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