Winona Ryder

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• Stranger ThingsTV Show · 2016

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.

Filmography

1. 2026One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5as Self (uncredited)
2. 2025Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadowas Self - 'Stranger Things' Joyce Byers (archive footage)
3. 2024Beetlejuice Beetlejuiceas Lydia
4. 2023Haunted Mansionas Pat (uncredited)
5. 2022Gone in the Nightas Kath
6. 2020Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fineas Lacey Groin
7. 2020The Plot Against Americaas Evelyn Finkel · 6 episodes
8. 2018Destination Weddingas Lindsay
9. 2016Stranger Thingsas Joyce Byers · 42 episodes
10. 2015Experimenteras Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
11. 2015Show Me a Heroas Vinni Restiano · 6 episodes
12. 2014Turks & Caicosas Melanie Fall
13. 2013Homefrontas Sheryl Marie Mott
14. 2012Frankenweenieas Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
15. 2012The Icemanas Deborah Kuklinski
16. 2011Stay Coolas Scarlet Smith
17. 2011The Dilemmaas Geneva Brannen
18. 2010Black Swanas Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
19. 2009The Private Lives of Pippa Leeas Sandra Dulles
20. 2009Star Trekas Amanda Grayson
21. 2008The Informersas Cheryl Moore
22. 2008The Last Wordas Charlotte Morris
23. 2007The Tenas Kelly La Fonda
24. 2007The Darwin Awardsas Siri Taylor
25. 2007Sex and Death 101as Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
26. 2006A Scanner Darklyas Donna Hawthorne
27. 2004The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Thingsas Psychologist
28. 2002S1m0neas Nicola Anders
29. 2002Mr. Deedsas Babe Bennett
30. 2001Zoolanderas Winona Ryder (uncredited)
31. 2000Lost Soulsas Maya Larkin
32. 2000Autumn in New Yorkas Charlotte Fielding
33. 1999Girl, Interruptedas Susanna · Executive producer
34. 1999Strangers with Candyas Fran · 1 episode
35. 1998Celebrityas Nola
36. 1997Alien Resurrectionas Call
37. 1996The Crucibleas Abigail Williams
38. 1996Looking for Richardas Self / Lady Anne
39. 1996E! True Hollywood Storyas Self · 1 episode
40. 1996Boysas Patty Vare
41. 1995How to Make an American Quiltas Finn Dodd
42. 1995Dr. Katz, Professional Therapistas Winona (voice) · 1 episode
43. 1994Little Womenas Jo March
44. 1994Friendsas Melissa Warburton · 1 episode
45. 1994Reality Bitesas Lelaina Pierce
46. 1993The House of the Spiritsas Blanca Trueba
47. 1993The Age of Innocenceas May Welland
48. 1992Bram Stoker's Draculaas Mina Murray / Elisabeta
49. 1992The Larry Sanders Showas Winona Ryder · 1 episode
50. 1991Night on Earthas Corky
51. 1990Mermaidsas Charlotte Flax
52. 1990Edward Scissorhandsas Kim
53. 1990Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichaelas Dinky Bossetti
54. 1989The Simpsonsas Allison Taylor (voice) · 1 episode
55. 1989Great Balls of Fire!as Myra Gale Brown
56. 1989Heathersas Veronica
57. 19881969as Beth Carr
58. 1988Beetlejuiceas Lydia
59. 1986Lucasas Rina
60. 1953The Oscarsas Self · 5 episodes