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