Winona Ryder

Actress | Producer | Soundtrack

Winona Ryder was born Winona Laura Horowitz in Olmsted County, Minnesota, and was named after a ...

Born: October 29, 1971

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Filmography

Known For

Little Women Jo March (1994)
Girl, Interrupted Susanna (1999)
Edward Scissorhands Kim (1990)
Known For

Alien: Resurrection Call (1997)
Actress

Stranger Things Joyce Byers (2016-2019)
Destination Wedding Lindsay (2018)
Show Me a Hero Vinni Restiano (2015)
Experimenter Alexandra 'Sasha' Milgram (2015)
Scorsese's Women Mask (2014)
Drunk History Peggy Shippen (2013-2014)
Turks & Caicos Melanie Fall (2014)
Homefront Sheryl Marie Mott (2013)
The Killers: Here with Me Wax Girl (2012)
Frankenweenie Elsa Van Helsing (2012)
The Letter Martine (2012)
The Iceman Deborah Pellicotti (2012)
The Dilemma Geneva (2011)
Black Swan Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan (2010)
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story Lois Wilson (2010)
Stay Cool Scarlet Smith (2009)
Star Trek Amanda Grayson (2009)
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Sandra Dulles (2009)
Water Pills Carrie (2009)
The Informers Cheryl Moore (2008)
The Last Word Charlotte (2008)
Welcome Cynthia (2007)
Sex and Death 101 Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101) (2007)
The Ten Kelly La Fonda (2007)
A Scanner Darkly Donna Hawthorne (2006)
The Darwin Awards Siri Taylor (2006)
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Psychologist (2004)
S1m0ne Nicola Anders (2002)
Mr. Deeds Babe Bennett (2002)
Zoolander Winona Ryder (2001)
Friends Melissa Warburton (2001)
Lost Souls Maya Larkin (2000)
Strangers with Candy Fran (2000)
Autumn in New York Charlotte Fielding (2000)
Girl, Interrupted Susanna (1999)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Talk About the Blues Jon Spencer (1998)
Celebrity Nola (1998)
The Larry Sanders Show Winona Ryder (1998)
Alien: Resurrection Call (1997)
The Crucible Abigail Williams (1996)
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Winona (1996)
Boys Patty Vare (1996)
How to Make an American Quilt Finn (1995)
Little Women Jo March (1994)
The Simpsons Allison Taylor (1994)
Reality Bites Lelaina Pierce (1994)
Soul Asylum: Without a Trace Bearded assassin (1993)
The House of the Spirits Blanca (1993)
The Age of Innocence May Welland (1993)
Bram Stoker's Dracula Mina Murray / Elisabeta (1992)
Night on Earth Corky (1991)
Roy Orbison: A Love so Beautiful Circus Trapeze Girl (1990)
Mermaids Charlotte Flax (1990)
Edward Scissorhands Kim (1990)
Cher: The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) (1990)
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael Dinky Bossetti (1990)
Mojo Nixon: Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child Pregnant Bride Debbie Gibson (1989)
Great Balls of Fire! Myra Gale Brown (1989)
Heathers Veronica Sawyer (1988)
1969 Beth (1988)
Beetlejuice Lydia (1988)
Square Dance Gemma (1987)
Actress

Lucas Rina (1986)
Soundtrack

Frankenweenie (2012)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Soundtrack

Reality Bites (1994)
Producer

Independent Lens (2004)
The Day My God Died (2003)
Producer

Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Director

Victoria Williams: Nature's Way (1995)
Writer

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1996)
Archive footage

Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn (2018)
Entertainment Tonight (2014-2018)
Extra (2017)
Kevyn Aucoin Beauty & the Beast in Me (2017)
TIME Presents: Celebrities on Trial (2017)
Breakfast (2017)
Good Morning Britain (2017)
Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)
Dr. Feelgood (2016)
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2013)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
American Masters (2009)
Premio Donostia a Antonio Banderas (2008)
I Love the New Millennium (2008)
60/90 (2008)
Premio Donostia a Richard Gere (2007)
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (2007)
Kig Ind TV (2007)
El camino de Antonio Banderas (2006)
100 Greatest Teen Stars (2006)
20 to 1 (2005)
E! True Hollywood Story (2002-2005)
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005)
The Very Best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection (2004)
VH1 Goes Inside (2004)
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003)
The Greatest (2003)
Celebrities Uncensored (2003)
The Real .... (2003)
Cher: The Farewell Tour (2003)
Sendung ohne Namen (2002)
Archive footage

Have I Got News for You (2002)
Being John Malkovich (1999)

All Filmography

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars.

Another 19 wins & 47 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

(December 6, 2002) Sentenced to 480 hours of community service, three years' probation, $3700 in fines, and $6355 in restitution for her arrest on shoplifting charges.

Quotes

I think too much. I think ahead. I think behind. I think sideways. I think it all. If it exists, I've fucking thought of it.

Trademark

Frequently plays a character who writes. In most of her films, she has played a journalist, a reporter, a writer or just a teenager who writes in a journal or diary.