Editing Winona Ryder

{{Short description|American actress (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Winona Ryder
| image              = Winona Ryder-63849.jpg
| caption            = Ryder in 2024
| birth_name         = Winona Laura Horowitz
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1971|10|29}}
| birth_place        = [[Winona County, Minnesota]], U.S.
| alma_mater         = [[American Conservatory Theater]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|producer}}
| years_active       = 1986–present
| works              = [[Winona Ryder filmography|Full list]]
| partner            = {{ubl|[[Johnny Depp]]<br/>(1989–1993)|Scott Mackinlay Hahn<br/>(2011–present)}}
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Winona Ryder|Full list]]
| signature          = Winona Ryder signature.svg
}}
'''Winona Laura Horowitz'''<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/actor/winona-ryder|title =Winona Ryder Biography (1971–)|work=[[Biography.com]]|access-date=June 23, 2020|archive-date=May 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504025105/https://www.biography.com/actor/winona-ryder|url-status=live}}</ref> (born {{birth date|1971|10|29}}),<ref name=biography.com /> known professionally as '''Winona Ryder''', is an American actress. Having come to attention playing quirky characters in the late 1980s,<ref name=Dazed_2016/> she achieved success with her more dramatic performances in the 1990s. Ryder's [[List of awards and nominations received by Winona Ryder|many accolades]] include a [[Golden Globe]], as well as nominations for two [[Academy Awards]], a [[BAFTA Award]], and a [[Grammy Award]].

Following her film debut in ''[[Lucas (1986 film)|Lucas]]'' (1986), Ryder rose to prominence when she starred in the comedy ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' (1988). Major parts in ''[[Heathers]]'' (1989), ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'' (1990), ''[[Mermaids (1990 film)|Mermaids]]'' (1990), and ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film)|Bram Stoker's Dracula]]'' (1992) came next. She earned two consecutive Oscar nominations—[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]—for her portrayals of a socialite in ''[[The Age of Innocence (1993 film)|The Age of Innocence]]'' (1993) and [[Jo March]] in ''[[Little Women (1994 film)|Little Women]]'' (1994), respectively. Her subsequent work included starring roles in ''[[Reality Bites]]'' (1994), ''[[How to Make an American Quilt]]'' (1995), ''[[The Crucible (1996 film)|The Crucible]]'' (1996), ''[[Alien Resurrection]]'' (1997), ''[[Celebrity (1998 film)|Celebrity]]'' (1998), ''[[Girl, Interrupted (film)|Girl, Interrupted]]'' (1999), and ''[[Mr. Deeds]]'' (2002).

Ryder took a break from acting in the early 2000s, after the significant negative media attention brought by her arrest in 2001 for shoplifting,<ref name=Forbes2018>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/09/07/grim-truth-winona-ryder-hollywood-keanu-reeves-johnny-depp-stranger-things/|title=The Grim Reasons Winona Ryder Vanished From Hollywood|work=[[Forbes]]|first=Scott|last=Mendelson|date=September 7, 2018|access-date=March 21, 2024}}</ref> later returning with smaller appearances in films such as ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]'' (2009), ''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]'' (2010), and ''[[The Dilemma]]'' (2011). She portrayed [[Lois W.|Lois Wilson]] in the [[Hallmark Channel|Hallmark]] television film ''[[When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story|When Love Is Not Enough]]'' (2010). Since 2016, she has played [[Joyce Byers]] on the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Stranger Things]]'', for which she received her third [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Golden Globe]] nomination. She has since starred in the [[HBO]] miniseries ''[[The Plot Against America (miniseries)|The Plot Against America]]'' (2020) and the comedy horror sequel ''[[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice]]'' (2024).

