Winona Ryder

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

88

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-10-29 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Winona, Minnesota, USA

Also Known As

  • Wynona Ryder
  • 위노나 라이더
  • Winona Laura Horowitz
  • Вайнона Райдер
  • Winona Dryer
  • উইনোনা রাইডার
  • വിനോന റൈഡർ
  • विनोना रायडर
  • ウィノナ ライダー
  • 薇诺娜·瑞德
  • ウィノナ・ライダー

Winona Ryder

Biography

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.

Known For

Stranger Things
8.6%

Stranger Things

Jul 15, 2016

Black Swan
7.7%

Black Swan

Dec 3, 2010

Edward Scissorhands
7.7%

Edward Scissorhands

Dec 7, 1990

Star Trek
7.4%

Star Trek

May 6, 2009

The Simpsons
8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

The Simpsons
8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

Friends
8.4%

Friends

Sep 22, 1994

Beetlejuice
7.4%

Beetlejuice

Mar 30, 1988

Bram Stoker's Dracula
7.5%

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Nov 13, 1992

Alien Resurrection
6.1%

Alien Resurrection

Nov 12, 1997

Zoolander
6.2%

Zoolander

Sep 28, 2001

Girl, Interrupted
7.5%

Girl, Interrupted

Dec 21, 1999

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Acting

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Lydia Deetz
2024
5150
2023
Haunted Mansion as Pat (uncredited)
2022
Gone in the Night as Kath
2022
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2022
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon as Self
2021
Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
2020
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine as Lacey Groin
2020
The Plot Against America as Evelyn Finkel
2018
Destination Wedding as Lindsay
2016
Stranger Things as Joyce Byers
2016
Author: The JT LeRoy Story as Herself
2015
Experimenter as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
2015
Show Me a Hero as Vinni Restiano
2014
Turks & Caicos as Melanie Fall
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2013
Homefront as Sheryl Marie Mott
2013
Drunk History as Mary Dyer
2012
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease as Self
2012
Frankenweenie as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
2012
The Letter as Martine Jamison
2012
The Iceman as Deborah Kuklinski
2011
Stay Cool as Scarlet Smith
2011
Black Swan: Metamorphosis as Herself
2011
The Dilemma as Geneva Brannen
2010
Black Swan as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
2010
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story as Lois Wilson
2009
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee as Sandra Dulles
2009
Star Trek as Amanda Grayson
2008
The Informers as Cheryl Moore
2008
The Last Word as Charlotte Morris
2007
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' as Self (archive footage)
2007
Welcome as Cynthia
2007
Voom Portraits as Self
2007
The Ten as Kelly La Fonda
2007
Sex and Death 101 as Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
2007
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton as Herself
2006
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' as Self / Donna
2006
A Scanner Darkly as Donna Hawthorne
2006
The Darwin Awards as Siri Taylor
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
2004
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things as Psychologist
2004
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
One Step Beyond: Making 'Alien: Resurrection' as Self
2003
Declaration of Independence as Self
2003
Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2003
The Day My God Died as Narrator (voice)
2002
S1m0ne as Nicola Anders
2002
Mr. Deeds as Babe Bennett
2001
Zoolander as Winona Ryder (uncredited)
2001
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads as Self
2000
Lost Souls as Maya Larkin
2000
Autumn in New York as Charlotte Fielding
1999
Girl, Interrupted as Susanna Kaysen
1999
Strangers with Candy as Fran
1998
Celebrity as Nola
1997
Alien Resurrection as Annalee Call
1996
The Crucible as Abigail Williams
1996
Looking for Richard as Self / Lady Anne
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Boys as Patty Vare
1995
How to Make an American Quilt as Finn Dodd
1995
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1994
Little Women as Jo March
1994
Friends as Melissa Warburton
1994
Reality Bites as Lelaina Pierce
1993
The House of the Spirits as Blanca Trueba
1993
The Age of Innocence as May Welland
1992
Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' as Self
1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula as Mina Murray / Elisabeta
1992
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' as Self
1992
The Larry Sanders Show as Winona Ryder
1992
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. as Self
1991
Night on Earth as Corky
1990
Mermaids as Charlotte Flax
1990
The Making of Edward Scissorhands as Self
1990
Edward Scissorhands as Kim
1990
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael as Dinky Bossetti
1989
The Simpsons as Allison Taylor (voice)
1989
The Simpsons as (archive footage)
1989
Great Balls of Fire! as Myra Gale Brown
1989
Heathers as Veronica Sawyer
1988
1969 as Beth Carr
1988
Beetlejuice as Lydia Deetz
1987
Square Dance as Gemma
1986
Lucas as Rina
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
The Oscars as Self

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2003
The Day My God Died as Producer
1999
Girl, Interrupted as Executive Producer
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