Winona Ryder

1930

For her performance as Lois Wilson, whose husband co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1930s, Ryder was nominated for a SAG Award in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries category.

1969

I was a freak and a witch." Also in 1988, Ryder appeared in the film 1969 where she played the character Beth, the girlfriend of Kiefer Sutherland and sister of Robert Downey Jr.—protagonists, protesters and flower children against the Vietnam War. Ryder landed the role of Veronica Sawyer in the independent film Heathers (1989).

1971

Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29, 1971), known professionally as Winona Ryder, is an American actress.

In 2000, Ryder received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ==Early life== Winona Laura Horowitz was born on October 29, 1971, in Winona, Minnesota, to Cynthia Palmer (née Istas) and Michael D.

1978

In 1978, when Ryder was seven years old, she and her family relocated to Rainbow, a commune near Elk, Mendocino County, California, where they lived with seven other families on a plot of land.

1983

They called me a witch." In 1983, twelve-year-old Ryder enrolled at the American Conservatory Theater in nearby San Francisco, where she took her first acting lessons.

1985

At the time of her audition for the 1986 film Lucas, her hair had been dyed black and the filmmakers asked her to keep it. ==Career== ===1985–1990: Early roles and breakthrough=== In 1985, Ryder sent a videotaped audition, where she recited a monologue from the novel Franny and Zooey by J.

Shot in the summer of 1985, the film co-starred Charlie Sheen and Kerri Green with Ryder playing Rina, one of Lucas's friends at school.

1986

At the time of her audition for the 1986 film Lucas, her hair had been dyed black and the filmmakers asked her to keep it. ==Career== ===1985–1990: Early roles and breakthrough=== In 1985, Ryder sent a videotaped audition, where she recited a monologue from the novel Franny and Zooey by J.

1988

I was a freak and a witch." Also in 1988, Ryder appeared in the film 1969 where she played the character Beth, the girlfriend of Kiefer Sutherland and sister of Robert Downey Jr.—protagonists, protesters and flower children against the Vietnam War. Ryder landed the role of Veronica Sawyer in the independent film Heathers (1989).

1989

In 1989, Ryder graduated from Petaluma High School with a 4.0 GPA. Ryder has stated that her natural hair color is brown, but she was "really blonde as a kid", and when she was 11 or 12 she started dying her blonde hair blue and purple.

In April 1989, she played the title role in the music video for Mojo Nixon's "Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child." In 1990, Ryder appeared in four film roles.

She met him at the Great Balls of Fire! premiere in June 1989, and they began dating two months later, when she was 17 and he was 26.

1990

She is known for taking on quirky roles in her earlier films, after which she went on to play 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).

Her relationship with Johnny Depp in the early 1990s and a 2001 arrest for shoplifting were both subjects of tabloid journalism.

In April 1989, she played the title role in the music video for Mojo Nixon's "Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child." In 1990, Ryder appeared in four film roles.

In 1990, Ryder also made a cameo in Roy Orbison's music video, "A Love So Beautiful" with Matthew Modine. ===1991–1995: Further critical acclaim=== In 1991, Ryder played a young taxicab driver in Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth.

She suffers from insomnia, and has been a victim of stalking. She credits her career to director Tim Burton. Ryder has been involved in philanthropic work for the American Indian College Fund since her twenties, which sends low income Native Americans to universities. ===Relationships=== Ryder was engaged to actor Johnny Depp for three years beginning in July 1990.

1991

In 1990, Ryder also made a cameo in Roy Orbison's music video, "A Love So Beautiful" with Matthew Modine. ===1991–1995: Further critical acclaim=== In 1991, Ryder played a young taxicab driver in Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth.

1992

The film premiered in November 1992 to critical and commercial success. In 1993, Ryder starred in the melodrama The House of the Spirits (1993), based on Isabel Allende's novel.

1993

The film premiered in November 1992 to critical and commercial success. In 1993, Ryder starred in the melodrama The House of the Spirits (1993), based on Isabel Allende's novel.

The project was put on hold due to his untimely death in 1993.

In 1993, Ryder also appeared on the music video "Without a Trace" by Soul Asylum, whose member David Pirner was her boyfriend at the time. Ryder's next role was opposite Ethan Hawke in the Generation X drama Reality Bites (1994), directed by Ben Stiller, in which she played a young woman searching for direction in her life.

She also served as a member of the jury, led by Martin Scorsese, at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. In 1999, Ryder starred in and served as an executive producer for Girl, Interrupted, based on the 1993 memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen.

From 1993 to 1996, she dated Soul Asylum band member Dave Pirner.

She dated Matt Damon from 1998 to 2000, and she has been in a relationship with Scott Mackinlay Hahn since 2011. ===Polly Klaas=== In 1993, Ryder offered a reward in the hope that it would lead to the return of kidnapped child Polly Klaas.

1994

Later in 1994, Ryder played the lead role of Josephine March in Little Women, an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel.