==Early life==
Winona Laura Horowitz was born in [[Winona County, Minnesota]],<ref name=timemagazine2016>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4380330/winona-ryder-comeback-stranger-things-netflix/| title=90s Icon Winona Ryder Is Making Her Comeback|first=Eliana|last= Dockterman| magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]| date=June 27, 2016| access-date=June 27, 2016|archive-date=June 27, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627172649/http://time.com/4380330/winona-ryder-comeback-stranger-things-netflix/?xid=homepage | url-status=live |quote=Born in 1971 to two writers in a farmhouse near Winona, Minnesota, Ryder had a rather unconventional childhood.}}</ref> to Cynthia Palmer (née Istas) and Michael D. Horowitz.<ref name=Broadly-Parents-2015>{{cite news |last1=Bess|first1=Gabby|title=Winona Ryder's Mom Explains the History of Women, Drugs, and Literature |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/winona-ryders-mom-explains-the-history-of-women-drugs-and-literature-255/|access-date=August 6, 2015|work=Broadly|date=August 5, 2015|archive-date=August 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806071408/https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/winona-ryders-mom-explains-the-history-of-women-drugs-and-literature-255|url-status=live}}</ref> Winona's mother is an author, video producer, and editor, and her father is an author, editor, publisher, and antiquarian bookseller.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/winona.shtml |title=The Real Winona Ryder |first=Ivor|last=Davis |publisher=JVibe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061101051004/http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/winona.shtml|archive-date=November 1, 2006}}</ref><ref name="highbeam1">{{cite news |title=Reluctant star gets to grips with the Devil; Winona Ryder, star of new supernatural thriller ''Lost Souls'' tells Jeff Hayward how she spent time researching real life cases of demonic possession |work=The Birmingham Post |date=January 10, 2001 |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-68951011 |access-date=December 10, 2007 |archive-date=January 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118123957/https://www.gale.com/databases/questia |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also worked as an archivist for psychologist [[Timothy Leary]] (Ryder's godfather).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOE2z4jqqiA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228193306/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOE2z4jqqiA&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=December 28, 2018|title=Winona Ryder interview (1997) |last=Rose |first=Charlie |website = [[YouTube]]|author-link=Charlie Rose|year=1997 |access-date=May 27, 2017}}</ref> Winona's father's family is of [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] descent and hails from [[History of the Jews in Ukraine|Ukraine]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stljewishlight.org/news/world-news/how-netflixs-super-popular-series-stranger-things-showcases-both-jewish-actors-and-themes/|title=How Netflix's super-popular series 'Stranger Things' showcases both Jewish actors and themes|first1=Jordan|last1=Palmer|first2=Dan|last2=Buffa|date=November 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Naomi|last=Pfefferman|url=http://jewishjournal.com/old_stories/2349/|title=Winona Ryder– Girl Interrupted|work=Jewish Journal|date=December 23, 1999|accessdate=November 16, 2020}}</ref> [[History of the Jews in Romania|Romania]] and [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russia]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/06/winona-ryder-mel-gibson-anti-semitism |title=Winona Ryder Resurfaces More Genuinely Shocking Anti-Semitism From Mel Gibson |magazine=Vanity Fair |last=Kirkpatrick |first=Emily |date=June 23, 2020 |access-date=June 27, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Naomi |last=Pfefferman |url=http://jewishjournal.com/old_stories/2349/|title=Winona Ryder– Girl Interrupted|work=Jewish Journal|date=December 23, 1999|access-date=November 16, 2020|archive-date=May 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517223945/http://jewishjournal.com/old_stories/2349/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Growing up, Winona visited her paternal grandparents in [[Brooklyn]] for the Jewish Holiday of [[Passover]], every year.<ref name="VF200310" />

Named after [[Winona, Minnesota]], Winona Ryder was given her middle name, Laura, because of her parents' friendship with [[Laura Huxley]], writer [[Aldous Huxley]]'s wife.<ref name="bookref1">{{cite book|last=Goodall|first=Nigel |title=Winona Ryder: The Biography |publisher=Blake Pub |date=December 1998 |location=London |isbn=1-85782-214-5}}</ref> Winona's stage name derives from [[Mitch Ryder]], a soul and rock singer<ref name=IndependentFallen>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/fallen-angel-winona-ryder-on-bouncing-back-from-her-decade-in-the-wilderness-8627582.html | work=[[The Independent]]| location = UK | title= Fallen angel: Winona Ryder on bouncing back from her decade in the wilderness|first= James|last= Mottram|date=May 26, 2013}}</ref> of whom her father was a fan.<ref name=Note>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041123172426/http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/angelic/164/articles/magazine/18.html Winona Ryder Articles], Interviewed: Articles from The Hollywood Reporter and Harpers And Queen Magazine, March 1997.</ref> Her father is an [[atheist]] and her mother is a [[Buddhist]].<ref name=IndependentFallen /> Winona has a younger brother, Urie (named in honor of the first man in space, [[Yuri Gagarin]]), and two older half-siblings from her mother's prior marriage: half-brother Jubal Palmer and half-sister Sunyata Palmer. Winona's family friends were her godfather [[Timothy Leary]], the [[Beat Movement]] poets [[Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], and the science fiction novelist [[Philip K. Dick]].<ref name="bookref1" /> In 1978, when she was seven years old, she and her family relocated to Rainbow, a [[Commune (intentional community)|commune]] near [[Elk, Mendocino County, California]], where they lived with seven other families on a {{convert|300|acre|ha|adj=on}} plot of land. As the remote property had no electricity or television sets, Winona began to devote her time to reading and became an avid fan of [[J. D. Salinger]]'s ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]''.<ref name="tiscali">Wills, Dominic (2006), [http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/winona_ryder_biog.html "Winona Ryder biography"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012053004/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/winona_ryder_biog.html |date=October 12, 2007 }}, ''Tiscali.com'', page 4. Retrieved December 6, 2007.</ref>
[[File:Winona Ryder - Petaluma Argus-Courier (1986).jpg|thumb|270px|upright=1.0|Ryder and friends, ''[[Petaluma Argus-Courier]]'', April 25, 1986]]

