
Movie2012The LetterMartine Jamison
Movie2022Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She CalledSelf - Actress (archive footage)
Movie2007WelcomeCynthia
Movie2013HomefrontSheryl Marie Mott
Movie2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir AnthonySelf (archive footage)
Movie2014Turks & CaicosMelanie Fall
Movie2004The Heart Is Deceitful Above All ThingsPsychologist
Movie2004Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin(archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie2001Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke HeadsSelf
Movie2023Haunted MansionPat (uncredited)
Movie2012Ben Lee: Catch My DiseaseSelf
Movie2015ExperimenterAlexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Movie2005Nos Bastidores de HollywoodSelf
Movie1992Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.Self
Movie2003Declaration of IndependenceSelf
Movie2016Author: The JT LeRoy StoryHerself
Movie2018Destination WeddingLindsay
Movie1993Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'Self
Movie2011Black Swan: MetamorphosisSelf
Movie2007Voom PortraitsSelf
Movie2003The Day My God DiedNarrator (voice)
Movie2006One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'Self / Donna
Movie1990The Making of Edward ScissorhandsSelf
Movie1992Bram Stoker's DraculaMina Murray / Elisabeta
Movie2020Sarah Cooper: Everything's FineLacey Groin
Movie2007The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'Self (archive footage)
Movie2009Water PillsCarrie
Movie2014Scorsese's WomenMask
Movie2006The Weight of the Line: Animation TalesSelf
Movie2004Linklater: St. Richard of AustinSelf
Movie2003101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
TV Show1989The SimpsonsAllison Taylor (voice)1
TV Show1994FriendsMelissa Warburton1
TV Show1999Strangers with CandyFran1
TV Show1992The Larry Sanders ShowWinona Ryder1
TV Show1995Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistWinona (voice)1
TV Show2003Celebrities UncensoredSelf1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf5
TV Show2015Show Me a HeroVinni Restiano6
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host1
TV Show2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf1
TV Show2016Stranger ThingsJoyce Byers42
TV Show1996E! True Hollywood StorySelf1
TV Show2020The Plot Against AmericaEvelyn Finkel6
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)1
TV Show2013Drunk HistoryMary Dyer1
TV Show2009Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest1
TV Show2012Honest TrailersAmanda Grayson (archive footage)1
TV Show1998The Entertainment BizSelf1

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Movie2011Black Swan: MetamorphosisThanksCrew
Movie1999Girl, InterruptedExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2003The Day My God DiedProducerProduction
TV Show1995Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistAdditional WritingCrew