After the girl's death, Ryder starred as Jo in the 1994 film adaptation of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and dedicated her performance to Klaas's memory, as Little Women was one of Klaas's favorite novels. During a sentencing hearing related to the 2001 shoplifting incident, Ryder's attorney, Mark Geragos, referred to her work with the Polly Klaas Foundation and other charitable causes.

1996

Her voice sounds very young, matching the 14-year-old's enthusiasm and frustrations." ===1996–2000: Continued success=== Ryder made several film appearances in 1996, the first in Boys.

The film had been in development since late 1996, but took time to begin filming.

From 1993 to 1996, she dated Soul Asylum band member Dave Pirner.

1997

At 1997's ShoWest event, she was presented with their 'Female Star of the Year' award. On Valentine's Day, 1998, Ryder performed in Eve Ensler's play, The Vagina Monologues.

1998

At 1997's ShoWest event, she was presented with their 'Female Star of the Year' award. On Valentine's Day, 1998, Ryder performed in Eve Ensler's play, The Vagina Monologues.

In 1998, Ryder also appeared in the music video for Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's song Talk About the Blues; a screenshot from the video later appeared on the cover of their album Xtra-Acme USA.

In 1998, Ryder and Leonardo DiCaprio narrated Survivors: Testimonies of the Holocaust, a CD-ROM produced by Steven Spielberg's The Shoah Visual History Foundation.

She also served as a member of the jury, led by Martin Scorsese, at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. In 1999, Ryder starred in and served as an executive producer for Girl, Interrupted, based on the 1993 memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen.

She dated Matt Damon from 1998 to 2000, and she has been in a relationship with Scott Mackinlay Hahn since 2011. ===Polly Klaas=== In 1993, Ryder offered a reward in the hope that it would lead to the return of kidnapped child Polly Klaas.

1999

She also served as a member of the jury, led by Martin Scorsese, at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. In 1999, Ryder starred in and served as an executive producer for Girl, Interrupted, based on the 1993 memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen.

She also started her own music company, Roustabout Studios in 1999. In April 2000, Ryder was awarded the Peter J.

2000

In 2000, Ryder received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ==Early life== Winona Laura Horowitz was born on October 29, 1971, in Winona, Minnesota, to Cynthia Palmer (née Istas) and Michael D.

She also started her own music company, Roustabout Studios in 1999. In April 2000, Ryder was awarded the Peter J.

Most of all, I just wanted to do a movie in the thriller genre, at least one." On October 6, 2000, Ryder received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ===2001–2005: Hiatus=== In 2001, Ryder began a four-year career hiatus.

She dated Matt Damon from 1998 to 2000, and she has been in a relationship with Scott Mackinlay Hahn since 2011. ===Polly Klaas=== In 1993, Ryder offered a reward in the hope that it would lead to the return of kidnapped child Polly Klaas.

2001

Her relationship with Johnny Depp in the early 1990s and a 2001 arrest for shoplifting were both subjects of tabloid journalism.

Most of all, I just wanted to do a movie in the thriller genre, at least one." On October 6, 2000, Ryder received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ===2001–2005: Hiatus=== In 2001, Ryder began a four-year career hiatus.

Apart from a guest appearance on NBC's sitcom Friends, where she played Rachel's college sorority sister, and a brief cameo in Ben Stiller's comedy Zoolander (2001), she appeared in no new releases in 2001.

She was due to appear in Lily and the Secret of Planting, but withdrew from the project after being hospitalized for a severe stomach-related disorder in August 2001.

In December 2001, Ryder was arrested for shoplifting (see below), which made it difficult for her to be insured for further film projects.

After the girl's death, Ryder starred as Jo in the 1994 film adaptation of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and dedicated her performance to Klaas's memory, as Little Women was one of Klaas's favorite novels. During a sentencing hearing related to the 2001 shoplifting incident, Ryder's attorney, Mark Geragos, referred to her work with the Polly Klaas Foundation and other charitable causes.

Outside the courthouse, Polly's father Marc Klaas defended Ryder and expressed outrage at the prosecutor's comments. ===2001 arrest=== On December 12, 2001, Ryder was arrested on shoplifting charges in Beverly Hills, California, accused of stealing $5,500 worth of designer clothes and accessories at a Saks Fifth Avenue department store.

2002

Her other films during this period were Reality Bites (1994), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), The Crucible (1996), Alien Resurrection (1997), Celebrity (1999), and Girl, Interrupted (1999), which she also executive-produced. In 2002, Ryder starred in the critically panned box office hit Mr.

[...] We were heartbroken because I had worked with Winona before [on Celebrity] and thought she was perfect for this and wanted to work with her again." In 2002, Ryder appeared in two movies, filmed before her arrest.

On May 18, 2002, Ryder hosted Saturday Night Live.

Negotiations failed to produce a plea bargain at the end of summer 2002.

