Winona Ryder
Born October 29, 1971 (Age: 54)
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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.
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
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
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as Lydia
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Age: 52
Haunted Mansion
2023
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as Pat (uncredited)
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Age: 51
Gone in the Night
2022
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as Kath
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Age: 50
Destination Wedding
2018
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as Lindsay
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Age: 46
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
2016
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as Herself
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Age: 44
Experimenter
2015
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as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
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Age: 43
Scorsese's Women
2014
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as Mask
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Age: 42
Homefront
2013
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as Sheryl Marie Mott
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Age: 42
Frankenweenie
2012
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as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
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Age: 40
The Iceman
2012
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as Deborah Kuklinski
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Age: 40
The Dilemma
2011
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as Geneva Brannen
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Age: 39
Black Swan
2010
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as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
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Age: 39
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
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as Sandra Dulles
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Age: 37
Star Trek
2009
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as Amanda Grayson
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Age: 37
The Informers
2008
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as Cheryl Moore
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Age: 37
The Last Word
2008
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as Charlotte Morris
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Age: 36
The Ten
2007
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as Kelly La Fonda
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Age: 35
The Darwin Awards
2007
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as Siri Taylor
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Age: 35
A Scanner Darkly
2006
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as Donna Hawthorne
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Age: 34
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 33
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004
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as Psychologist
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Age: 32
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 31
S1m0ne
2002
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as Nicola Anders
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Age: 30
Mr. Deeds
2002
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as Babe Bennett
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Age: 30
Zoolander
2001
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as Winona Ryder (uncredited)
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Age: 29
Lost Souls
2000
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as Maya Larkin
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Age: 28
Autumn in New York
2000
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as Charlotte Fielding
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Age: 28
Girl, Interrupted
1999
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as Susanna
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Age: 28
Celebrity
1998
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as Nola
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Age: 26
Alien Resurrection
1997
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as Call
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Age: 26
The Crucible
1996
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as Abigail Williams
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Age: 25
Looking for Richard
1996
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as Self / Lady Anne
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Age: 24
Boys
1996
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as Patty Vare
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Age: 24
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
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as Finn Dodd
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Age: 23
Little Women
1994
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as Jo March
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Age: 23
Reality Bites
1994
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as Lelaina Pierce
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Age: 22
The House of the Spirits
1993
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as Blanca Trueba
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Age: 21
The Age of Innocence
1993
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as May Welland
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Age: 21
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
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as Mina Murray / Elisabeta
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Age: 21
Night on Earth
1991
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as Corky
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Age: 20
Mermaids
1990
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as Charlotte Flax
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Age: 19
Edward Scissorhands
1990
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as Kim
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Age: 19
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990
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as Dinky Bossetti
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Age: 18
Great Balls of Fire!
1989
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as Myra Gale Brown
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Age: 17
Heathers
1989
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as Veronica Sawyer
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Age: 17
1969
1988
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as Beth Carr
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Age: 16
Beetlejuice
1988
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as Lydia
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Age: 16
Square Dance
1987
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as Gemma
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Age: 15
Lucas
1986
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as Rina
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Age: 14