Winona Ryder
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 29, 1971
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Theatrical Preview 2026
Thanks
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 2026
as Self (uncredited)
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow 2025
as Self - 'Stranger Things' Joyce Byers (archive footage)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024
as Lydia
Haunted Mansion 2023
as Pat (uncredited)
Gone in the Night 2022
as Kath
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called 2022
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon 2022
as Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine 2020
as Lacey Groin
Destination Wedding 2018
as Lindsay
The Pacer 2017
Actor
Author: The JT LeRoy Story 2016
as Herself
Experimenter 2015
as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Turks & Caicos 2014
as Melanie Fall
Homefront 2013
as Sheryl Marie Mott
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease 2012
as Self
Frankenweenie 2012
as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
The Letter 2012
as Martine Jamison
The Iceman 2012
as Deborah Kuklinski
Stay Cool 2011
as Scarlet Smith
Black Swan: Metamorphosis 2011
as Self, Thanks
The Dilemma 2011
as Geneva Brannen
Black Swan 2010
as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story 2010
as Lois Wilson
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee 2009
as Sandra Dulles
Star Trek 2009
as Amanda Grayson
Water Pills 2009
as Carrie
The Informers 2008
as Cheryl Moore
The Last Word 2008
as Charlotte Morris
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' 2007
as Self (archive footage)
Welcome 2007
as Cynthia
Voom Portraits 2007
as Self
The Ten 2007
as Kelly La Fonda
The Darwin Awards 2007
as Siri Taylor
Sex and Death 101 2007
as Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton 2007
as Self
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales 2006
as Self
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' 2006
as Self / Donna
A Scanner Darkly 2006
as Donna Hawthorne
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin 2004
as Self
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 2004
as Psychologist
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin 2004
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection 2003
as Self
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment 2003
as Self (archive footage)
Declaration of Independence 2003
as Self
The Day My God Died 2003
as Narrator (voice), Producer
S1m0ne 2002
as Nicola Anders
Mr. Deeds 2002
as Babe Bennett
Zoolander 2001
as Winona Ryder (uncredited)
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads 2001
as Self
Lost Souls 2000
as Maya Larkin
Autumn in New York 2000
as Charlotte Fielding
Girl, Interrupted 1999
as Susanna, Executive Producer
Celebrity 1998
as Nola
Alien Resurrection 1997
as Call
The Crucible 1996
as Abigail Williams
Looking for Richard 1996
as Self / Lady Anne
Boys 1996
as Patty Vare
How to Make an American Quilt 1995
as Finn Dodd
Little Women 1994
as Jo March
Reality Bites 1994
as Lelaina Pierce
The House of the Spirits 1993
as Blanca Trueba
The Age of Innocence 1993
as May Welland
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' 1993
as Self
Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992
as Mina Murray / Elisabeta
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies 1992
as Self
Night on Earth 1991
as Corky
The Making of Edward Scissorhands 1990
as Self
Mermaids 1990
as Charlotte Flax
Edward Scissorhands 1990
as Kim
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael 1990
as Dinky Bossetti
Great Balls of Fire! 1989
as Myra Gale Brown
Heathers 1989
as Veronica
1969 1988
as Beth Carr
Beetlejuice 1988
as Lydia
Square Dance 1987
as Gemma
Lucas 1986
as Rina
Credits from TMDB.