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==Personal life== [[File:Winona Ryder @ Toronto International Film Festival 2010.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Ryder promoting ''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]'' in 2010]] Ryder maintains homes in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]] in New York City.<ref name="Mooallem-2013">{{Cite magazine|last=Mooallem|first=Stephen|date=April 23, 2013|title=Winona Ryder|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/winona-ryder-1|access-date=November 16, 2020|magazine=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]|language=en-US}}</ref> She is [[Jewish]] and has experienced [[antisemitism]].<ref name="VF200310" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Earl|first=William|date=June 23, 2020|title=Winona Ryder Accuses Mel Gibson of Making Anti-Semitic and Homophobic Remarks|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/winona-ryder-mel-gibson-oven-dodger-1234646288/|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> She suffers from [[insomnia]] and has been a victim of [[stalking]].<ref name="Ginsberg-2002" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Giles|first=Jeff|date=March 10, 1994|title=Interview: Winona Ryder|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/interview-winona-ryder-64096/|access-date=May 12, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 2, 2009|title=The resurrection of Winona Ryder: how Hollywood's lost girl came back|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/may/03/winona-ryder-film-comebacks|access-date=May 12, 2021|website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref> She has credited her career to director [[Tim Burton]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Caroline|title=Winona Ryder "I owe my career to Tim Burton"|url=https://entertainment.ie/cinema/movie-news/winona-ryder-i-owe-my-career-to-tim-burton-247066/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Entertainment.ie|date=September 27, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Stephens|first=Britt|date=September 9, 2016|title=Winona Ryder Showed Up at Tim Burton's Handprint Ceremony After Her Name Was Said 3 Times|url=https://www.popsugar.com/node/42353839|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=POPSUGAR Celebrity|language=en-US}}</ref> Ryder has been involved in philanthropic work since her twenties for the [[American Indian College Fund]], which sends low-income Native Americans to universities.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ryder In the Storm|work=[[San Francisco Gate]]|date=January 16, 2000|access-date=June 7, 2017|url=http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Ryder-In-the-Storm-Winona-plays-mental-patient-2811014.php}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/dec/07/usa.filmnews|title=Winona Ryder escapes jail for theft|work=The Guardian|date=December 7, 2002|access-date=June 7, 2017}}</ref> ===Relationships=== Ryder met [[Johnny Depp]] at the ''Great Balls of Fire!'' premiere in June 1989. In February 1990, the 18-year-old Ryder began dating the 26-year-old Depp after they were reintroduced by a mutual friend. They became engaged in July of that year, but split up in June 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/johnnydepp.html |title=Johnny Depp Picture, Profile, Gossip, and News |work=celebritywonder.com |access-date=December 31, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103000450/http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/johnnydepp.html |archive-date=January 3, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|date=July 13, 2020|title=Winona Ryder to testify that Johnny Depp was 'never violent' to her during libel trial|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/winona-ryder-johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial-libel-london-violent-a9615551.html|work=The Independent|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> She dated [[Soul Asylum]] band member [[Dave Pirner]]<ref name="Ginsberg-2002">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/winona-ryder |title=Winona Ryder: Ryder on the Storm |magazine=[[W (magazine)|W]] |last=Ginsberg |first=Merle |date=June 1, 2002 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=July 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726155851/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/winona-ryder |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] frontman [[Page Hamilton]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/former-helmet-leader-finds-soulmate-in-actress-winona-ryder | title=Former HELMET Leader Finds 'Soulmate' in Actress WINONA RYDER | date=July 24, 2003 }}</ref> She dated actor [[Matt Damon]] from 1998 to 2000. Since 2011, she has been in a relationship with fashion designer Scott Mackinlay Hahn.