Winona Ryder
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1971-10-29 (age 54)
- 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
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.
Known For
TV Shows (20)
The Simpsons
1989
as Allison Taylor (voice)
Stranger Things
2016
as Joyce Byers
Friends
1994
as Melissa Warburton
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self (uncredited)
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Drunk History
2013
as Mary Dyer
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Winona Ryder
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
as Winona (voice)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self - Guest
Strangers with Candy
1999
as Fran
The Plot Against America
2020
as Evelyn Finkel
Show Me a Hero
2015
as Vinni Restiano
The Entertainment Biz
1998
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2025
as Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
Dr. Feelgood
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Movies (78)
Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Kim
Black Swan
2010
as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
as Lydia
Star Trek
2009
as Amanda Grayson
Homefront
2013
as Sheryl Marie Mott
Beetlejuice
1988
as Lydia
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
as Mina Murray / Elisabeta
Girl, Interrupted
1999
as Susanna
Alien Resurrection
1997
as Call
Little Women
1994
as Jo March
Heathers
1989
as Veronica Sawyer
Zoolander
2001
as Winona Ryder (uncredited)
The House of the Spirits
1993
as Blanca Trueba
Frankenweenie
2012
as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
Haunted Mansion
2023
as Pat (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds
2002
as Babe Bennett
The Age of Innocence
1993
as May Welland
The Iceman
2012
as Deborah Kuklinski
Reality Bites
1994
as Lelaina Pierce
A Scanner Darkly
2006
as Donna Hawthorne
The Crucible
1996
as Abigail Williams
Sex and Death 101
2007
as Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
The Informers
2008
as Cheryl Moore
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026
as Self (uncredited)
Mermaids
1990
as Charlotte Flax
S1m0ne
2002
as Nicola Anders
Destination Wedding
2018
as Lindsay
Lucas
1986
as Rina
Lost Souls
2000
as Maya Larkin
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004
as Psychologist
The Dilemma
2011
as Geneva Brannen
Night on Earth
1991
as Corky
Great Balls of Fire!
1989
as Myra Gale Brown
Celebrity
1998
as Nola
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
as Sandra Dulles
Autumn in New York
2000
as Charlotte Fielding
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Finn Dodd
The Ten
2007
as Kelly La Fonda
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990
as Dinky Bossetti
Experimenter
2015
as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
The Darwin Awards
2007
as Siri Taylor
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self / Lady Anne
Boys
1996
as Patty Vare
Turks & Caicos
2014
as Melanie Fall
Gone in the Night
2022
as Kath
Voom Portraits
2007
as Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self (archive footage)
1969
1988
as Beth Carr
Stay Cool
2011
as Scarlet Smith
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Word
2008
as Charlotte Morris
Square Dance
1987
as Gemma
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Declaration of Independence
2003
as Self
The Letter
2012
as Martine Jamison
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
as Lacey Groin
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
2010
as Lois Wilson
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006
as Self / Donna
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993
as Self
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004
as Self
Welcome
2007
as Cynthia
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
1992
as Self
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
2003
as Self
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
2016
as Herself
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
2006
as Self
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
2011
as Self
The Day My God Died
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2024
as Self
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Scorsese's Women
2014
as Mask
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012
as Self
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Self
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
2007
as Self
Water Pills
2009
as Carrie
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
2004
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
2022
as Self
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
2001
as Self
About 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), Edwar… With 98 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Winona Ryder has appeared in 78 films and 20 TV shows.
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Most Popular Winona Ryder Movies
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) — as Kim
- Black Swan (2010) — as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) — as Lydia
- Star Trek (2009) — as Amanda Grayson
- Homefront (2013) — as Sheryl Marie Mott
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