Winona Ryder (born Winona Laura Horowitz; October 29, 1971) is an American actress. She made her film debut in the 1986 film Lucas.
Born: October 29, 1971
Known for: Beetlejuice, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Heathers, Stealing things
Who would have thought that Winona Ryder's scene-stealing performance in Beetlejuice wouldn't have been the end of her thieving career? At least this sexy ganif had good taste, stealing from the ritzy Saks Fifth Avenue, where she got caught in 2001.
Born with the Jewy name of Horowitz, she followed her parents (who very Jewishly adopted Buddhism and atheism) from one hippy commune to another, befriending Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg along the way.
But Ryder is no flower child, as she proved by becoming Hollywood's go-to girl for "depressive-sexy." She's had more cult hits that Shabtai Tzvi and David Koresh combined, with starring turns in Edward Scissorhands, Reality Bites and Heathers. Lately she's been more animated in A Scanner Darkly. Get it? Animated. She'll soon appear in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.
Born with the Jewy name of Horowitz, she followed her parents (who very Jewishly adopted Buddhism and atheism) from one hippy commune to another, befriending Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg along the way.
But Ryder is no flower child, as she proved by becoming Hollywood's go-to girl for "depressive-sexy." She's had more cult hits that Shabtai Tzvi and David Koresh combined, with starring turns in Edward Scissorhands, Reality Bites and Heathers. Lately she's been more animated in A Scanner Darkly. Get it? Animated. She'll soon appear in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.
