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Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder

American actress

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.

Timeline

2010
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.
2009
Returned in the high-profile film Star Trek.
2002
Ryder starred in the critically panned box office hit Mr. Deeds, after which her career declined and she took a break from films.
October 29, 1971
Winona Ryder was born in Winona.

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Further Resources

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Stranger Things' Winona Ryder & David Harbour Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED

Web

July 8, 2019

The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Screen Actors Guild Awards

Web

Winona Ryder

Biography

Web

October 27, 2017

Winona Ryder on Stranger Things

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September 2, 2016

News

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Tiffany Hsu
February 3, 2020
www.nytimes.com
Uplifting spots from major brands are staying away from divisive issues on TV's biggest ad day. But Trump and Bloomberg are crashing the party.

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