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 majo
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.
Born
Oct 29, 1971
Winona, Minnesota, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
78 acting
3 crew
Popularity
5.3
Known For
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
as Lydia
Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Kim
Black Swan
2010
as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
as Mina Murray / Elisabeta
Beetlejuice
1988
as Lydia
Homefront
2013
as Sheryl Marie Mott
Star Trek
2009
as Amanda Grayson
Alien Resurrection
1997
as Call
Girl, Interrupted
1999
as Susanna
Frankenweenie
2012
as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
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