1971-10-29 Winona, Minnesota, USA
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.
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One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 | Self (uncredited) | 2026-01-11 |
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Lydia | 2024-09-04 |
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Tim Burton: Life in the Line | Self | 2024-06-06 |
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Haunted Mansion | Pat (uncredited) | 2023-07-26 |
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Winona Ryder - Die Geister, die sie rief | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 2022-04-09 |
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Gone in the Night | Kath | 2022-07-15 |
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The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon | Self | 2022-03-16 |
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Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony | Self (archive footage) | 2021-03-26 |
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Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Lacey Groin | 2020-10-27 |
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Destination Wedding | Lindsay | 2018-08-02 |
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Author: The JT LeRoy Story | Herself | 2016-01-22 |
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Experimenter | Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram | 2015-10-16 |
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Scorsese's Women | Mask | 2014-09-10 |
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Turks & Caicos | Melanie Fall | 2014-03-20 |
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Homefront | Sheryl Marie Mott | 2013-11-12 |
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Frankenweenie | Elsa Van Helsing (voice) | 2012-10-04 |
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Ben Lee: Catch My Disease | Self | 2012-11-06 |
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The Letter | Martine Jamison | 2012-09-06 |
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The Iceman | Deborah Kuklinski | 2012-09-01 |
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Stay Cool | Scarlet Smith | 2011-09-16 |
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Black Swan: Metamorphosis | Self | 2011-03-29 |
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The Dilemma | Geneva Brannen | 2011-01-13 |
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When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story | Lois Wilson | 2010-04-25 |
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Black Swan | Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan | 2010-12-03 |
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Star Trek | Amanda Grayson | 2009-05-06 |
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Sandra Dulles | 2009-07-07 |
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Water Pills | Carrie | 2009-04-01 |
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The Last Word | Charlotte Morris | 2008-04-20 |
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The Informers | Cheryl Moore | 2008-11-05 |
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Voom Portraits | Self | 2007-10-01 |
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The Darwin Awards | Siri Taylor | 2007-06-25 |
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The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' | Self (archive footage) | 2007-10-08 |
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Welcome | Cynthia | 2007-10-05 |
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Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton | Self | 2007-04-27 |
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The Ten | Kelly La Fonda | 2007-08-03 |
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Sex and Death 101 | Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101) | 2007-06-15 |
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The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales | Self | 2006-12-19 |
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A Scanner Darkly | Donna Hawthorne | 2006-07-07 |
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One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' | Self / Donna | 2006-12-19 |
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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2005-03-01 |
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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things | Psychologist | 2004-09-15 |
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Linklater: St. Richard of Austin | Self | 2004-12-13 |
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Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2004-01-20 |
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Declaration of Independence | Self | 2003-06-10 |
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The Day My God Died | Narrator (voice) | 2003-04-19 |
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101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment | Self (archive footage) | 2003-07-18 |
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One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection | Self | 2003-12-02 |
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S1m0ne | Nicola Anders | 2002-08-23 |
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Mr. Deeds | Babe Bennett | 2002-06-28 |
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Zoolander | Winona Ryder (uncredited) | 2001-09-28 |
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Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads | Self | 2001-01-01 |
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Lost Souls | Maya Larkin | 2000-10-13 |
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Autumn in New York | Charlotte Fielding | 2000-08-11 |
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Girl, Interrupted | Susanna | 1999-12-21 |
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Celebrity | Nola | 1998-09-25 |
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Alien Resurrection | Call | 1997-11-12 |
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Boys | Patty Vare | 1996-05-10 |
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Looking for Richard | Self / Lady Anne | 1996-10-11 |
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The Crucible | Abigail Williams | 1996-11-27 |
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How to Make an American Quilt | Finn Dodd | 1995-10-06 |
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Reality Bites | Lelaina Pierce | 1994-02-18 |
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Little Women | Jo March | 1994-12-21 |
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The House of the Spirits | Blanca Trueba | 1993-10-21 |
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The Age of Innocence | May Welland | 1993-09-10 |
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Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' | Self | 1993-09-01 |
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Bram Stoker's Dracula | Mina Murray / Elisabeta | 1992-11-13 |
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Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies | Self | 1992-11-13 |
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Night on Earth | Corky | 1991-12-12 |
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Mermaids | Charlotte Flax | 1990-12-14 |
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Edward Scissorhands | Kim | 1990-12-07 |
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The Making of Edward Scissorhands | Self | 1990-12-14 |
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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Dinky Bossetti | 1990-10-12 |
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Heathers | Veronica Sawyer | 1989-03-31 |
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Great Balls of Fire! | Myra Gale Brown | 1989-06-30 |
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Beetlejuice | Lydia | 1988-03-30 |
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1969 | Beth Carr | 1988-08-18 |
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Square Dance | Gemma | 1987-03-01 |
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Lucas | Rina | 1986-03-28 |