In December 2002, she was sentenced to three years of probation, 480 hours of community service, $3,700 in fines, and $6,355 in restitution to the Saks Fifth Avenue store, and she was ordered to attend psychological and drug counseling.

2004

Later that year, she starred in The Plot Against America, an HBO limited series based upon the 2004 novel of the same name.

On June 18, 2004, Superior Court Judge Elden Fox reviewed Ryder's probation report and noted that she had served 480 hours of community service, and the felonies were reduced to misdemeanors.

2005

In 2005, Ryder co-produced and co-narrated the documentary The Day My God Died (2004) with Tim Robbins, which focuses on international child sex trafficking. ===2006–2015: Resurgence=== Ryder made a career return with appearances in several independent films in 2006 and 2007.

She remained on probation until December 2005. Ryder explained to Interview magazine that the incident occurred during a difficult time in her life when she was clinically depressed.

2006

In 2005, Ryder co-produced and co-narrated the documentary The Day My God Died (2004) with Tim Robbins, which focuses on international child sex trafficking. ===2006–2015: Resurgence=== Ryder made a career return with appearances in several independent films in 2006 and 2007.

2007

In 2005, Ryder co-produced and co-narrated the documentary The Day My God Died (2004) with Tim Robbins, which focuses on international child sex trafficking. ===2006–2015: Resurgence=== Ryder made a career return with appearances in several independent films in 2006 and 2007.

2008

She also starred in Kirsten Dunst-directed short horror film Welcome (2007), and made a brief appearance in the music video for "We're All Stuck Out In The Desert" by Jonathan Rice. In 2008, Ryder played the female lead opposite Wes Bentley and Ray Romano in Geoffrey Haley's offbeat romantic drama The Last Word.

2009

In 2009, she returned in the high-profile film Star Trek.

In 2009, Ryder starred alongside Robin Wright and Julianne Moore in Rebecca Miller's The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009). The following year, Ryder had a prominent supporting role as an aging ballet star in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan (2010).

2010

In 2010, she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards: as the lead actress in the television film The Lois Wilson Story and as part of the cast of Black Swan.

2011

She dated Matt Damon from 1998 to 2000, and she has been in a relationship with Scott Mackinlay Hahn since 2011. ===Polly Klaas=== In 1993, Ryder offered a reward in the hope that it would lead to the return of kidnapped child Polly Klaas.

2012

Ryder also worked with the classic film channel TCM in 2012, guest hosting for a week in September, while Robert Osborne was on vacation, and introducing some of her favorite classic films in December. In 2013, Ryder appeared in the action thriller Homefront (2013), again opposite James Franco, this time playing a meth-addicted woman.

2013

Ryder also worked with the classic film channel TCM in 2012, guest hosting for a week in September, while Robert Osborne was on vacation, and introducing some of her favorite classic films in December. In 2013, Ryder appeared in the action thriller Homefront (2013), again opposite James Franco, this time playing a meth-addicted woman.

2014

In 2014, Ryder appeared in the British television film Turks & Caicos (2014) and modeled in the Fall advertising campaign of fashion label Rag & Bone. In 2015, Ryder was a juror at the Sundance Film Festival.

2015

In 2014, Ryder appeared in the British television film Turks & Caicos (2014) and modeled in the Fall advertising campaign of fashion label Rag & Bone. In 2015, Ryder was a juror at the Sundance Film Festival.

Experimenter was released to positive reviews in October 2015.

2016

Aside from acting, Ryder appeared in advertisements for Marc Jacobs, both for their cosmetics and for their spring 2016 collection. ===2016–present: Recent projects=== Since 2016, Ryder has starred in the Netflix scifi-horror series Stranger Things (2016–), created by The Duffer Brothers, playing Joyce Byers, a single mother whose 12-year-old son vanishes mysteriously.

The Duffer brothers stated that Ryder "has a very intense energy about her [...] a wiry unpredictability, a sort of anxiousness that we thought we'd really lean into." The series' first season premiered in July 2016 to critical acclaim and high audience ratings.

2017

Ryder also received praise for her performance, and the cast won the SAG award for best ensemble for a drama series in 2017.

The second and third seasons of the series were released in October 2017 and July 2019.

2018

The filming for the fourth season has been halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but has since resumed filming since September 2020. In 2018, Ryder appeared in the film Destination Wedding, alongside Keanu Reeves.

2019

The second and third seasons of the series were released in October 2017 and July 2019.

2020

She has starred as Joyce Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things (2016–present), 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. Ryder's personal life has received significant media attention.

The filming for the fourth season has been halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but has since resumed filming since September 2020. In 2018, Ryder appeared in the film Destination Wedding, alongside Keanu Reeves.

The same year, Ryder also starred in a L'Oréal shampoo commercial, and in H&M's spring collection campaign co-starring Elizabeth Olsen. In early 2020, Ryder appeared in Squarespace's Super Bowl commercial which was aired during the first half of the game.




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