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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 29, 1971
Place of Birth
Winona, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As
- Wynona Ryder
- Winona Laura Horowitz
- ウィノナ ライダー
- ウィノナ・ローラ・ホロウィッツ
- وینونا رایدر
Winona Ryder
9.7 Popularity
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–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
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Joyce Byers
Stranger Things 5: The Finale
2025
7.0
Lydia
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
0.0
Self
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2024
6.4
Pat (uncredited)
Haunted Mansion
2023
5.5
Kath
Gone in the Night
2022
7.7
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022
2.0
Self
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
2022
4.5
Self (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
5.4
Lacey Groin
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
6.7
Evelyn Finkel
The Plot Against America
2020
Credits
Stranger Things 5: The Finale
as Joyce Byers
2025
0.0
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Lydia
2024
7.0
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
as Self
2024
0.0
Haunted Mansion
as Pat (uncredited)
2023
6.4
Gone in the Night
as Kath
2022
5.5
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2022
7.7
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
as Self
2022
2.0
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
2021
4.5
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
as Lacey Groin
2020
5.4
The Plot Against America
as Evelyn Finkel
2020
6.7
Destination Wedding
as Lindsay
2018
5.8
Stranger Things
as Joyce Byers
2016
8.6
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
as Herself
2016
6.6
Experimenter
as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
2015
6.5
Show Me a Hero
as Vinni Restiano
2015
7.0
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
7.2
Scorsese's Women
as Mask
2014
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Turks & Caicos
as Melanie Fall
2014
6.2
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Homefront
as Sheryl Marie Mott
2013
6.9
Drunk History
as Mary Dyer
2013
6.8
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
as Self
2012
2.0
Frankenweenie
as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
2012
7.0
The Letter
as Martine Jamison
2012
4.5
The Iceman
as Deborah Kuklinski
2012
6.6
Stay Cool
as Scarlet Smith
2011
4.9
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
as Self
2011
7.7
The Dilemma
as Geneva Brannen
2011
5.3
Black Swan
as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
2010
7.7
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
as Lois Wilson
2010
6.0
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Sandra Dulles
2009
5.8
Star Trek
as Amanda Grayson
2009
7.4
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Water Pills
as Carrie
2009
0.0
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2009
6.1
The Informers
as Cheryl Moore
2008
4.8
The Last Word
as Charlotte Morris
2008
5.8
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
as Self (archive footage)
2007
8.0
Welcome
as Cynthia
2007
6.0
Voom Portraits
as Self
2007
10.0
The Ten
as Kelly La Fonda
2007
4.8
The Darwin Awards
as Siri Taylor
2007
5.5
Sex and Death 101
as Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
2007
6.1
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
as Self
2007
7.0
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
as Self / Donna
2006
8.2
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
as Self
2006
7.0
A Scanner Darkly
as Donna Hawthorne
2006
6.8
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2005
10.0
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
as Self
2004
0.0
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
as Psychologist
2004
5.8
🎬
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
7.7
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
as Self
2003
6.5
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
2003
5.0
Declaration of Independence
as Self
2003
10.0
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
4.0
The Day My God Died
as Narrator (voice)
2003
8.0
S1m0ne
as Nicola Anders
2002
6.0
Mr. Deeds
as Babe Bennett
2002
5.9
Zoolander
as Winona Ryder (uncredited)
2001
6.2
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
as Self
2001
10.0
Lost Souls
as Maya Larkin
2000
5.0
Autumn in New York
as Charlotte Fielding
2000
6.1
Girl, Interrupted
as Susanna
1999
7.6
Strangers with Candy
as Fran
1999
7.6
Celebrity
as Nola
1998
6.0
🎬
The Entertainment Biz
as Self
1998
0.0
Alien Resurrection
as Call
1997
6.2
The Crucible
as Abigail Williams
1996
6.6
Looking for Richard
as Self / Lady Anne
1996
6.8
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self
1996
8.1
Boys
as Patty Vare
1996
5.3
How to Make an American Quilt
as Finn Dodd
1995
6.4
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as Winona (voice)
1995
7.8
Little Women
as Jo March
1994
7.3
Friends
as Melissa Warburton
1994
8.4
Reality Bites
as Lelaina Pierce
1994
6.6
The House of the Spirits
as Blanca Trueba
1993
6.9
The Age of Innocence
as May Welland
1993
7.0
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
as Self
1993
5.5
Bram Stoker's Dracula
as Mina Murray / Elisabeta
1992
7.4
The Larry Sanders Show
as Winona Ryder
1992
7.7
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
as Self
1992
6.2
Night on Earth
as Corky
1991
7.5
Mermaids
as Charlotte Flax
1990
6.7
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
as Self
1990
7.9
Edward Scissorhands
as Kim
1990
7.7
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
as Dinky Bossetti
1990
6.1
The Simpsons
as Allison Taylor (voice)
1989
8.0
Great Balls of Fire!
as Myra Gale Brown
1989
6.3
Heathers
as Veronica Sawyer
1988
7.3
1969
as Beth Carr
1988
5.6
Beetlejuice
as Lydia
1988
7.4
Square Dance
as Gemma
1987
4.5
Lucas
as Rina
1986
6.7
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
🎬
Untitled Beetlejuice 3
as Lydia Deetz
N/A
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