When she was ten, Winona Ryder and her family moved to [[Petaluma, California]]. During her first week at Kenilworth Junior High, she was bullied by children who mistook her for an [[effeminate]] boy.<ref name="bookref1" /> In 1983, 12-year-old Ryder enrolled at the [[American Conservatory Theater]] in nearby [[San Francisco]], where she took her first acting lessons. During the same year, she nearly drowned; the experience caused her to develop [[aquaphobia]].<ref name="bookref1" /> The [[psychological trauma]] caused problems later in her life during the underwater scenes in ''[[Alien Resurrection]]'' (1997), some of which had to be reshot numerous times.<ref name="bookref1" /> Ryder continued to be bullied through high school, when she achieved early film success with ''[[Beetlejuice]]'': "I remember thinking, 'Ooh, it's like the number-one movie. This is going to make things great at school.' But it made things worse. They called me a witch."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/people/winona-ryder-marie-claire-541676|title=Winona Ryder On Stranger Things: 'I May Have Gone Too Far'|work=[[Marie Claire]]|date=September 29, 2017|access-date=April 13, 2018|archive-date=April 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413194607/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/people/winona-ryder-marie-claire-541676|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ryder has said that her natural hair color is brown, but she was "really blonde as a kid";<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryder |first1=Winona |title=Winona Ryder & David Harbour Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions |url=https://www.wired.com/video/watch/autocomplete-inverviews-winona-ryder-david-harbour-answer-the-web-s-most-searched-questions |magazine=Wired |access-date=March 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225235313/https://www.wired.com/video/watch/autocomplete-inverviews-winona-ryder-david-harbour-answer-the-web-s-most-searched-questions |archive-date=December 25, 2019 |date=July 8, 2019}}</ref> when she was 11 or 12, she started dyeing her blonde hair blue and purple. At the time of her audition for the 1986 film ''Lucas'', her hair had been dyed black and the filmmakers asked her to keep it.<ref>{{cite news |title=Winona Ryder Tells 'Hairy' Tales |url=https://apnews.com/a0f0317340376881ea53dfcc1953d99f |access-date=March 4, 2020 |work=Associated Press |date=July 21, 2000}}</ref>

==Career==

===1985–1990: Early roles and breakthrough===

{{quote box|width=35%|quote=Winona was so smart. She was fifteen, she turned sixteen on the movie. She was a [[Child prodigy|prodigy]]. From a very young age, she was an old soul. She really got the words and the imagery. She had watched tons of old movies. She was really sophisticated intellectually. She had the beauty of Veronica. She had the intelligence. She was just the perfect anti-Heather.
|source=Denise Di Novi, producer of ''[[Heathers]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.autostraddle.com/this-is-a-winona-ryder-post-234519/|title=8 Winona Ryder Movies That Tug On Our Nostalgic Heartstrings|work=autostraddle.com|date=April 10, 2015|access-date=April 13, 2015|archive-date=April 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414010421/http://www.autostraddle.com/this-is-a-winona-ryder-post-234519/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

