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===2006β2015: Return to film=== [[File:WinonaRyderJuly09.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Ryder in 2009]] Ryder made a career return with appearances in several independent films in 2006 and 2007. The first was ''[[The Darwin Awards (film)|The Darwin Awards]]'' (2006), in which she acted alongside [[Joseph Fiennes]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://festival.sundance.org/2006/pdfs/REVISED12205RELEASEPremiereAnnct.pdf |title=2006 Sundance Film Festival announces films in premieres section |date=December 1, 2005 |publisher=Sundance Film Festival |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216033344/http://festival.sundance.org/2006/pdfs/REVISED12205RELEASEPremiereAnnct.pdf |archive-date=February 16, 2008 }}</ref> The second was [[Richard Linklater]]'s ''[[A Scanner Darkly (film)|A Scanner Darkly]]'', a film adaptation of [[Philip K. Dick]]'s [[A Scanner Darkly|novel]], in which she co-starred opposite [[Keanu Reeves]], [[Robert Downey, Jr.]] and [[Woody Harrelson]]. The film was made entirely with [[rotoscope]] software, which was used to turn live-action scenes into animation. The next year, Ryder appeared in [[David Wain]]'s comedy ''[[The Ten (film)|The Ten]]'',<ref>{{cite press release|title=2007 Sundance Film Festival announces films in the Premieres, Spectrum, New Frontier, Park City at midnight and from the Sundance collection sections |url=http://festival.sundance.org/2007/pdfs/07_SFF_PROGRAMANNOUNCEMENT120106.pdf |publisher=Sundance Festival |date=November 30, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216033345/http://festival.sundance.org/2007/pdfs/07_SFF_PROGRAMANNOUNCEMENT120106.pdf |archive-date=February 16, 2008 }}</ref> and reunited with ''Heathers'' screenwriter [[Daniel Waters (screenwriter)|Daniel Waters]] for the surreal [[black comedy]] ''[[Sex and Death 101]]''.<ref name="ew-waters-reunion">{{cite magazine |title=The Deal Report |first=Hannah |last=Tucker |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/07/07/deal-report-july-14-2006/ |date=July 7, 2006 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 9, 2008 |archive-date=December 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218125428/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1210926,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She also starred in the [[Kirsten Dunst]]-directed short horror film ''Welcome''<ref>{{Citation|title=Welcome (S) (2007)|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film343349.html|language=en|access-date=November 25, 2020|archive-date=June 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608161047/https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film343349.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and made a brief appearance in the music video for "We're All Stuck Out In The Desert" by [[Jonathan Rice]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Aikins|first=Gabriel|title=No Strangers to Music: 9 "Stranger Things" Actors With Musical Connections, From Joe Keery's Djo To Millie Bobby Brown's Video Cameos|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/stranger-things-cast-music-joe-keery-djo-new-album-maya-hawke-millie-bobby-brown-winona-ryder-sadie-sink-joseph-quinn-metallica-video|work=Grammy Awards|date=September 15, 2022|access-date=February 25, 2025}}</ref> In 2008, Ryder played the female lead opposite [[Wes Bentley]] and [[Ray Romano]] in Geoffrey Haley's offbeat romantic drama ''[[The Last Word (2007 film)|The Last Word]]''.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060503234407/http://winona-ryder-news-channel.org/ Winona Ryder news archive]}}; last accessed on May 5, 2007.</ref> She then starred as a newscaster in the film adaptation of ''[[The Informers (2009 film)|The Informers]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ryder, Rourke turn 'Informers' |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i5bf6a751bdf67ff5effd46883d459945 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Carly |last=Mayberry |date=September 21, 2007 |access-date=January 9, 2008 |archive-date=July 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718104948/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i5bf6a751bdf67ff5effd46883d459945 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also appeared in director [[J. J. Abrams]]'s ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]'', as [[Spock]]'s human mother [[Amanda Grayson]].<ref name="StarTrek">{{cite news |last=Moran |first=Michael |title=Winona Ryder joins Star Trek cast |work=The Times |location=London |date=November 9, 2007 |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2843289.ece |access-date=November 9, 2007 |archive-date=July 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718184002/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2843289.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref> Several media outlets noted Ryder's return to film during this time.<ref name="guardian.co.uk" /><ref name="independent.ie">[http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-cinema/winona-is-the-queen-of-the-comeback-kids-1741371.html Winona is the queen of the comeback kids] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526211928/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-cinema/winona-is-the-queen-of-the-comeback-kids-1741371.html |date=May 26, 2009 }} ''[[Irish Independent]]''. May 16, 2009.