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), 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.
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.
Known for
![Beetlejuice Beetlejuice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kKgQzkUCnQmeTPkyIwHly2t6ZFI.jpg)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
![Haunted Mansion](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8Im6DknDVxRiGXc5t8rVOJyzuNx.jpg)
Haunted Mansion
![Gone in the Night](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/A1F9RpyLNbYyE9nE4INrVQh0b7T.jpg)
Gone in the Night
![Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rSA131VRzZcu6XlJUSUEFu4P5Xc.jpg)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
![The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tXPRJhcryUlfPFocreMDd0ZrYFI.jpg)
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
![Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ADPaqb6QBsZpG7fRWYOULVZMto.jpg)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
![Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j8EiCcV55YBysJJaHSf6YZWxtCX.jpg)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
![The Plot Against America](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rC5GUHvKxlk3WPyCh4mQ5q6HDxG.jpg)
The Plot Against America
![Destination Wedding](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ioj2FMnMgD0eHgYfd31HtWOtBWU.jpg)
Destination Wedding
![Stranger Things](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uOOtwVbSr4QDjAGIifLDwpb2Pdl.jpg)
Stranger Things
![Author: The JT LeRoy Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2d0J8YiDFZnXswjmJdJHpo4NLlC.jpg)
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
![Experimenter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y0lBJjDGYfAdjxsZYYiuL5m3835.jpg)
Experimenter
![Show Me a Hero](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dDxqWY5Qpcy6Smf7SGvGRlf7u6e.jpg)
Show Me a Hero
![Turks & Caicos](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sbDqSsAhKGybpZk5vGpDRg6cSRx.jpg)
Turks & Caicos
![Late Night with Seth Meyers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g6MrJxNaHYGYU7Sxo72e5B8gKOV.jpg)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
![Homefront](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v55tfjL3QGeabkXAMXPb4olwjL0.jpg)
Homefront
![Drunk History](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6zTclFjUEm6aTodjYciYtwzh5tY.jpg)
Drunk History
![Ben Lee: Catch My Disease](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2cyQSbQW1cLCUogXyWB74Eph0dD.jpg)
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
![Frankenweenie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yGjVbLVdZRBlZTTQVBsj2KUjL1s.jpg)
Frankenweenie
![The Letter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pGDnNEAhttpXLO9ihFmQ44XQhO4.jpg)
The Letter
![The Iceman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/56KPE9tPYh2WBdnUMq9EIOwEXGQ.jpg)
The Iceman
![Stay Cool](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8VDrfWam5pVH0vxE1nyLMVwYuIm.jpg)
Stay Cool
![Black Swan: Metamorphosis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i3SGAhTtArQgwvYropVwo1OKuxM.jpg)
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
![The Dilemma](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/a7EVBTqeh6NoCFDW24qIp11kyi9.jpg)
The Dilemma
![Black Swan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rH19vkjAzCZ0HIUvrgB3rowm68h.jpg)
Black Swan
![When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jlBlWguLtgywmi4FTpkrRQPyLIW.jpg)
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
![The Private Lives of Pippa Lee](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eHN6AaAcks2c8HTVaQzJKSJLp7h.jpg)
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
![Star Trek](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lV5OpzAss1z06YNagOVap1I35mH.jpg)
Star Trek
![The Informers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yiXkvghbkYMQ3iMyhiI08GgtonC.jpg)
The Informers
![The Last Word](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2Aou5FwwTlMhiS63J49vcOoVCwv.jpg)
The Last Word
![The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tVJJvSLzgjTDJGgVjj7izGtcTxY.jpg)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
![Voom Portraits](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h2XXLgiFJ0pfDZpv078ofPV4r3v.jpg)
Voom Portraits
![The Ten](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/byhpbEcL1tuoNhU3x5vYF45QM8X.jpg)
The Ten
![Sex and Death 101](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yLWdM3znzRCqEbxYWXpSJNNu3fe.jpg)
Sex and Death 101
![Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3jqp1aSIgiirV06DSXMJei7Wozm.jpg)
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
![One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r6Wq9nRGpQ1xJfjnk8VrC4cf1qk.jpg)
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
![A Scanner Darkly](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lUKudOpHICDj6A6SO7DdaZM4W48.jpg)
A Scanner Darkly
![The Darwin Awards](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6reChYRqaglz563iX2JgiK8eFS9.jpg)
The Darwin Awards
![Nos Bastidores de Hollywood](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2tbIAd61D03RPNvjouFq9CkyKWo.jpg)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
![The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nZ2lGgvXZpsA3Dvsog06xzjBmAO.jpg)
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
