Winona Ryder filmography

Winona Ryder is an American actress who is known for taking on challenging 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). She further rose to prominence with major roles in Heathers (1988), Mermaids (1990), Edward Scissorhands (1990), “Night on Earth” (1991), 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 (1999), and Girl, Interrupted (1999), which she also executive-produced.

Ryder in 2010

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.[1] She also reunited with Burton for Frankenweenie (2012). 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.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1986 Lucas Rina Film debut
1987 Square Dance Gemma Dillard
1988 Beetlejuice Lydia Deetz
1969 Beth Karr
1989 Heathers Veronica Sawyer
Great Balls of Fire! Myra Gale Lewis
1990 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael Dinky Bossetti
Edward Scissorhands Kim Boggs
Mermaids Charlotte Flax
1991 Night on Earth Corky Segment: "Los Angeles"
1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula Wilhelmina "Mina" Murray
1993 The Age of Innocence May Welland
The House of the Spirits Blanca Trueba
1994 Reality Bites Lelaina Pierce
Little Women Josephine "Jo" March
1995 How to Make an American Quilt Finn Dodd
1996 Boys Patty Vare
Looking for Richard Lady Anne Documentary
The Crucible Abigail Williams
1997 Alien Resurrection Annalee Call
1998 Celebrity Nola
1999 Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen Also executive producer
Being John Malkovich Herself Archive footage
2000 Autumn in New York Charlotte Fielding
Lost Souls Maya Larkin
2001 Zoolander Herself Uncredited cameo
2002 Mr. Deeds Babe Bennett / Pam Dawson
S1m0ne Nicola Anders
2003 The Day My God Died Narrator Documentary; also producer
2004 The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Psychologist Uncredited
2006 The Darwin Awards Siri Taylor
A Scanner Darkly Donna Hawthorne
2007 The Ten Kelly LaFonda
Sex and Death 101 Gillian De Raisx / Death Nell
Welcome Cynthia Short film [2]
2008 The Last Word Charlotte Morris
The Informers Cheryl Laine
2009 Water Pills Carrie Short film
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Sandra Dulles
Stay Cool Scarlet Smith
Star Trek Amanda Grayson
2010 Black Swan Beth MacIntyre / The Dying Swan
2011 The Dilemma Geneva Backman
2012 Frankenweenie Elsa Van Helsing Voice
The Letter Martine
The Iceman Deborah Kuklinski
2013 Homefront Sheryl Mott
2015 Experimenter Sasha Menkin Milgram
2018 Destination Wedding Lindsay
2022 Gone in the Night Kath [3]
2023 Haunted Mansion Pat Uncredited
2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Lydia Deetz [4]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1994 The Simpsons Allison Taylor Voice, episode: "Lisa's Rival"
1996 Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Winona Voice, episode: "Monte Carlo"
1998 The Larry Sanders Show Herself Episode: "Another List"
2000 Strangers with Candy Fran Episode: "The Last Temptation of Blank"
2001 Friends Melissa Warburton Episode: "The One with Rachel's Big Kiss"
2002 Saturday Night Live Herself / Host Episode: "Winona Ryder/Moby"
2010 When Love Is Not Enough Lois Wilson Television film
2013–2014 Drunk History Mary Dyer / Peggy Shippen 2 episodes
2014 Turks & Caicos Melanie Fall Television film
2015 Show Me a Hero Vinni Restiano 4 episodes
2016–present Stranger Things Joyce Byers Main role
2020 The Plot Against America Evelyn Finkel
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine Lacey Groin Television special

Music videos

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Year Title Artist Role Ref.
1989 "Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child" Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper Pregnant Bride Debbie Gibson
1990 "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" Cher Herself / Charlotte Flax
1992 "Love Song for a Vampire" Annie Lennox Wilhelmina "Mina" Murray
1993 "Locked Out" Crowded House Herself
1998 "Talk About the Blues" Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Jon Spencer [5][6]
2012 "Here with Me" The Killers Wax Girl

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  2. ^ "Welcome". Palm Springs International Film Festival –Shortfest. August 23, 2007. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
  3. ^ Abrams, Simon (July 15, 2022). "Gone in the Night movie review (2022) | Roger Ebert". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  4. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 9, 2023). "'Beetlejuice 2' Sets 2024 Fall Release Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "Winona Ryder Takes Over Reigns Of Blues Explosion For New Video". MTV.Com. October 12, 1998. Archived from the original on November 27, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  6. ^ "Jon Spencer of the Blues Explosion: My Life in 10 Songs". RollingStone.Com. March 23, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.