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