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 (2016–2025), 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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Movies (79)
Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Theatrical Preview
2026 · Thanks
Una última aventura: Detrás de cámaras de Stranger Things 5
2026 · Self (uncredited)
Detrás del telón de Stranger Things: The First Shadow
2025 · Self - 'Stranger Things' Joyce Byers (archive footage)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 · Lydia
Mansión embrujada
2023 · Pat (uncredited)
Desaparecido a medianoche
2022 · Kath
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022 · Self - Actress (archive footage)
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
2022 · Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020 · Lacey Groin
La Boda de mi Ex
2018 · Lindsay
The Pacer
2017
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
2016 · Herself
Experimenter: La historia de Stanley Milgram
2015 · Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Turks & Caicos
2014 · Melanie Fall
Línea de fuego
2013 · Sheryl Marie Mott
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012 · Self
Frankenweenie
2012 · Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
The Letter
2012 · Martine Jamison
El hombre de hielo
2012 · Deborah Kuklinski
Stay Cool
2011 · Scarlet Smith
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
2011 · Self, Thanks
El dilema
2011 · Geneva Brannen
El cisne negro
2010 · Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
2010 · Lois Wilson
Secretos de mujer
2009 · Sandra Dulles
Star Trek
2009 · Amanda Grayson
Water Pills
2009 · Carrie
The Informers
2008 · Cheryl Moore
The Last Word
2008 · Charlotte Morris
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Welcome
2007 · Cynthia
Voom Portraits
2007 · Self
The Ten
2007 · Kelly La Fonda
The Darwin Awards
2007 · Siri Taylor
Sex and Death 101
2007 · Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
2007 · Self
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006 · Self / Donna
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
2006 · Self
Una mirada a la oscuridad
2006 · Donna Hawthorne
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004 · Self
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004 · Psychologist
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
2004 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
2003 · Self
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Declaration of Independence
2003 · Self
The Day My God Died
2003 · Narrator (voice), Producer
Simone
2002 · Nicola Anders
La herencia del Sr. Deeds
2002 · Babe Bennett
Zoolander
2001 · Winona Ryder (uncredited)
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
2001 · Self
Almas perdidas
2000 · Maya Larkin
Otoño en Nueva York
2000 · Charlotte Fielding
Girl, Interrupted
1999 · Susanna, Executive Producer
Celebrity
1998 · Nola
Alien Resurrection
1997 · Call
The Crucible
1996 · Abigail Williams
Looking for Richard
1996 · Self / Lady Anne
Boys
1996 · Patty Vare
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Finn Dodd
Little Women
1994 · Jo March
Reality Bites
1994 · Lelaina Pierce
The House of the Spirits
1993 · Blanca Trueba
The Age of Innocence
1993 · May Welland
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993 · Self
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
1992 · Self
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992 · Mina Murray / Elisabeta
Night on Earth
1991 · Corky
Mermaids
1990 · Charlotte Flax
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Self
Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Kim
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990 · Dinky Bossetti
Great Balls of Fire!
1989 · Myra Gale Brown
Heathers
1989 · Veronica
1969
1988 · Beth Carr
Beetlejuice
1988 · Lydia
Square Dance
1987 · Gemma
Lucas
1986 · Rina
TV shows (20)
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
2026 · Thanks
El complot contra América
2020 · Evelyn Finkel
Stranger Things
2016 · Joyce Byers
Dr. Feelgood
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Show Me a Hero
2015 · Vinni Restiano
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
Drunk History
2013 · Mary Dyer
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · Self - Guest
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · Self
Strangers with Candy
1999 · Fran
The Entertainment Biz
1998 · Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Self
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995 · Winona (voice), Additional Writing
Friends
1994 · Melissa Warburton
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 · Winona Ryder
Los Simpson
1989 · Allison Taylor (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953 · Self