Winona Ryder
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 29, 1971 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- Winona, Minnesota, USA
- Credits
- 98
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
Filmography
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026Movie
Self (uncredited)
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2025TV
Self
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
2025Movie
Self - 'Stranger Things' Joyce Byers (archive footage)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024Movie
Lydia
Haunted Mansion
2023Movie
Pat (uncredited)
Gone in the Night
2022Movie
Kath
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022Movie
Self - Actress (archive footage)
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
2022Movie
Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020Movie
Lacey Groin
The Plot Against America
2020TV
Evelyn Finkel
Destination Wedding
2018Movie
Lindsay
The Pacer
2017Movie
Stranger Things
2016TV
Joyce Byers
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
2016Movie
Herself
Dr. Feelgood
2015TV
Self (archive footage)
Experimenter
2015Movie
Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Show Me a Hero
2015TV
Vinni Restiano
Hot Ones
2015TV
Self
Turks & Caicos
2014Movie
Melanie Fall
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
Homefront
2013Movie
Sheryl Marie Mott
Drunk History
2013TV
Mary Dyer
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012Movie
Self
Frankenweenie
2012Movie
Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
The Letter
2012Movie
Martine Jamison
The Iceman
2012Movie
Deborah Kuklinski
Stay Cool
2011Movie
Scarlet Smith
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
2011Movie
Self
The Dilemma
2011Movie
Geneva Brannen
Black Swan
2010Movie
Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
2010Movie
Lois Wilson
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009Movie
Sandra Dulles
Star Trek
2009Movie
Amanda Grayson
Water Pills
2009Movie
Carrie
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009TV
Self - Guest
The Informers
2008Movie
Cheryl Moore
The Last Word
2008Movie
Charlotte Morris
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
Welcome
2007Movie
Cynthia
Voom Portraits
2007Movie
Self
The Ten
2007Movie
Kelly La Fonda
The Darwin Awards
2007Movie
Siri Taylor
Sex and Death 101
2007Movie
Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
2007Movie
Self
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006Movie
Self / Donna
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
2006Movie
Self
A Scanner Darkly
2006Movie
Donna Hawthorne
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004Movie
Self
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004Movie
Psychologist
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
2004Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
2003Movie
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
Declaration of Independence
2003Movie
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003TV
Self
The Day My God Died
2003Movie
Narrator (voice)
S1m0ne
2002Movie
Nicola Anders
Mr. Deeds
2002Movie
Babe Bennett
Zoolander
2001Movie
Winona Ryder (uncredited)
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
2001Movie
Self
Lost Souls
2000Movie
Maya Larkin
Autumn in New York
2000Movie
Charlotte Fielding
Girl, Interrupted
1999Movie
Susanna
Strangers with Candy
1999TV
Fran
Celebrity
1998Movie
Nola
The Entertainment Biz
1998TV
Self
Alien Resurrection
1997Movie
Call
The Crucible
1996Movie
Abigail Williams
Looking for Richard
1996Movie
Self / Lady Anne
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Self
Boys
1996Movie
Patty Vare
How to Make an American Quilt
1995Movie
Finn Dodd
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995TV
Winona (voice)
Little Women
1994Movie
Jo March
Friends
1994TV
Melissa Warburton
Reality Bites
1994Movie
Lelaina Pierce
The House of the Spirits
1993Movie
Blanca Trueba
The Age of Innocence
1993Movie
May Welland
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993Movie
Self
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
1992Movie
Self
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992Movie
Mina Murray / Elisabeta
The Larry Sanders Show
1992TV
Winona Ryder
Night on Earth
1991Movie
Corky
Mermaids
1990Movie
Charlotte Flax
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
1990Movie
Self
Edward Scissorhands
1990Movie
Kim
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990Movie
Dinky Bossetti
The Simpsons
1989TV
Allison Taylor (voice)
Great Balls of Fire!
1989Movie
Myra Gale Brown
Heathers
1989Movie
Veronica
1969
1988Movie
Beth Carr
Beetlejuice
1988Movie
Lydia
Square Dance
1987Movie
Gemma
Lucas
1986Movie
Rina
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953TV
Self