</ref><ref>Sperling, Nicole. [http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/04/06/winona-ryder-cheaters/ "Career rebound for Winona?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409095627/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/04/06/winona-ryder-cheaters/ |date=April 9, 2010 }}. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. April 6, 2010.</ref> In 2009, Ryder starred alongside [[Robin Wright]] and [[Julianne Moore]] in [[Rebecca Miller]]'s ''[[The Private Lives of Pippa Lee]]'' (2009). The next year, Ryder had a prominent supporting role as an aging ballet star in [[Darren Aronofsky]]'s ''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]''. She also starred in the independent film ''[[Stay Cool]]'' alongside [[Hilary Duff]], [[Mark Polish]] and [[Chevy Chase]], and in the television movie ''[[When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story]]''. For her performance as [[Lois Wilson (activist)|Lois Wilson]], whose husband co-founded [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] in 1930s, Ryder was nominated for the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/17th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|publisher=[[Screen Actors Guild]]|access-date=April 9, 2011|archive-date=July 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721001934/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/17th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards {{!}} Screen Actors Guild Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/17th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|access-date=November 13, 2020|website=www.sagawards.org|language=en|archive-date=January 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108030945/https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/17th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Entertainment Weekly'' wrote, "Ryder played her character with wide eyes of both innocence and terror."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/04/25/when-love-is-not-enough-lois-wilson-winona/ |title='When Love Is Not Enough' review: Alcoholics not anonymous, from Lois Wilson's point of view |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Tucker |first=Ken |date=April 25, 2010 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209045547/https://ew.com/article/2010/04/25/when-love-is-not-enough-lois-wilson-winona/ }}</ref> Ryder next appeared in a leading role in [[Ron Howard]]'s ''[[The Dilemma]]'' (2011), co-starring [[Vince Vaughn]] and [[Kevin James]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Winona Ryder Joins Ron Howard's 'Cheaters' aka 'Your Cheating Heart'|url=https://theplaylist.net/winona-ryder-joins-ron-howards-cheaters-20100406/|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=theplaylist.net|date=April 6, 2010 |archive-date=November 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122075441/https://theplaylist.net/winona-ryder-joins-ron-howards-cheaters-20100406/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Ray Liotta, Winona Ryder, Michael Shannon TIFF 2012.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Ryder (center) with [[Ray Liotta]] and [[Michael Shannon]], promoting ''[[The Iceman (film)|The Iceman]]'' in 2012]] Ryder then played Deborah Kuklinski,<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/30/winona-ryder-the-iceman_n_3181065.html | title= Winona Ryder, 'The Iceman' Star, Is A Lot Nerdier Than You Think | date= April 30, 2013 | first= Mike | last= Ryan | work= [[The Huffington Post]] | access-date= July 31, 2013 | archive-date= June 8, 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130608092914/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/30/winona-ryder-the-iceman_n_3181065.html | url-status= live }}</ref> the wife of contract killer [[Richard Kuklinski]], in the thriller ''[[The Iceman (film)|The Iceman]]'' (2012), co-starring [[Michael Shannon]].<ref>[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Winona-Ryder-Joins-Cast-Iceman-28323.html Winona Ryder Joins The Cast Of The Iceman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505043200/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Winona-Ryder-Joins-Cast-Iceman-28323.html |date=May 5, 2013 }}, Cinema Blend, December 12, 2011.</ref> She also appeared with her ''The Iceman'' co-star [[James Franco]] in ''[[The Letter (2012 film)|The Letter]]'' (2012).<ref>{{Citation|title=The Letter (2012)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_letter_2012|language=en|access-date=November 11, 2020|archive-date=September 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902061013/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_letter_2012/|url-status=live}}</ref> She reunited with director Tim Burton, who directed her in the music video for [[The Killers]]' single, "[[Here with Me (The Killers song)|Here with Me]]",<ref>[https://www.avclub.com/watch-winona-ryder-get-carried-away-in-the-new-tim-bur-1798235236 Watch Winona Ryder get carried away in the new, Tim Burton-directed Killers video], AV Club, December 17, 2012.</ref> and cast her in the animated 3D feature film ''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]'' (2012). Ryder also worked with the classic film channel [[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]] in 2012, guest hosting for a week in September, while Robert Osborne was on vacation,<ref name="UPI">{{Cite web|title=Ryder, Douglas to fill in for TCM host|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2011/08/31/Ryder-Douglas-to-fill-in-for-TCM-host/14741314847466/|access-date=October 28, 2020|website=UPI|language=en}}</ref> and introducing some of her favorite classic films in December.