In 1985, Ryder sent a videotaped audition, where she recited a monologue from the novel ''[[Franny and Zooey]]'' by [[J. D. Salinger]], to appear in the film ''[[Desert Bloom (film)|Desert Bloom]]''. Although the role went to [[Annabeth Gish]],<ref name="bookref1" /><ref name="tiscali" /> writer/director [[David Seltzer]] cast her in his high school drama ''[[Lucas (film)|Lucas]]'' (1986), which starred [[Corey Haim]], [[Charlie Sheen]], and [[Kerri Green]]. When asked how she wanted her name to appear in the credits, she suggested "Ryder" as her surname because a Mitch Ryder album that belonged to her father was playing in the background.<ref name="tiscali" /> Winona's next film was ''[[Square Dance (film)|Square Dance]]'' (1987), where her teenage character creates a bridge between two different worlds—a traditional farm in the middle of nowhere and a large city. She won acclaim for the performance, with the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' calling it "a remarkable debut."<ref>Winona Ryder at [http://www.bookrags.com/Winona_Ryder Book Rags.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510082819/http://www.bookrags.com/Winona_Ryder |date=May 10, 2007 }}. Retrieved December 7, 2007.</ref> Both films were only marginally successful commercially.

After seeing her in ''Lucas'', director [[Tim Burton]] cast Winona Ryder in his film ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' (1988).<ref name=bob>{{cite book | first=Mark|last=Salisbury | title=Burton on Burton: Revised Edition | isbn=0-571-20507-0 | publisher=[[Faber and Faber]] |year=2000}}</ref> She starred as a [[goth subculture|goth]] teenager whose family moves to a haunted house populated by ghosts played by [[Geena Davis]], [[Alec Baldwin]], and [[Michael Keaton]]. The film was a success at the box office, and the film as well as Ryder's performance received mostly positive reviews from critics.<ref>''Beetlejuice'' at [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beetlejuice/ Rotten Tomatoes.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109103559/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beetlejuice/ |date=January 9, 2010 }}; accessed on May 5, 2007.</ref><ref name="The Cut-2016">{{Cite web|date=August 8, 2016|title=Winona Ryder Forever: How the Gen-X Icon Kept Her Cool|url=http://www.thecut.com/2016/08/winona-ryder-c-v-r.html|access-date=November 22, 2020|website=The Cut|language=en}}</ref> Also in 1988, she appeared alongside [[Kiefer Sutherland]] and [[Robert Downey Jr.]] in ''[[1969 (film)|1969]]'', a drama about the Vietnam War and the tensions it created in American families.

Ryder next starred in the independent film ''[[Heathers]]'' (1989). The film, a satirical take on teenage life, featured Ryder and [[Christian Slater]] as high school sweethearts who begin killing off popular students. Her agent initially begged her to turn the role down, saying the film would "ruin her career".<ref name="bookref1" /> Critical reaction to the film was largely positive,<ref>''Heathers'' at [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/heathers/ Rotten Tomatoes]; last accessed on May 5, 2007.</ref> and Ryder's performance was positively received, with ''[[The Washington Post]]'' calling Ryder "Hollywood's most impressive ingénue […] Ryder […] makes us love her teen-age murderess, a bright, funny girl with a little [[Bonnie Parker]] in her. She is the most likable, best-drawn young adult protagonist since the sexual innocent of ''[[Gregory's Girl]]''."<ref>{{cite news | first=Rita | last=Kempley | title=Heathers | date=April 14, 1989 | newspaper=The Washington Post | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/heathersrkempley_a09fb6.htm | access-date=September 18, 2017 | archive-date=November 12, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112180444/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/heathersrkempley_a09fb6.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> Despite its critical success, ''Heathers'' was a box-office flop, but has achieved the status of a [[cult film]] in following decades.<ref>{{cite book | last=Shary|first=Timothy | title = Teen Movies: American Youth on the Screen | publisher = Walflower Press |year= 2005 | page = 78 | isbn=1-904764-49-5}}</ref> Ryder's other 1989 starring role was in the biopic ''[[Great Balls of Fire! (film)|Great Balls of Fire!]]'', in which she played the 13-year-old bride (and cousin) of rock'n'roll idol [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]. The film was a box-office failure and received mixed reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/great_balls_of_fire/ |title=Great Balls of Fire Movie Reviews, Pictures |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=March 7, 2010 |archive-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215171911/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/great_balls_of_fire |url-status=live }}</ref> Ryder also appeared in 1989 in the music video for [[Mojo Nixon]]'s "[[Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child]]".<ref>{{cite video|people=Hart, Mary (Host) |date=1989 |title=Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgo2fmefEfA |medium=Television production |publisher=CBS Paramount |access-date=September 3, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517191946/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgo2fmefEfA |archive-date=May 17, 2015 }}</ref>

