Winona Ryder
Born: 1971-10-29 in Winona, Minnesota, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Stranger Things 5: The Finale as Joyce Byers
2024
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Lydia
- Tim Burton: Life in the Line as Self
2023
- Haunted Mansion as Pat (uncredited)
2022
- Gone in the Night as Kath
- Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 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
- The Plot Against America as Evelyn Finkel
2018
- Destination Wedding as Lindsay
2016
- Stranger Things as Joyce Byers
- Author: The JT LeRoy Story as Herself
2015
- Hot Ones as Self
- Experimenter as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
- Show Me a Hero as Vinni Restiano
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Scorsese's Women as Mask
- Turks & Caicos as Melanie Fall
2013
- Homefront as Sheryl Marie Mott
- Drunk History as Mary Dyer
2012
- The Letter as Martine Jamison
- The Iceman as Deborah Kuklinski
- Frankenweenie as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
- Ben Lee: Catch My Disease as Self
2011
- The Dilemma as Geneva Brannen
- Stay Cool as Scarlet Smith
- Black Swan: Metamorphosis as Self
2010
- Black Swan as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
- When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story as Lois Wilson
2009
- Star Trek as Amanda Grayson
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee as Sandra Dulles
- Water Pills as Carrie
2008
- The Informers as Cheryl Moore
- The Last Word as Charlotte Morris
2007
- Sex and Death 101 as Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
- The Ten as Kelly La Fonda
- The Darwin Awards as Siri Taylor
- The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' as Self (archive footage)
- Welcome as Cynthia
- Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton as Self
- Voom Portraits as Self
2006
- A Scanner Darkly as Donna Hawthorne
- One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' as Self / Donna
- The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales as Self
2005
- Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2004
- The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things as Psychologist
- Linklater: St. Richard of Austin as Self
- Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
- One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection as Self
- Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
- Declaration of Independence as Self
- The Day My God Died as Narrator (voice)
2001
- Zoolander as Winona Ryder (uncredited)
- Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads as Self
2000
- Autumn in New York as Charlotte Fielding
- Lost Souls as Maya Larkin
1999
- Girl, Interrupted as Susanna
- Strangers with Candy as Fran
1998
- Celebrity as Nola
- The Entertainment Biz as Self
1997
- Alien Resurrection as Call
1996
- Boys as Patty Vare
- Looking for Richard as Self / Lady Anne
- The Crucible as Abigail Williams
- E! True Hollywood Story as Self
1995
- Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist as Winona (voice)
- How to Make an American Quilt as Finn Dodd
1994
- Friends as Melissa Warburton
- Little Women as Jo March
- Reality Bites as Lelaina Pierce
1993
- The House of the Spirits as Blanca Trueba
- The Age of Innocence as May Welland
- Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' as Self
1992
- Bram Stoker's Dracula as Mina Murray / Elisabeta
- The Larry Sanders Show as Winona Ryder
- Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. as Self
1991
- Night on Earth as Corky
1990
- Edward Scissorhands as Kim
- Mermaids as Charlotte Flax
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael as Dinky Bossetti
- The Making of Edward Scissorhands as Self
1989
- The Simpsons as Allison Taylor (voice)
- Great Balls of Fire! as Myra Gale Brown
1988
- Beetlejuice as Lydia
- Heathers as Veronica Sawyer
- 1969 as Beth Carr
1987
- Square Dance as Gemma
1986
- Lucas as Rina
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self