Actress Winona Ryder

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.
Place of birth
Winona, Minnesota, USA Winona, Minnesota, USA
Date of birth
29th October 1971
Movies that starred Winona Ryder (25 in total)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice poster

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [2024]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice poster

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [2024]

Lydia Deetz
Haunted Mansion poster

Haunted Mansion [2023]

Pat
Turks & Caicos poster

Turks & Caicos [2014]

Melanie Fall
Homefront poster

Homefront [2013]

Sheryl Marie Mott
Frankenweenie poster

Frankenweenie [2012]

Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
The Iceman poster

The Iceman [2012]

Deborah Kuklinski
Black Swan poster

Black Swan [2010]

Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
A Scanner Darkly poster

A Scanner Darkly [2006]

Donna Hawthorne
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things poster

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things [2004]

Psychologist
Mr. Deeds poster

Mr. Deeds [2002]

Babe Bennett
S1m0ne poster

S1m0ne [2002]

Nicola Anders
Lost Souls poster

Lost Souls [2000]

Maya Larkin
Autumn in New York poster

Autumn in New York [2000]

Charlotte Fielding
Girl, Interrupted poster

Girl, Interrupted [1999]

Susanna Kaysen
Celebrity poster

Celebrity [1998]

Nola
Alien Resurrection poster

Alien Resurrection [1997]

Annalee Call
The Crucible poster

The Crucible [1996]

Abigail Williams
Looking for Richard poster

Looking for Richard [1996]

Self / Lady Anne
How to Make an American Quilt poster

How to Make an American Quilt [1995]

Finn Dodd
Little Women poster

Little Women [1994]

Josephine "Jo" March
Bram Stoker's Dracula poster

Bram Stoker's Dracula [1992]

Mina Murray / Elisabeta
Edward Scissorhands poster

Edward Scissorhands [1990]

Kim
Heathers poster

Heathers [1989]

Veronica Sawyer
Beetlejuice poster

Beetlejuice [1988]

Lydia Deetz
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