Winona Ryder
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.
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Credits
- 2024 · Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Lydia
- 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 & 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 Self
- 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: The Making of 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
- 1999 · Strangers with Candy as Fran
- 1998 · Celebrity as Nola
- 1997 · Alien Resurrection as Call
- 1996 · The Crucible as Abigail Williams
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Self / Lady Anne
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- 1996 · Boys as Patty Vare
- 1995 · How to Make an American Quilt as Finn Dodd
- 1995 · Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist as
- 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
- 1993 · Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' as Self
- 1992 · Bram Stoker's Dracula as Mina Murray / Elisabeta
- 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 · Great Balls of Fire! as Myra Gale Brown
- 1989 · Heathers as Veronica Sawyer
- 1988 · 1969 as Beth Carr
- 1988 · Beetlejuice as Lydia
- 1987 · Square Dance as Gemma
- 1986 · Lucas as Rina
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self