Ryder began the 1990s with three starring roles. In the fantasy film ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'' (1990), she reunited with director Tim Burton to play the female lead alongside her then-boyfriend [[Johnny Depp]]. The film was a significant box office success, grossing $86 million and receiving much critical devotion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=edwardscissorhands.htm |title=Edward Scissorhands (1990) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 12, 2007 |archive-date=March 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316064719/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=edwardscissorhands.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>''Edward Scissorhands'' at [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/edward_scissorhands/ Rotten Tomatoes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216004800/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/edward_scissorhands/ |date=December 16, 2008 }}; last accessed May 5, 2007.</ref> Ryder's second role of the year was in the family comedy-drama ''[[Mermaids (1990 film)|Mermaids]]'' (1990), which co-starred [[Cher]], [[Bob Hoskins]], and [[Christina Ricci]]. ''Mermaids'' was a moderate box-office success and Ryder's performance was acclaimed; critic [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' wrote: "Winona Ryder, in another of her alienated outsider roles, generates real charisma."<ref>{{cite news |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=December 14, 1990 |title=''Mermaids'' Review |first=Roger |last=Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mermaids-1990 |access-date=January 1, 2008 |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615195214/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mermaids-1990 |url-status=live }}</ref> For her performance, Ryder received a [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role<ref name="globe-db">{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/30453 |title=Golden Globe Award Database: Winona Ryder |publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association |access-date=January 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219125149/http://www1.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/30453 |archive-date=February 19, 2008 }}</ref> and a National Board Review award for the same category.<ref name="EC-2020" /> Following ''Mermaids'', Ryder had the lead role as a troubled teenager in the comedy-drama ''[[Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael]]'' (1990). The film co-starred [[Jeff Daniels]] and was deemed a commercial flop. In 1990, Ryder also made a cameo in [[Roy Orbison]]'s music video "A Love So Beautiful" with [[Matthew Modine]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wozniak |first=Zena |date=2013-10-15 |title=The Sexiest Music Video Girls of All Time |url=https://www.gq.com/story/most-famous-music-video-girls-models-actresses |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=GQ |language=en-US}}</ref> and was awarded 'ShoWest's Female Star of Tomorrow' by The National Association of Theatre Owners.<ref name="EC-2020">{{Cite web|title=Winona Ryder {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/winona-ryder|access-date=October 27, 2020|website=www.encyclopedia.com|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019223339/https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/winona-ryder|url-status=live}}</ref> She was next slated to appear as [[Mary Corleone]] in [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'', but withdrew from the project in the beginning of filming in 1990 due to [[nervous exhaustion]].<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/apr/15/features.weekend |title=Death in the family |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=April 15, 2000 |access-date=August 22, 2013 |archive-date=March 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324075745/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/apr/15/features.weekend |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bookref2">{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Dave|author-link1=Dave Thompson (author)|title=Winona Ryder |publisher=Taylor Pub |year=1996 |location=Dallas, TX |isbn=0-87833-926-4}}</ref>

