Winona Ryder (of its true name Winona Laura Horowitz ) is a American Actrice of Russian origin and Rumanian born the October 29th 1971 with Winona, in the Minnesota (the United States).

Biography

Winona Ryder passes its childhood in California. At the school, it is the Ugly Duckling because of its weak physique and androgyne. After having lived several years with San Francisco, his/her parents leave for Petaluma where it is registered in Petaluma High School before integrating American Conservatory Theater into San Francisco. It begins its career very early, in 1986, with Lucas of David Seltzer. Then, after an appearance in unimportant the Public garden Dance of Daniel Petrie (1987), it obtains its first great role with Tim Burton. It is 16 years old, it is a glaucous and depressed teenager, equipped with black and when it goes to casting and fall on this different solitary Ugly Duckling, the young person Tim Burton which auditions for its second film, Beetlejuice (1988). Later she will be a great success in Edward with the money hands at the sides of Johnny Depp to which she will become engaged, their connection will not last.

She was also the egery de' Gap' the time of a publicity, and will also work with Marc Jacobs .

Catalog of films

Actress

• 1986 : Lucas , of David Seltzer
• 1987: Public garden Dance , of Daniel Petrie
• 1988: Beetlejuice , of Tim Burton
• 1988: 1969 , of Ernest Thompson
• 1989: Fatal Ranges ( Heathers ), of Michael Lehmann
• 1989: Great Balls off Fire , of Jim McBride
• 1990: Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael , of Jim Abrahams
• 1990: Edward with the hands of money ( Edward scissorhands ), of Tim Burton
• 1990: the two sirens ( Mermaids ), of Richard Benjamin
• 1991: One night on the ground ( Night one Earth ), of Jim Jarmusch
• 1992: Dracula , of Francis Ford Coppola
• 1993: the Time of innocence ( Old The off innocence ), of Martin Scorsese
• 1993: the House with the spirits ( The House off the spirits ), of Ball August
• 1994: Generation 90 ( Reality cocks ), of Ben Stiller
• 1994: Four Girls of Doctor March ( Little women ), of Gillian Armstrong
• 1995: the Patchwork of the life ( How to make year american quilt ), of Jocelyn Moorhouse
• 1996: the dormitory of the boys ( Servant boys ), of Stacy Cochran
• 1996: Looking for Richard , of Al Pacino
• 1996: Hunting for the witches ( The Crucible ), of Nicholas Hytner
• 1997: Alien, resurrection ( Alien: Resurrection ), of Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• 1998: Of the Earth to the Moon ( From the Earth to the Moon ), of Sally Field (series TV) (episode 11, not credited)
• 1998: Celebrity , of Woody Allen
• 1999: a stolen life ( Girl, interrupted ), of James Mangold
• 2000: an autumn in New York ( Fall in New York ), of Joan Chen
• 2000: lost Hearts ( Lost drunk persons ), of Janusz Kaminski
• 2002: Adventures of Mister Deeds ( Mr. Deeds ), of Steven Brill
• 2002: S1m0ne , of Andrew Niccol
• 2003: Expensive: The Farewell Turn (TV) (documentary musical)
• 2003: The Day my God died , of Andrew Levine (documentary) (narrator, voice)
• 2004: the Book of Jérémie ( The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things ), of Asia Argento
• 2006: The Darwin Awards , of Fine Taylor
• 2006: has Scanner Darkly , of Richard Linklater
• 2007: The Ten , of David Wain
• 2008: Star Trek XI , of J.J. Abrams (in production)

Producing

• 1999 : a stolen life ( Girl, interrupted ) (executive producer)
• 2003: The Day my God died

Rewards

• Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1998 : female best supporting role (Science fiction) for Alien, resurrection .
• Golden Globes 1994: female best supporting role for the Time of innocence .
• Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1995: better actress for Four Girls of Doctor March .
• National Board off Review Awards 1990 female best supporting role for the Two Sirens .
• National Board off Review Awards 1994 female best supporting role for the Time of innocence .
• International festival of film of San Francisco 2000: Peter J. Owens Award for its career and its integrity.
• Sant Jordi Awards 1992 : better actress étrangere for Edward with the money hands and the Two Sirens .
• ShoWest Awards 1997 : star female of the year.
• ShoWest Awards 1990 : star female of tomorrow.
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 1994: female best supporting role for the Time of innocence
• Young Artist Awards 1990: better young person actress for Great Balls off Fire .
• It received its star on the Walk off Famed of Hollywood the October 6th 2000.
• It was nominated with the Oscars in 1994 female best supporting role category for Time of innocence and in 1995 better actress for the Four Girls of Doctor March .
• It was nominated with the Golden Globe of the female best supporting role in 1991 for the Two Sirens.

Anecdotes

• It was promised in marriage to Johnny Depp, her partner in Edward with the money hands.

• Like Johnny Depp, it was a egery of Tim Burton which directed it in 1988 in Beetlejuice and in 1990 in Edward with the money hands. She desisted for the role from Kathrina in Sleepy Hollow .

• It was promised in marriage to Matt Damon in 2000.

• It is it which had the idea for the creation of the film a stolen life , according to the best seller of Suzanna Kaysen. It produced film.

• had problems with justice for a business of shoplifting in 2002.

• contributed to the creation of the Foundation Polly Klaas, well before the installation of the system Amber Alert for child abductions.

• was member of the management committee of American Indian College Fund of which the goal is to support the access of the Indians to the university.

• It is the goddaughter of fire Timothy Leary, eminent psychiatrist and figurehead of the Beat Generation.

• It was to play in the Godfather, 3rd part but for health reasons, it is Sofia Coppola which replaced it.

• Is Ablutophobe following a traumatism of childhood.

External bonds

• Winona Ryder on Internet Movie Database
• Winona Ryder on AlloCiné