Cast & creator
Winona Ryder
Best known for The Simpsons, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live
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.
Also known as: Wynona Ryder, Winona Laura Horowitz
81
film credits
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television credits
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1953–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (104)
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The Simpsons
Allison Taylor (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Friends
Melissa Warburton
1994
Stranger Things
Joyce Byers
2016
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2009
The Larry Sanders Show
Winona Ryder
1992
The Oscars
Self
1953
Drunk History
Mary Dyer
2013
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
Thanks
2026
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Winona (voice)
1995Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Additional Writing
1995
Edward Scissorhands
Kim
1990
Black Swan
Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
2010
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Lydia
2024
Beetlejuice
Lydia
1988
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Mina Murray / Elisabeta
1992
Strangers with Candy
Fran
1999
Star Trek
Amanda Grayson
2009
Alien Resurrection
Call
1997
Haunted Mansion
Pat (uncredited)
2023
Homefront
Sheryl Marie Mott
2013
Girl, Interrupted
Susanna
1999Girl, Interrupted
Executive Producer
1999
Mr. Deeds
Babe Bennett
2002
Frankenweenie
Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
2012
Little Women
Jo March
1994
Show Me a Hero
Vinni Restiano
2015
Sex and Death 101
Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
2007
The Plot Against America
Evelyn Finkel
2020
Zoolander
Winona Ryder (uncredited)
2001
Heathers
Veronica
1989
The Age of Innocence
May Welland
1993
The Crucible
Abigail Williams
1996
Autumn in New York
Charlotte Fielding
2000
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Self
2025
Reality Bites
Lelaina Pierce
1994
The House of the Spirits
Blanca Trueba
1993
The Dilemma
Geneva Brannen
2011
A Scanner Darkly
Donna Hawthorne
2006
Night on Earth
Corky
1991
Destination Wedding
Lindsay
2018
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
1996
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
Self (uncredited)
2026
The Informers
Cheryl Moore
2008The Entertainment Biz
Self
1998
Mermaids
Charlotte Flax
1990
The Iceman
Deborah Kuklinski
2012
Lost Souls
Maya Larkin
2000
The Darwin Awards
Siri Taylor
2007
How to Make an American Quilt
Finn Dodd
1995
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Sandra Dulles
2009
Gone in the Night
Kath
2022
Celebrity
Nola
1998
S1m0ne
Nicola Anders
2002
Great Balls of Fire!
Myra Gale Brown
1989
Experimenter
Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
2015
Boys
Patty Vare
1996
Lucas
Rina
1986
Turks & Caicos
Melanie Fall
2014
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Psychologist
2004
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Self - 'Stranger Things' Joyce Byers (archive footage)
2025
Looking for Richard
Self / Lady Anne
1996
The Ten
Kelly La Fonda
2007
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2022
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
2021
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Dinky Bossetti
1990
Stay Cool
Scarlet Smith
2011
The Last Word
Charlotte Morris
2008Dr. Feelgood
Self (archive footage)
2015
The Letter
Martine Jamison
2012
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Lacey Groin
2020
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
2007
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
Lois Wilson
2010
1969
Beth Carr
1988
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Herself
2016
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
Self
2011Black Swan: Metamorphosis
Thanks
2011
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Self / Donna
2006
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Self
1993
Water Pills
Carrie
2009
Square Dance
Gemma
1987
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
Self
1990
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
Self
2003
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
Self
1992
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Self
2006
Voom Portraits
Self
2007
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Self
2004
Welcome
Cynthia
2007
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Self
2012
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
Self
2007
Declaration of Independence
Self
2003
The Day My God Died
Narrator (voice)
2003The Day My God Died
Producer
2003
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
Self
2022
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
Self
2001
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003