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sager |first1=Jessica |date=26 May 2022 |title=Who Is Winona Ryder's Boyfriend? All About Scott Mackinlay Hahn |newspaper=[[People (magazine)|People]] |url=https://people.com/tv/who-is-scott-mackinlay-hahn-winona-ryder-boyfriend/ |access-date=5 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526184830/https://people.com/tv/who-is-scott-mackinlay-hahn-winona-ryder-boyfriend/ |archive-date=26 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Winona Ryder explains why she's never been married|url=http://www.etonline.com/news/193224_winona_ryder_explains_why_she_never_been_married|work=Entertainment Tonight|date=July 14, 2016|last=Bueno|first=Antoinette|access-date=August 11, 2020|archive-date=March 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313153654/http://www.etonline.com/news/193224_winona_ryder_explains_why_she_never_been_married|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Polly Klaas=== {{Main|Murder of Polly Klaas}} In 1993, Ryder offered a $200,000 reward in hopes that it would lead to the safe return of kidnapped child [[Polly Klaas]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Winona Ryder Biography |publisher=Yahoo! Movies |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800010920/bio |access-date=December 31, 2007 |archive-date=March 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311040326/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/winona-ryder/biography.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/15/us/kidnapping-summons-city-to-action.html |title=Kidnapping Summons City to Action |work=The New York Times |date=October 15, 1993}}</ref> Klaas lived in [[Petaluma]], where Ryder grew up. After the girl's death, Ryder dedicated her performance as Jo in the [[Little Women (1994 film)|1994 film adaptation]] of ''[[Little Women]]'', one of Klaas's favorite novels, to Klaas's memory.<ref>{{cite magazine |title='Women' on the verge |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/03/11/little-women-kicks-hollywood-trend/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]] |location=New York City |date=March 11, 1994 |first=Anne |last=Thompson |access-date=January 9, 2008 |archive-date=June 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620013001/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,301373,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> During a sentencing hearing related to her 2001 shoplifting incident, Ryder's attorney, [[Mark Geragos]], referred to her work with the Polly Klaas Foundation and other charitable causes. In response, Deputy District Attorney Ann Rundle said, "What's offensive to me is to trot out the body of a dead child."<ref name="cnn-3years">{{cite news|title=Ryder sentenced to 3 years probation |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/06/ryder.sentencing/index.html |website=[[CNN]] |publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting Systems]]|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=December 10, 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109035112/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/06/ryder.sentencing/index.html |archive-date=January 9, 2008 }}</ref> Polly's father, Marc Klaas, defended Ryder and expressed outrage at the prosecutor's comments.<ref name="cnn-3years" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Ryder Addicted To Pain Killers? |date=December 7, 2002 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ryder-addicted-to-pain-killers/ |website=[[CBS News]] |publisher=[[CBS Corporation]]|location=Los Angeles, California|access-date=December 31, 2007}}</ref> ===Legal issues=== On December 12, 2001, Ryder was arrested on shoplifting charges in [[Beverly Hills, California]], accused of stealing $5,500 worth of designer clothes and accessories from a [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store.<ref name="bbc-arrest">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1710311.stm |title=Actress Winona Ryder arrested |work=[[BBC|BBC News]] |date=December 14, 2001 |access-date=May 5, 2007 |archive-date=March 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317033721/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1710311.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lawyer: Ryder's arrest a 'misunderstanding' |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/News/12/13/ryder.arrest/|publisher=CNN |date=December 13, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011193351/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/News/12/13/ryder.arrest/ |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/11/07/1036308408379.html |newspaper=Age |title=Winona convicted of stealing clothes |date=November 7, 2002 |location=Melbourne |access-date=May 5, 2007 |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107010040/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/11/07/1036308408379.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Los Angeles District Attorney [[Stephen Cooley]] assembled a team of eight prosecutors and filed four felony charges against her.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,835207,00.html |title=Show trial |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=November 8, 2002 | first=Duncan | last=Campbell}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=June 2021}} Ryder hired celebrity defense attorney [[Mark Geragos]]. Negotiations failed to produce a plea bargain at the end of summer 2002 as the prosecution insisted on charging Ryder with a felony and not a misdemeanor. Joel Mowbray from ''[[National Review]]'' noted that the prosecution also refused the store's request to drop the charges.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 19, 2002 |title=Winona Ryder to face court after talks break down |publisher=ABC News |url=http://www.abc.net.au/arts/news/artsnews_680355.