Winona Ryder
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 29, 1971 (age 55)
- Birthplace
- Winona, Minnesota, USA
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 (2016–2025), 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.
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Filmography
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Movie · as Self - 'Stranger Things' Joyce Byers (archive footage)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Movie · as Lydia
Haunted Mansion
Movie · as Pat (uncredited)
Gone in the Night
Movie · as Kath
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
Movie · as Self
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Movie · as Lacey Groin
The Plot Against America
TV · as Evelyn Finkel · 6 eps
Destination Wedding
Movie · as Lindsay
The Pacer
Movie
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Movie · as Herself
Stranger Things
TV · as Joyce Byers · 42 eps
Experimenter
Movie · as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Show Me a Hero
TV · as Vinni Restiano · 6 eps
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dr. Feelgood
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Turks & Caicos
Movie · as Melanie Fall
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Homefront
Movie · as Sheryl Marie Mott
Drunk History
TV · as Mary Dyer · 1 ep
Frankenweenie
Movie · as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
The Iceman
Movie · as Deborah Kuklinski
The Letter
Movie · as Martine Jamison
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Movie · as Self
Stay Cool
Movie · as Scarlet Smith
The Dilemma
Movie · as Geneva Brannen
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
Movie · as Self
Black Swan
Movie · as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
Movie · as Lois Wilson
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Movie · as Sandra Dulles
Star Trek
Movie · as Amanda Grayson
Water Pills
Movie · as Carrie
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Informers
Movie · as Cheryl Moore
The Last Word
Movie · as Charlotte Morris
The Ten
Movie · as Kelly La Fonda
Sex and Death 101
Movie · as Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
The Darwin Awards
Movie · as Siri Taylor
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
Movie · as Self
Welcome
Movie · as Cynthia
Voom Portraits
Movie · as Self
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Scanner Darkly
Movie · as Donna Hawthorne
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Movie · as Self / Donna
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Movie · as Self
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Movie · as Psychologist
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Movie · as Self
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
Movie · as Self
Declaration of Independence
Movie · as Self
The Day My God Died
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Celebrities Uncensored
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mr. Deeds
Movie · as Babe Bennett
S1m0ne
Movie · as Nicola Anders
Zoolander
Movie · as Winona Ryder (uncredited)
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
Movie · as Self
Autumn in New York
Movie · as Charlotte Fielding
Lost Souls
Movie · as Maya Larkin
Girl, Interrupted
Movie · as Susanna
Strangers with Candy
TV · as Fran · 1 ep
Celebrity
Movie · as Nola
The Entertainment Biz
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Alien Resurrection
Movie · as Call
The Crucible
Movie · as Abigail Williams
Looking for Richard
Movie · as Self / Lady Anne
Boys
Movie · as Patty Vare
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · as Self · 1 ep
How to Make an American Quilt
Movie · as Finn Dodd
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
TV · as Winona (voice) · 1 ep
Reality Bites
Movie · as Lelaina Pierce
Little Women
Movie · as Jo March
Friends
TV · as Melissa Warburton · 1 ep
The House of the Spirits
Movie · as Blanca Trueba
The Age of Innocence
Movie · as May Welland
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Movie · as Self
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
Movie · as Self
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Movie · as Mina Murray / Elisabeta
The Larry Sanders Show
TV · as Winona Ryder · 1 ep
Night on Earth
Movie · as Corky
Edward Scissorhands
Movie · as Kim
Mermaids
Movie · as Charlotte Flax
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Movie · as Dinky Bossetti
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
Movie · as Self
Heathers
Movie · as Veronica
Great Balls of Fire!
Movie · as Myra Gale Brown
The Simpsons
TV · as Allison Taylor (voice) · 1 ep
Beetlejuice
Movie · as Lydia
1969
Movie · as Beth Carr
Square Dance
Movie · as Gemma
Lucas
Movie · as Rina
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 5 eps