One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Winona Ryder
1971-10-29
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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
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
2025 · Movie
as Self - 'Stranger Things' Joyce Byers (archive footage)
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2025 · TV Show
as Self
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 · Movie
as Lydia
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2024 · Movie
as Self
Haunted Mansion
2023 · Movie
as Pat (uncredited)
Gone in the Night
2022 · Movie
as Kath
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
2022 · Movie
as Self
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022 · Movie
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020 · Movie
as Lacey Groin
The Plot Against America
2020 · TV Show
as Evelyn Finkel
Destination Wedding
2018 · Movie
as Lindsay
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
2016 · Movie
as Herself
Stranger Things
2016 · TV Show
as Joyce Byers
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Experimenter
2015 · Movie
as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Show Me a Hero
2015 · TV Show
as Vinni Restiano
Hot Ones
2015 · TV Show
as Self
No image
Dr. Feelgood
2015 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Turks & Caicos
2014 · Movie
as Melanie Fall
Scorsese's Women
2014 · Movie
as Mask
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Homefront
2013 · Movie
as Sheryl Marie Mott
Drunk History
2013 · TV Show
as Mary Dyer
Frankenweenie
2012 · Movie
as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
The Iceman
2012 · Movie
as Deborah Kuklinski
The Letter
2012 · Movie
as Martine Jamison
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012 · Movie
as Self
Stay Cool
2011 · Movie
as Scarlet Smith
The Dilemma
2011 · Movie
as Geneva Brannen
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
2011 · Movie
as Self
Black Swan
2010 · Movie
as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
2010 · Movie
as Lois Wilson
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009 · Movie
as Sandra Dulles
Star Trek
2009 · Movie
as Amanda Grayson
No image
Water Pills
2009 · Movie
as Carrie
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Informers
2008 · Movie
as Cheryl Moore
The Last Word
2008 · Movie
as Charlotte Morris
The Ten
2007 · Movie
as Kelly La Fonda
Sex and Death 101
2007 · Movie
as Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
The Darwin Awards
2007 · Movie
as Siri Taylor
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
2007 · Movie
as Self
Welcome
2007 · Movie
as Cynthia
Voom Portraits
2007 · Movie
as Self
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
A Scanner Darkly
2006 · Movie
as Donna Hawthorne
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006 · Movie
as Self / Donna
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
2006 · Movie
as Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004 · Movie
as Psychologist
No image
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
2004 · Movie
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004 · Movie
as Self
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
2003 · Movie
as Self
Declaration of Independence
2003 · Movie
as Self
The Day My God Died
2003 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · TV Show
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Mr. Deeds
2002 · Movie
as Babe Bennett
S1m0ne
2002 · Movie
as Nicola Anders
Zoolander
2001 · Movie
as Winona Ryder (uncredited)
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
2001 · Movie
as Self
Autumn in New York
2000 · Movie
as Charlotte Fielding
Lost Souls
2000 · Movie
as Maya Larkin
Girl, Interrupted
1999 · Movie
as Susanna
Strangers with Candy
1999 · TV Show
as Fran
Celebrity
1998 · Movie
as Nola
No image
The Entertainment Biz
1998 · TV Show
as Self
Alien Resurrection
1997 · Movie
as Call
The Crucible
1996 · Movie
as Abigail Williams
Looking for Richard
1996 · Movie
as Self / Lady Anne
Boys
1996 · Movie
as Patty Vare
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · TV Show
as Self
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Movie
as Finn Dodd
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995 · TV Show
as Winona (voice)
Reality Bites
1994 · Movie
as Lelaina Pierce
Little Women
1994 · Movie
as Jo March
Friends
1994 · TV Show
as Melissa Warburton
The House of the Spirits
1993 · Movie
as Blanca Trueba
The Age of Innocence
1993 · Movie
as May Welland
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993 · Movie
as Self
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
1992 · Movie
as Self
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992 · Movie
as Mina Murray / Elisabeta
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 · TV Show
as Winona Ryder
Night on Earth
1991 · Movie
as Corky
Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Movie
as Kim
Mermaids
1990 · Movie
as Charlotte Flax
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990 · Movie
as Dinky Bossetti
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Movie
as Self
Heathers
1989 · Movie
as Veronica Sawyer
Great Balls of Fire!
1989 · Movie
as Myra Gale Brown
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
as Allison Taylor (voice)
Beetlejuice
1988 · Movie
as Lydia
1969
1988 · Movie
as Beth Carr
Square Dance
1987 · Movie
as Gemma
Lucas
1986 · Movie
as Rina
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