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224111110/http://www.abc.net.au:80/arts/news/artsnews_680355.htm |archive-date=February 24, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/10/justice-interrupted.html|title=Justice, Interrupted: Why Winona Ryder will do time for O.J.'s crimes|date=October 4, 2002|first = Dahlia| last = Lithwick|authorlink=Dahlia Lithwick|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> She was accused of using drugs, including [[oxycodone]], [[diazepam]], and [[Vicodin]] without valid prescription, but prosecutors dropped a drug possession count after it was proved that a doctor provided it to her as a medical treatment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-04-me-ryder4-story.html|title=D.A. Seeks Probation, Counseling for Ryder|first=Kristina|last=Sauerwein|date=December 4, 2002|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> She was convicted of grand theft<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/487.html|title=California Penal Code Section 487 β California Attorney Resources β California Laws|access-date=April 9, 2011|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403075515/https://law.onecle.com/california/penal/487.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and shoplifting but acquitted on the charge of burglary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winona Ryder Shoplifting Trial |publisher=Court TV |url=http://www.courttv.com/trials/ryder/index.html |access-date=December 31, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211035959/http://www.courttv.com/trials/ryder/index.html |archive-date=December 11, 2007 }}</ref> In December 2002, she was sentenced to three years of probation, 480 hours of community service, $3,700 in fines, and $6,355 in restitution to the Saks Fifth Avenue store, and ordered to attend psychological counseling and drug counseling.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2002/12/with_winona_ryd.html |title=With Winona Ryder in the spotlight, Chicago area shop keepers fear increased shoplifting this holiday season |date=December 10, 2002 |publisher=Medill News Service |location=Chicago |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011210906/http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2002/12/with_winona_ryd.html |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}</ref> On June 18, 2004, Superior Court Judge Elden Fox reviewed Ryder's probation report and observed that she had served 480 hours of community service, and the felonies were reduced to misdemeanors. She finished her probation in December 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/reduced-charges-for-winona-ryder/ |title=Reduced Charges For Winona Ryder |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=June 18, 2004 |first=Angela |last=Watercutter |access-date=May 5, 2007 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104082023/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/18/entertainment/main624887.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Ryder later explained that the incident occurred during a difficult time in her life in which she was clinically depressed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-28 |title=Stranger Things is everything about being a teenager, says Winona Ryder |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/stranger-things-is-everything-about-being-a-teenager-says-winona-ryder/articleshow/91858504.cms |access-date=2023-04-11 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> She added that the pain-killing medication, which a "quack" physician had prescribed her, clouded her judgment significantly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/winona-ryder-finally-speaks-out-about-her-arrest/|title=Winona Ryder Finally Speaks Out About Her Arrest|work=People|date=July 7, 2007|access-date=July 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819150830/https://people.com/celebrity/winona-ryder-finally-speaks-out-about-her-arrest/|archive-date= 19 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/winona-ryder-1|work=Interview|title=Winona Ryder|date=2014|access-date=July 5, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182610/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/winona-ryder-1|archive-date= 1 December 2017}}</ref> Jules Mark Lusman, who prescribed the medication, subsequently had his medical license revoked by the [[Medical Board of California]] for unethically prescribing medication to his patients.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/report-doctor-catered-to-drug-demands-of-celebs-including-winona-ryder| title=Report: Doctor Catered to Drug Demands of Celebs, Including Winona Ryder| agency=Associated Press| publisher=[[Foxnews.com]] | date=December 10, 2002 | access-date=August 19, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170819145300/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2002/12/10/report-doctor-catered-to-drug-demands-celebs-including-winona-ryder.html|archive-date= 19 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sauerwein |first1=Kristina |last2=Mathews |first2=Joe |title=Doctor Gave Stars Drugs, Report Says |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-10-me-doc10-story.html |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 10, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908194233/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-10-me-doc10-story.html |archive-date= 8 September 2021}}</ref>
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