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 (2016–2025), 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.
Known for
Credits
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
as Kim
Black Swan (2010)
as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
as Lydia
Alien Resurrection (1997)
as Call
Star Trek (2009)
as Amanda Grayson
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
as Mina Murray / Elisabeta
Beetlejuice (1988)
as Lydia
Homefront (2013)
as Sheryl Marie Mott
Haunted Mansion (2023)
as Pat (uncredited)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
as Susanna
Frankenweenie (2012)
as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
Mr. Deeds (2002)
as Babe Bennett
Sex and Death 101 (2007)
as Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
Little Women (1994)
as Jo March
Zoolander (2001)
as Winona Ryder (uncredited)
Reality Bites (1994)
as Lelaina Pierce
The Age of Innocence (1993)
as May Welland
Heathers (1989)
as Veronica
Autumn in New York (2000)
as Charlotte Fielding
The Crucible (1996)
as Abigail Williams
The House of the Spirits (1993)
as Blanca Trueba
The Dilemma (2011)
as Geneva Brannen
Night on Earth (1991)
as Corky
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
as Donna Hawthorne
The Darwin Awards (2007)
as Siri Taylor
The Informers (2008)
as Cheryl Moore
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026)
as Self (uncredited)
Destination Wedding (2018)
as Lindsay
The Iceman (2012)
as Deborah Kuklinski
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
as Sandra Dulles
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
as Finn Dodd
Celebrity (1998)
as Nola
Mermaids (1990)
as Charlotte Flax
Gone in the Night (2022)
as Kath
Lucas (1986)
as Rina
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
as Myra Gale Brown
Experimenter (2015)
as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Lost Souls (2000)
as Maya Larkin
Looking for Richard (1996)
as Self / Lady Anne
S1m0ne (2002)
as Nicola Anders
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow (2025)
as Self - 'Stranger Things' Joyce Byers (archive footage)
Turks & Caicos (2014)
as Melanie Fall
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
as Psychologist
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called (2022)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Stay Cool (2011)
as Scarlet Smith
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020)
as Lacey Groin
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
as Dinky Bossetti
Boys (1996)
as Patty Vare
The Ten (2007)
as Kelly La Fonda
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
The Letter (2012)
as Martine Jamison
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010)
as Lois Wilson
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies (1992)
as Self
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' (1993)
as Self
The Last Word (2008)
as Charlotte Morris
Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)
as Herself
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' (2006)
as Self / Donna
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin (2004)
as Self
Square Dance (1987)
as Gemma
The Making of Edward Scissorhands (1990)
as Self
Declaration of Independence (2003)
as Self
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection (2003)
as Self
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease (2012)
as Self
Voom Portraits (2007)
as Self
1969 (1988)
as Beth Carr
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin (2004)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Water Pills (2009)
as Carrie
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales (2006)
as Self
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton (2007)
as Self
Black Swan: Metamorphosis (2011)
as Self
Welcome (2007)
as Cynthia
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon (2022)
as Self
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads (2001)
as Self
The Day My God Died (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
The Pacer (2017)
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