![One Step Beyond. The Making of Alien: Resurrection](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3x4hTQfenaPFQ8VPGa0yuKimgGy.jpg)
One Step Beyond. The Making of Alien: Resurrection
![Declaration of Independence](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mOb4iKKSIP5UVgEH8QuaEsKAnId.jpg)
Declaration of Independence
![Celebrities Uncensored](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cwZ6ZXREDPOtsAiAUcA4uKBhy1e.jpg)
Celebrities Uncensored
![The Day My God Died](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4O8GjicSADkjQ01pVnddVa8a06V.jpg)
The Day My God Died
![S1m0ne](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mdHEOCSGPvwa9pYiV1ZDZ1ihj42.jpg)
S1m0ne
![Mr. Deeds](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rtUGG5gfpsF3uI52pgkzwsSfVlB.jpg)
Mr. Deeds
![Zoolander](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qdrbSneHZjJG2Dj0hhBxzzAo4HB.jpg)
Zoolander
![Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vBcuMsONPkIUK5LXwo5ipkdW0Kw.jpg)
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
![Lost Souls](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qmplwqJqjbWLFf1n1VQSemmR7EB.jpg)
Lost Souls
![Autumn in New York](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vmHvrhfYfUZ58RtLaq4LOHp9q5m.jpg)
Autumn in New York
![Girl, Interrupted](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dOBdatHIVppvmRFw2z7bf9VKJr9.jpg)
Girl, Interrupted
![Strangers with Candy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wYQ9ugFYIj5zoIplo79YHf7v9Ed.jpg)
Strangers with Candy
![Celebrity](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3pbcMORRjqYgfx87CXexLw32gk.jpg)
Celebrity
![Alien Resurrection](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9aRDMlU5Zwpysilm0WCWzU2PCFv.jpg)
Alien Resurrection
![The Crucible](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zv69Rev43me5gQ68x7fk1mQzhHn.jpg)
The Crucible
![Looking for Richard](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2iEgEoMP1S2YWKkYkwm8cgg2bBN.jpg)
Looking for Richard
![E! True Hollywood Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zuXXivVEjOkMswJvNFFRmJW0bTZ.jpg)
E! True Hollywood Story
![Boys](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kxpLUlvqptToQbLZJbQ7YO4MUAe.jpg)
Boys
![How to Make an American Quilt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vwYRaERccwXWCYrTzeWRZRarJOo.jpg)
How to Make an American Quilt
![Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wHqJxW6vCi8g3ZZJnFEDGcMsaor.jpg)
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
![Little Women](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1ZzH1XMcKAe5NdrKL5MfcqZHHsZ.jpg)
Little Women
![Friends](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2koX1xLkpTQM4IZebYvKysFW1Nh.jpg)
Friends
![Reality Bites](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qGDhodtpkpxkrFqokenGNJlzt6w.jpg)
Reality Bites
![The House of the Spirits](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q0YyNTvooXI9ZF71dAYKcRwqlGn.jpg)
The House of the Spirits
![The Age of Innocence](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5Tuyt26v7qNR8Cl3m7ZRx36rduf.jpg)
The Age of Innocence
![Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bzrbQYTvolvAFd7hBpkHeYi1Aq.jpg)
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
![Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/drxD6xb7Kz0lynuImdq1DmBuJdO.jpg)
Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
![Bram Stoker's Dracula](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/n39glC4GkBeCbwdenES8ZBodim8.jpg)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
![The Larry Sanders Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qMRVylcs6y2naOp7s6RIawELTAL.jpg)
The Larry Sanders Show
![Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2H2kkADkCD1IRzAtoiIQqZwTLE.jpg)
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
![Night on Earth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ktejUHCo6c8DekpOtR3uSb6oDXr.jpg)
Night on Earth
![The Making of Edward Scissorhands](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pNllsZFsXiLAerWVQAY47RXjj4N.jpg)
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
![Edward Scissorhands](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e0FqKFvGPdQNWG8tF9cZBtev9Em.jpg)
Edward Scissorhands
![Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/774bDgRxf7TfNu6E55xBEcw0lME.jpg)
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
![The Simpsons](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vHqeLzYl3dEAutojCO26g0LIkom.jpg)
The Simpsons
![Great Balls of Fire!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cb0zpDUnHBj8PxWQG5L96m3rxrk.jpg)
Great Balls of Fire!
![Heathers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7LJJHnYbW2fI1fdrej4TNU41ElU.jpg)
Heathers
![1969](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lM8B5gsF28UNKMJY3ZVSkpy5Ie.jpg)
1969
![Beetlejuice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nnl6OWkyPpuMm595hmAxNW3rZFn.jpg)
Beetlejuice
![Square Dance](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hSF0zK9KzcKTDZsXNbGRRK2HRLh.jpg)
Square Dance
![Lucas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7qq4sxYj59Aq6wmnnIlot5iXaux.jpg)
Lucas
![Saturday Night Live](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sHGuKFjIBisPk8cvtCZTDVktYfs.jpg)
Saturday Night Live
![The Oscars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wyMHJMQp8WpmBg9CxefvbQnFhrm.jpg)
The Oscars