Acting
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. Hi 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
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
Film · 2026
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Film · 2025
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Series · 2025
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Film · 2024
Haunted Mansion
Film · 2023
Gone in the Night
Film · 2022
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
Film · 2022
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Film · 2022
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Film · 2021
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Film · 2020
The Plot Against America
Series · 2020
Destination Wedding
Film · 2018
The Pacer
Film · 2017
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Film · 2016
Stranger Things
Series · 2016
Experimenter
Film · 2015
Show Me a Hero
Series · 2015
Hot Ones
Series · 2015
Dr. Feelgood
Series · 2015
Turks & Caicos
Film · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Homefront
Film · 2013
Drunk History
Series · 2013
Frankenweenie
Film · 2012
The Iceman
Film · 2012
The Letter
Film · 2012
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Film · 2012
Stay Cool
Film · 2011
The Dilemma
Film · 2011
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
Film · 2011
Black Swan
Film · 2010
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
Film · 2010
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Film · 2009
Star Trek
Film · 2009
Water Pills
Film · 2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2009
The Informers
Film · 2008
The Last Word
Film · 2008
The Ten
Film · 2007
Sex and Death 101
Film · 2007
The Darwin Awards
Film · 2007
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
Film · 2007
Welcome
Film · 2007
Voom Portraits
Film · 2007
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Film · 2007
A Scanner Darkly
Film · 2006
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Film · 2006
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Film · 2006
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Film · 2005
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Film · 2004
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
Film · 2004
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Film · 2004
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
Film · 2003
Declaration of Independence
Film · 2003
The Day My God Died
Film · 2003
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Film · 2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Series · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Mr. Deeds
Film · 2002
S1m0ne
Film · 2002
Zoolander
Film · 2001
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
Film · 2001
Autumn in New York
Film · 2000
Lost Souls
Film · 2000
Girl, Interrupted
Film · 1999
Strangers with Candy
Series · 1999
Celebrity
Film · 1998
The Entertainment Biz
Series · 1998
Alien Resurrection
Film · 1997
The Crucible
Film · 1996
Looking for Richard
Film · 1996
Boys
Film · 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Series · 1996
How to Make an American Quilt
Film · 1995
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Series · 1995
Reality Bites
Film · 1994
Little Women
Film · 1994
Friends
Series · 1994
The House of the Spirits
Film · 1993
The Age of Innocence
Film · 1993
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Film · 1993
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
Film · 1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Film · 1992
The Larry Sanders Show
Series · 1992
Night on Earth
Film · 1991
Edward Scissorhands
Film · 1990
Mermaids
Film · 1990
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Film · 1990
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
Film · 1990
Heathers
Film · 1989
Great Balls of Fire!
Film · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
Beetlejuice
Film · 1988
1969
Film · 1988
Square Dance
Film · 1987
Lucas
Film · 1986
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
The Oscars
Series · 1953