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Winona Ryder

Winona Laura Horowitz, known professionally as Winona Ryder, is an American actress. Having come to attention playing quirky characters in the late 1980s, she achieved success with her more dramatic performances in the 1990s. Ryder's many accolades include a Golden Globe, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award.

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Winona Ryder is an American actor, film producer, and voice actor who began her work period in 1986. Born Winona Laura Horowitz in Winona, she is a female human citizen of the United States. She resides in Los Angeles, where she also works, and speaks American English. Her religious worldview includes Judaism and Christianity.

Ryder has received several awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Actor Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and Jupiter Awards. She has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble, and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She was educated at the American Conservatory Theater.

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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…

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One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 — Self (uncredited)2026
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow — Self - 'Stranger Things' Joyce Byers (archive footage)2025
Tim Burton: Life in the Line — Self2025
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice — Lydia2024
Haunted Mansion — Pat (uncredited)2023
Gone in the Night — Kath2022
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon — Self2022
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called — Self - Actress (archive footage)2022
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony — Self (archive footage)2021
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine — Lacey Groin2020

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Country: United States
Active from: 1971

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Instance of: human
Given name: Laura
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Winona
Occupation: manufacturer
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: American English
Religion: Christianity
Award: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Hair colour: blond hair
Image: Winona Ryder-63849.jpg
Height: 1.61
Work location: Los Angeles
Residence: Los Angeles

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Commons category: Winona Ryder
date of birth: 1971-10-29
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress
birth name: Winona Laura Horowitz
pseudonym: Winona Ryder
name in native language: Winona Ryder
start of work period: 1986-00-00
medical condition: ablutophobia
writing language: American English

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Winona Laura Horowitz (/wɪˈnoʊnə/ wi-NOH-nə; born October 29, 1971), known professionally as Winona Ryder, is an American actress. Having come to attention playing quirky characters in the late 1980s, she achieved success with her more dramatic performances in the 1990s. Ryder's many accolades include a Golden Globe, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award.

Following her film debut in Lucas (1986), Ryder rose to prominence when she starred in the comedy Beetlejuice (1988). Major parts in Heathers (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Mermaids (1990), and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) came next. She earned two consecutive Oscar nominations—Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress—for her portrayals of a socialite in The Age of Innocence (1993) and Jo March in Little Women (1994), respectively. Her subsequent work included starring roles in Reality Bites (1994), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), The Crucible (1996), Alien Resurrection (1997), Celebrity (1998), Girl, Interrupted (1999), and Mr. Deeds (2002).

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