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)
Heathers Veronica (1989)
Girl, Interrupted Susanna (1999)
Known For

Mermaids Charlotte Flax (1990)
Actress

Stranger Things Joyce Byers (2016-2021)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine Lacey Groin (2020)
The Plot Against America Evelyn Finkel (2020)
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)
Cher: The Video Collection (1993)
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 (segment "Los Angeles") (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) Winona Ryder (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 (1989)
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

Entertainment Tonight (2014-2020)
Hollywood's Stories (2020)
Les Chroniques du Mea (2015-2019)
The Movies That Made Us (2019)
The Movies (2019)
Casting Calls (2019)
Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn (2018)
Talking Pictures (2017)
Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story (2017)
Honest Trailers (2017)
Extra with Billy Bush (2017)
Kevyn Aucoin: Beauty & the Beast in Me (2017)
TIME Presents: Celebrities on Trial (2017)
Breakfast (2017)
Good Morning Britain (2017)
For the Love of Spock (2016)
Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)
Dr. Feelgood (2016)
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2013)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
American Masters (2009)
Los 10 magníficos (2008)
Biography (2008)
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)
Words in Progress (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)
Have I Got News for You (2002)
Archive footage

Being John Malkovich (1999)
La noche de... (1995)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

Is an avid reader of 1960s literature (Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac), but also F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jane Austen, Aldous Huxley, Oscar Wilde and many more. Her all-time favorite book is "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger.

Quotes

I'm the happiest I've ever been. I'm not going to turn into Gloria Swanson and sit in my mansion watching my movies, with a crazy cigarette holder... but I feel so blessed to have done the things that I've done.