Winona Ryder

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-10-29 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Winona, Minnesota, USA

Winona Ryder

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 conse...

Acting

1991

1993

The House of the Spirits

as Blanca Trueba

2006

A Scanner Darkly

as Donna Hawthorne

2000

Autumn in New York

as Charlotte Fielding

1999

1988

Heathers

as Veronica Sawyer

2002

Mr. Deeds

as Babe Bennett

2000

Lost Souls

as Maya Larkin

1994

Reality Bites

as Lelaina Pierce

1988

Beetlejuice

as Lydia

1993

The Age of Innocence

as May Welland

1990

Mermaids

as Charlotte Flax

2009

1996

The Crucible

as Abigail Williams

2009

Stay Cool

as Scarlet Smith

1989

Great Balls of Fire!

as Myra Gale Brown

1990

1998

Celebrity

as Nola

2002

S1m0ne

as Nicola Anders

1994

Little Women

as Jo March

2001

Zoolander

as Winona Ryder (uncredited)

1986

Lucas

as Rina

2007

The Ten

as Kelly La Fonda

2009

Star Trek

as Amanda Grayson

2007

Sex and Death 101

as Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)

1996

Looking for Richard

as Self / Lady Anne

1996

Boys

as Patty Vare

2011

The Dilemma

as Geneva Brannen

2012

Frankenweenie

as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)

2010

Black Swan

as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan

2008

The Informers

as Cheryl Moore

2008

The Last Word

as Charlotte Morris

2006

The Darwin Awards

as Siri Taylor

1988

1969

as Beth Carr

2012

The Iceman

as Deborah Kuklinski

1987

Square Dance

as Gemma

2012

The Letter

as Martine Jamison

2022

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

2007

Welcome

as Cynthia

2013

Homefront

as Sheryl Marie Mott

2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Turks & Caicos

as Melanie Fall

2004

Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023

Haunted Mansion

as Pat (uncredited)

2015

Experimenter

as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram

2018

2007

2003

The Day My God Died

as Narrator (voice)

1992

Bram Stoker's Dracula

as Mina Murray / Elisabeta

2009

Water Pills

as Carrie

2014

Production

1999

Girl, Interrupted

as Executive Producer

2003

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