Winona Ryder
Acting
Born: October 29, 1971 (age 54) · Winona, Minnesota, USA
Highest Rated
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. Hi 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
Stranger Things
2016
Black Swan
2010
Edward Scissorhands
1990
The Simpsons
1989
Star Trek
2009
Friends
1994
Beetlejuice
1988
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
Alien Resurrection
1997
Zoolander
2001
Girl, Interrupted
1999
Homefront
2013
Photos (24)
Movies (55)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Lydia
Edward Scissorhands
Kim
Black Swan
Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
Alien Resurrection
Call
Beetlejuice
Lydia
Star Trek
Amanda Grayson
Haunted Mansion
Pat (uncredited)
Girl, Interrupted
Susanna
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Mina Murray / Elisabeta
Frankenweenie
Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
A Scanner Darkly
Donna Hawthorne
Reality Bites
Lelaina Pierce
Homefront
Sheryl Marie Mott
Heathers
Veronica
Little Women
Jo March
The House of the Spirits
Blanca Trueba
Sex and Death 101
Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
The Age of Innocence
May Welland
The Iceman
Deborah Kuklinski
Autumn in New York
Charlotte Fielding
Destination Wedding
Lindsay
Mr. Deeds
Babe Bennett
The Informers
Cheryl Moore
The Crucible
Abigail Williams
The Dilemma
Geneva Brannen
How to Make an American Quilt
Finn Dodd
Night on Earth
Corky
Zoolander
Winona Ryder (uncredited)
The Darwin Awards
Siri Taylor
The Ten
Kelly La Fonda
Experimenter
Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Celebrity
Nola
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Sandra Dulles
Lucas
Rina
Gone in the Night
Kath
Lost Souls
Maya Larkin
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Psychologist
S1m0ne
Nicola Anders
Mermaids
Charlotte Flax
Great Balls of Fire!
Myra Gale Brown
Turks & Caicos
Melanie Fall
The Letter
Martine Jamison
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
Lois Wilson
1969
Beth Carr
Stay Cool
Scarlet Smith
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Lacey Groin
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Dinky Bossetti
Boys
Patty Vare
The Last Word
Charlotte Morris
Square Dance
Gemma
The Pacer
2017
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Day My God Died
Narrator (voice)
Welcome
Cynthia
Water Pills
Carrie
TV Shows (9)
The Simpsons
Allison Taylor (voice) · 1 eps
Stranger Things
Joyce Byers · 42 eps
Friends
Melissa Warburton · 1 eps
The Larry Sanders Show
Winona Ryder · 1 eps
Drunk History
Mary Dyer · 1 eps
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Winona (voice) · 1 eps
Strangers with Candy
Fran · 1 eps
Show Me a Hero
Vinni Restiano · 6 eps
The Plot Against America
Evelyn Finkel · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (33)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
Hot Ones
Self · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 5 eps
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
Self (uncredited)
E! True Hollywood Story
Self · 1 eps
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Self · 4 eps
Looking for Richard
Self / Lady Anne
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Herself
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Self - 'Stranger Things' Joyce Byers (archive footage)
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Self
Voom Portraits
Self
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
Self
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
Self
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Self
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
Self
Declaration of Independence
Self
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
Self
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Self
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
Self
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Self / Donna
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Self
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
Self
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · 1 eps
