Biography
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 majo...
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Complete Filmography

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
as Lydia
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside ...

Haunted Mansion
2023
as Pat (uncredited)
A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.

Gone in the Night
2022
as Kath
Upon arriving at a remote cabin in the redwoods, Kath and her boyfriend find a mysterious younger couple already there — the rental has apparently bee...

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
A portrait of the actress Winona Ryder, the great muse of nineties cinema, who, although she has had an atypical and somewhat erratic career, has alwa...

The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
2022
as Self
On a bicycle trip across the country, a young Neill Kirby McMillan Jr. experiences The Mojo Revelation and becomes Mojo Nixon. After teaming up with ...

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him ba...

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
as Lacey Groin
Comedian and Trump lip-synching sensation Sarah Cooper tackles politics, race and other light topics in a sketch special packed with celebrity guests.

Destination Wedding
2018
as Lindsay
Frank and Lindsay—two emotionally-broken strangers—meet on the way to a destination wedding. Over the course of the weekend and against all odds, they...

Author: The JT LeRoy Story
2016
as Herself
New York magazine’s October 2005 issue sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose abo...

Experimenter
2015
as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering pain...

Scorsese's Women
2014
as Mask
Five amazing actresses who have starred in Martin Scorsese's films come together in imaginary cinematic scenarios. Each leading lady has her own myste...

Turks & Caicos
2014
as Melanie Fall
The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last seen whistleblowing at MI5 in Page Eight, has a new...

Homefront
2013
as Sheryl Marie Mott
Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his action against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his ...

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012
as Self
Charming, intelligent and iconoclastic, Ben Lee is an Australian singer-songwriter whose creative growth since his early adolescence has undergone alm...

Frankenweenie
2012
as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" ...

The Letter
2012
as Martine Jamison
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is ...

The Iceman
2012
as Deborah Kuklinski
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.

Black Swan: Metamorphosis
2011
as Self
Documentary chronicling the making of Darren Aronofsky's Academy Award-winning film 'Black Swan (2010)'.

Black Swan: Metamorphosis
2011
Thanks
Documentary chronicling the making of Darren Aronofsky's Academy Award-winning film 'Black Swan (2010)'.

The Dilemma
2011
as Geneva Brannen
Longtime friends Ronny and Nick are partners in an auto-design firm. They are hard at work on a presentation for a dream project that would really lau...

Black Swan
2010
as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
The story of Nina, a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She ...

When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
2010
as Lois Wilson
Based on the true story of the enduring but troubled love between Lois Wilson, co-founder of Al-Anon, and her alcoholic husband Bill Wilson, co-founde...

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
as Sandra Dulles
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading t...

Star Trek
2009
as Amanda Grayson
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan...

Stay Cool
2009
as Scarlet Smith
A successful author is forced to confront an unrequited high school crush when he returns home to deliver a commencement address to graduating seniors...
Water Pills
2009
as Carrie
A pill popping, emotionally off balance stage mother tries to break her daughter into the film and tv business. Fortune strikes when they get a screen...

The Informers
2008
as Cheryl Moore
A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly ...

The Last Word
2008
as Charlotte Morris
An odd-but-gifted poet, Evan Merck makes his living writing suicide notes for the soon-to-be departed. So when he meets Charlotte, the free-spirited s...

The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Director Francis Ford Coppola, cast and production crew explore the making of the 1992 masterpiece.

Welcome
2007
as Cynthia
A family moves into their new home, only to discover it's haunted.

Voom Portraits
2007
as Self
Iconic artist and theater director Robert Wilson has created a series of video portraits of celebrities, ordinary people and animals called "VOOM Port...

The Ten
2007
as Kelly La Fonda
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.

Sex and Death 101
2007
as Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
A guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex with and ever will have sex with. His situation gets wors...

Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
2007
as Herself
From Japan to America, the LV sign dominates the fashion scene. And, one man alone designs the Louis Vuitton creations the exceptional Marc Jacobs. Wi...

