
Cast
Winona Ryder
Acting
Cast
Winona Ryder
Known for
Acting
Born
1971-10-29
From
Winona, Minnesota, USA
Also known as Wynona Ryder, Winona Laura Horowitz
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.

Edward Scissorhands
as Kim

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Lydia

Star Trek
as Amanda Grayson

Black Swan
as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan

Beetlejuice
as Lydia

Homefront
as Sheryl Marie Mott

Bram Stoker's Dracula
as Mina Murray / Elisabeta

Girl, Interrupted
as Susanna

Alien Resurrection
as Call

Zoolander
as Winona Ryder (uncredited)

Frankenweenie
as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)

Little Women
as Jo March

Heathers
as Veronica Sawyer

Haunted Mansion
as Pat (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds
as Babe Bennett

The Iceman
as Deborah Kuklinski

Reality Bites
as Lelaina Pierce

The House of the Spirits
as Blanca Trueba

The Age of Innocence
as May Welland

A Scanner Darkly
as Donna Hawthorne

S1m0ne
as Nicola Anders

Mermaids
as Charlotte Flax

Sex and Death 101
as Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)

Celebrity
as Nola

Lost Souls
as Maya Larkin

The Informers
as Cheryl Moore

The Crucible
as Abigail Williams

The Dilemma
as Geneva Brannen

Autumn in New York
as Charlotte Fielding

Night on Earth
as Corky

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
as Self (uncredited)

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

The Ten
as Kelly La Fonda

Experimenter
as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram

Great Balls of Fire!
as Myra Gale Brown

Destination Wedding
as Lindsay

Lucas
as Rina

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
as Dinky Bossetti

Stay Cool
as Scarlet Smith

Turks & Caicos
as Melanie Fall

How to Make an American Quilt
as Finn Dodd

Voom Portraits
as Self

The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
as Self (archive footage)

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Sandra Dulles

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
as Psychologist

Looking for Richard
as Self / Lady Anne

The Letter
as Martine Jamison

Boys
as Patty Vare

The Darwin Awards
as Siri Taylor

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
as Self

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
as Lacey Groin

When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
as Lois Wilson

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)

Gone in the Night
as Kath

Square Dance
as Gemma

1969
as Beth Carr

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
as Self

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Black Swan: Metamorphosis
as Self

The Last Word
as Charlotte Morris

Declaration of Independence
as Self

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
as Self

One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
as Self / Donna

The Making of Edward Scissorhands
as Self

One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
as Self

Water Pills
as Carrie

Scorsese's Women
as Mask

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)

Author: The JT LeRoy Story
as Herself

Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Welcome
as Cynthia

Tim Burton: Life in the Line
as Self

Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
as Self

The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
as Self

Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
as Self

Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
as Self

The Day My God Died
as Narrator (voice)

The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
as Self