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