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  • BIRTH 29/10/1971
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 11
  • MOVIES 55
  • PRODUCTION 1

Winona Ryder

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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.

Winona Ryder

Shows (11)

Stranger Things
Stranger Things
Joyce Byers
Friends
Friends
Melissa Warburton
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
(archive footage) / Allison Taylor (voice)
Show Me a Hero
Show Me a Hero
Vinni Restiano
The Plot Against America
The Plot Against America
Evelyn Finkel
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host
The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self
Drunk History
Drunk History
Mary Dyer
The Larry Sanders Show
The Larry Sanders Show
Winona Ryder
Strangers with Candy
Strangers with Candy
Fran
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self

Movies (55)

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Lydia
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
Lydia
Alien Resurrection
Alien Resurrection
Call
Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands
Kim
Star Trek
Star Trek
Amanda Grayson
Black Swan
Black Swan
Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Mina Murray / Elisabeta
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted
Susanna
Homefront
Homefront
Sheryl Marie Mott
Frankenweenie
Frankenweenie
Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
May Welland
Little Women
Little Women
Jo March
Destination Wedding
Destination Wedding
Lindsay
Mr. Deeds
Mr. Deeds
Babe Bennett
Heathers
Heathers
Veronica Sawyer
The Dilemma
The Dilemma
Geneva Brannen
Autumn in New York
Autumn in New York
Charlotte Fielding
The Iceman
The Iceman
Deborah Kuklinski
S1m0ne
S1m0ne
Nicola Anders
Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly
Donna Hawthorne
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits
Blanca Trueba
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Sandra Dulles
Mermaids
Mermaids
Charlotte Flax
Sex and Death 101
Sex and Death 101
Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
Night on Earth
Night on Earth
Corky
The Crucible
The Crucible
Abigail Williams
Gone in the Night
Gone in the Night
Kath
Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony
Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
Looking for Richard
Looking for Richard
Self / Lady Anne
How to Make an American Quilt
How to Make an American Quilt
Finn Dodd
The Last Word
The Last Word
Charlotte Morris
The Ten
The Ten
Kelly La Fonda
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Dinky Bossetti
Celebrity
Celebrity
Nola
Reality Bites
Reality Bites
Lelaina Pierce
Winona Ryder - Die Geister, die sie rief
Winona Ryder - Die Geister, die sie rief
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Experimenter
Experimenter
Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Lost Souls
Lost Souls
Maya Larkin
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
Self
Turks & Caicos
Turks & Caicos
Melanie Fall
Great Balls of Fire!
Great Balls of Fire!
Myra Gale Brown
The Informers
The Informers
Cheryl Moore
Stay Cool
Stay Cool
Scarlet Smith
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Herself
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Psychologist
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson…
Lois Wilson
Lucas
Lucas
Rina
The Darwin Awards
The Darwin Awards
Siri Taylor
Boys
Boys
Patty Vare
1969
1969
Beth Carr
The Simpsons Movie 2
The Simpsons Movie 2
(voice)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram…
Self (archive footage)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Lacey Groin
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
Herself

Production

Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted