Winona Ryder

1971 (54) • Acting

Born: 10/29/1971 (54) in Winona, Minnesota, USA

Known for: 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.

Known For

Stranger Things

86%

Joyce Byers

2016

Black Swan

77%

Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan

2010

Edward Scissorhands

77%

Kim

1990

The Simpsons

80%

Allison Taylor (voice)

1989

Friends

84%

Melissa Warburton

1994

Beetlejuice

74%

Lydia

1988

Bram Stoker's Dracula

74%

Mina Murray / Elisabeta

1992

Alien Resurrection

62%

Call

1997

Stranger Things: Tales from '85

76%

Thanks

2026

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5

72%

Self (uncredited)

2026

Tim Burton: Life in the Line

100%

Herself

2025

Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow

73%

Self - 'Stranger Things' Joyce Byers (archive footage)

2025

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

69%

Lydia

2024

Haunted Mansion

64%

Pat (uncredited)

2023

Gone in the Night

55%

Kath

2022

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

75%

Self - Actress (archive footage)

2022

The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon

20%

Self

2022

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

47%

Self (archive footage)

2021

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

54%

Lacey Groin

2020

The Plot Against America

66%

Evelyn Finkel

2020

Destination Wedding

58%

Lindsay

2018

Stranger Things

86%

Joyce Byers

2016

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

66%

Herself

2016

Experimenter

65%

Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram

2015

Show Me a Hero

71%

Vinni Restiano

2015

Hot Ones

71%

Self

2015

Scorsese's Women

Mask

2014

Turks & Caicos

63%

Melanie Fall

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

51%

Self

2014

Homefront

70%

Sheryl Marie Mott

2013

Drunk History

68%

Mary Dyer

2013

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

20%

Self

2012

Frankenweenie

70%

Elsa Van Helsing (voice)

2012

The Letter

45%

Martine Jamison

2012

The Iceman

66%

Deborah Kuklinski

2012

Stay Cool

48%

Scarlet Smith

2011