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