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Guests galore: Stars line up to be a TCM 'Programmer' {{!}} TV Tabloid|url=http://decoy.tvpassport.com/news/guests-galore-stars-line-be-tcm-programmer|access-date=October 28, 2020|website=decoy.tvpassport.com|archive-date=December 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201175331/http://decoy.tvpassport.com/news/guests-galore-stars-line-be-tcm-programmer|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="UPI" /> In 2013, Ryder appeared in the action thriller ''[[Homefront (2013 film)|Homefront]]'' (2013), again opposite James Franco, this time playing a meth-addicted woman. Steven Boone of RogerEbert.com wrote: "Ryder often seems on the verge of laughing in Franco's face as he attempts to manhandle and pimp-talk her. But it's nice to see her raven eyes and regal cheekbones on a big screen again, in whatever capacity."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Boone|first=Steven|title=Homefront movie review & film summary (2013) {{!}} Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/homefront-2013|access-date=October 21, 2020|website=www.rogerebert.com|language=en}}</ref> Ryder also starred in a segment of the [[Comedy Central]] television series ''[[Drunk History]]'' (2013) called "Boston". She played religious protester [[Mary Dyer]] opposite stern Puritan magistrate [[John Endicott]], played by [[Michael Cera]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaDk0wG-HWk| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704080522/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaDk0wG-HWk&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=July 4, 2013|title=Drunk History β Mary Dyer β Uncensored|author=Comedy Central|via=YouTube}}</ref> She then took on the role of Peggy Shippen, the wife of Benedict Arnold, in her appearance of the second season of ''Drunk History'' (2014).<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 13, 2014|title=The Story of Benedict Arnold: An Exclusive Clip of Next Week's 'Drunk History'|url=https://www.mandatory.com/culture/1053596-the-story-of-benedict-arnold-an-exclusive-clip-of-next-weeks|access-date=October 23, 2020|website=Mandatory|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2014, Ryder appeared in the British television film ''[[Turks & Caicos (film)|Turks & Caicos]]'' (2014) and modeled in the Fall advertising campaign of fashion label [[Rag & Bone]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Holmes|first=Sally|date=August 13, 2014|title=Winona Ryder Is Stunning in the New Rag & Bone Campaign|url=https://www.elle.com/news/fashion-style/winona-ryder-rag-and-bone|access-date=November 5, 2020|website=ELLE|language=en-US|archive-date=January 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104022838/http://www.elle.com/news/fashion-style/winona-ryder-rag-and-bone|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Ryder was a juror at the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Gupta|first1=Shipra Harbola|date=December 18, 2014|title=Sundance Announces 2015 Jurors: Cary Fukunaga, Winona Ryder, Edgar Wright and More|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/12/sundance-announces-2015-jurors-cary-fukunaga-winona-ryder-edgar-wright-and-more-66847/|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=IndieWire|language=en}}</ref> She continued her work in television with the [[HBO]] miniseries ''[[Show Me a Hero]]'' (2015), in which she played the president of the Yonkers City Council. She then starred alongside [[Peter Sarsgaard]] in the biopic ''[[Experimenter (film)|Experimenter]]'', playing the wife of [[Stanley Milgram]]. ''Experimenter'' was released to positive reviews in October 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.magpictures.com/profile.aspx?id=a882cde5-0302-4c49-924c-1e2073419d13 |title=Magnolia Pictures: Experimenter |publisher=Magpictures.com |access-date=July 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906134211/http://www.magpictures.com/profile.aspx?id=a882cde5-0302-4c49-924c-1e2073419d13 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/experimenter |title=Experimenter |work=Metacritic |access-date=October 12, 2015}}</ref> Ryder also appeared in advertisements for [[Marc Jacobs]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-05 |title=I Have Watched Winona Ryder's New Marc Jacobs Spot 1,000 Times |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/winona-ryder-marc-jacobs-spilled-milk |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Glamour |language=en-US}}</ref> both for their cosmetics and for their spring 2016 collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.out.com/truman-says/2015/12/08/why-winona-ryder-continues-be-marc-jacobs-muse|title=Why Winona Ryder continues to be Marc Jacobs' muse|work=[[Out Magazine]]|date=December 8, 2015|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Panych|first=Sophia|title=Allure Exclusive: Winona Ryder Is the New Face of Marc Jacobs Beauty|url=https://www.allure.com/story/winona-ryder-marc-jacobs-beauty|access-date=October 6, 2020|website=Allure|date=December 7, 2015|language=en-us}}</ref>
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