One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006
as Self / Donna
A unique documentary that interlaces archival interviews with author Philip K. Dick with chats featuring cast and crew. Discussed are the origins of t...

The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
2006
as Self
A behind-the scenes look at the grueling one-year process of transferring the filmed images into the unique animation style featured in the final vers...

A Scanner Darkly
2006
as Donna Hawthorne
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

The Darwin Awards
2006
as Siri Taylor
After botching the capture of a notorious serial killer, idiosyncratic detective Michael Burrows loses his job with the San Francisco Police. He becom...

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self

Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004
as Self
Ben Lewis spends time with Richard Linklater, the highly-respected director of 'Slacker', 'School of Rock', and 'Before Sunset', along with some of th...

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004
as Psychologist
Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becom...
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
2004
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
2003
as Self
The making of Alien Resurrection (1997) is covered in this feature-length documentary, created for the film's 2003 DVD release. The cast and crew tell...

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
From Disturbing Discoveries to Astonishing Arressts, and Tragic Endings. In this tv-special, E! countdowns the greatest moments in the entertainment i...

Declaration of Independence
2003
as Self
Famous actors and actresses read the Declaration of Independence of the United States.

The Day My God Died
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Filmed in Nepal and India this documentary presents the stories of young girls whose lives have been shattered by the child sex slave trade. The film ...

The Day My God Died
2003
Producer
Filmed in Nepal and India this documentary presents the stories of young girls whose lives have been shattered by the child sex slave trade. The film ...

S1m0ne
2002
as Nicola Anders
The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the prod...

Mr. Deeds
2002
as Babe Bennett
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different ki...

Zoolander
2001
as Winona Ryder (uncredited)
Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters in to steal this year's...

Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
2001
as Self
Documenting the making of Heathers with interviews from cast and crew members.

Lost Souls
2000
as Maya Larkin
A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected...

Autumn in New York
2000
as Charlotte Fielding
Will Keane, a Manhattan restaurateur, is content with his playboy lifestyle until he meets Charlotte Fielding, a free-spirited young woman. Together t...

Girl, Interrupted
1999
as Susanna
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unk...

Girl, Interrupted
1999
Executive Producer
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unk...

Celebrity
1998
as Nola
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment j...

Alien Resurrection
1997
as Call
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises...

The Crucible
1996
as Abigail Williams
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.

Looking for Richard
1996
as Self / Lady Anne
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Ric...

Boys
1996
as Patty Vare
Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker Jr. wants a change -- anything to shake up his staid ...

How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Finn Dodd
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits ...

Little Women
1994
as Jo March
With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a c...

Reality Bites
1994
as Lelaina Pierce
A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As...

The House of the Spirits
1993
as Blanca Trueba
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.

The Age of Innocence
1993
as May Welland
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin...

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993
as Self
A documentary about the making of director Martin Scorsese's 1993 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocenc...

Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
as Mina Murray / Elisabeta
In 19th century England, Count Dracula travels to London and meets Mina Harker, a young woman who appears as the reincarnation of his lost love.

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
1992
as Self
Short documentary on the making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula" (1992).

Night on Earth
1991
as Corky
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

Mermaids
1990
as Charlotte Flax
Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different town any time she feels it is necessary. When they move t...

The Making of Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Self
Behind the scenes of Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Kim
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990
as Dinky Bossetti
Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to de...

Great Balls of Fire!
1989
as Myra Gale Brown
The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unc...

Heathers
1988
as Veronica Sawyer
A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by...

1969
1988
as Beth Carr
Two rebellious youths, Ralph and Scott, find themselves struggling with adulthood as the Vietnam War rages. Feeling trapped in their small town, Scott...

Beetlejuice
1988
as Lydia
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

Square Dance
1987
as Gemma
An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in Fort Worth.

Lucas
1986
as Rina
A brilliant but socially inept 14-year-old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends – Cappie, an older-brother figure, and ...