===1991–2000: Established actress===
In 1991, Ryder played a young taxicab driver in [[Jim Jarmusch]]'s independent film ''[[Night on Earth]]''. The film was given a limited release, but received critical praise.<ref>''Night on Earth'' at [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_on_earth/ Rotten Tomatoes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527235645/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_on_earth/ |date=May 27, 2020 }}; last accessed on May 5, 2007.</ref> Ryder then starred in three big-budget adaptations of literary classics. The first was ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film)|Bram Stoker's Dracula]]'' (1992), directed by Francis Ford Coppola and featuring Ryder in the dual role of [[Mina Murray]] and [[Count Dracula]]'s past lover, Princess Elisabeta.<ref name="bookref1" /> The script was originally intended for a television adaptation but Ryder liked it so much she brought it to Coppola's attention. The film premiered in November 1992 to critical and commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 24, 2018|title=25 Crazy Facts Behind The Making Of Bram Stoker's Dracula|url=https://screenrant.com/bram-stokers-dracula-making-behind-scenes-hidden-trivia/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|archive-date=August 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827212258/https://screenrant.com/bram-stokers-dracula-making-behind-scenes-hidden-trivia/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ryder continued her work in period films with [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[The Age of Innocence (1993 film)|The Age of Innocence]]'' (1993), an adaptation of [[Edith Wharton]]'s novel that co-starred [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] and [[Daniel Day-Lewis]]. Ryder considers Scorsese "the best director in the world".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1710604.stm |title=Winona Ryder's Eclectic Career |work=[[BBC|BBC News]] |date=November 6, 2002 |access-date=August 6, 2006 |archive-date=January 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111124157/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1710604.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> For her portrayal of May Welland, the fiancée of Newland Archer (Day-Lewis), Ryder won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Golden Globe]]<ref name="globe-db" /> and received [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Academy Award]] and [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|BAFTA]] nominations as well.<ref name="oscar-db">{{cite web |title=Academy Award Database: Winona Ryder |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearch?action=searchLink&displayType=6&BSNomineeID=66569 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113073029/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearch?action=searchLink&displayType=6&BSNomineeID=66569 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 13, 2013 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=January 9, 2008 }}</ref> Although not a commercial success, the ''Age of Innocence'' received critical praise upon its release in October 1993. [[Vincent Canby]] in the [[New York Times]] wrote, "Ms Ryder is wonderful as this sweet young thing who's hard as nails, as much out of ignorance as of self-interest."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/17/movies/review-film-the-age-of-innocence-grand-passions-and-good-manners.html?pagewanted=all |first=Vincent |last=Canby |title=Review/Film: The Age of Innocence; Grand Passions and Good Manners |work=The New York Times |date=September 17, 1993 |access-date=February 23, 2017 |archive-date=July 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705211020/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/17/movies/review-film-the-age-of-innocence-grand-passions-and-good-manners.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ryder next starred alongside [[Meryl Streep]], [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Antonio Banderas]], and [[Glenn Close]] in the melodrama ''[[The House of the Spirits (film)|The House of the Spirits]]'' (1993), based on [[Isabel Allende]]'s [[The House of the Spirits|novel]]. Also released in October 1993, the film was poorly reviewed and a box-office flop, grossing just $6&nbsp;million on its $40&nbsp;million budget.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-04-ca-42164-story.html|title='House of Spirits' Fails to Levitate : Movies: The star-studded film does poorly in its U.S. opening, despite heavy publicity and strong European sales.|first=David J.|last=Fox|date=April 4, 1994|access-date=August 23, 2017|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306152816/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-04/entertainment/ca-42164_1_miramax-films|url-status=live}}</ref> Ebert wrote that Ryder "seems an unlikely casting choice but she is more convincing, with more abandon and passion, and she makes her character work."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=The House of the Spirits movie review (1994) {{!}} Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-house-of-the-spirits-1994|access-date=October 21, 2020|website=www.rogerebert.com|language=en|archive-date=September 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929071838/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-house-of-the-spirits-1994|url-status=live}}</ref> Ryder was next set to star in ''Broken Dreams''<ref>{{cite news|date=April 3, 1993|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-04-01-9304020017-story.html|title=For Openers, Murphy Beats Out Schwarzenegger|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=November 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105230809/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-04-01-9304020017-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> with actor [[River Phoenix]]. The project was put on hold due to his death on October 31, 1993.<ref>Levitt, Shelley (November 15, 1993). [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20106732,00.html River's End] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504085604/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20106732,00.html |date=May 4, 2012 }}. People.com. Retrieved July 7, 2013.</ref> In 1993, Ryder also appeared on the music video "Without a Trace" by [[Soul Asylum]], whose member [[Dave Pirner]] was her boyfriend at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Without A Trace {{!}} EnterTheSoulAsylum.com|url=https://enterthesoulasylum.com/discography/songs/without_a_trace/|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=enterthesoulasylum.com|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514225803/https://enterthesoulasylum.com/discography/songs/without_a_trace/|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{quote box|width=35%|quote=Among the movie's strengths are the performances, especially that of Ryder, who comes across as bright, beautiful and more delicate than ever before.|source= ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'' film critic Jay Boyar discussing ''Reality Bites''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1999/10/17/reality-is-a-gen-x-film-with-satirical-bite/|title='Reality' Is A Gen-x Film With Satirical Bite|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=October 17, 1999|access-date=April 1, 2016|archive-date=April 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404175819/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1999-10-17/entertainment/9910180191_1_lelaina-reality-bites-structure-of-reality|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
Ryder's next film, the [[Generation X]] drama ''[[Reality Bites]]'' (1994), marked a departure from period films. Directed by [[Ben Stiller]] and co-starring [[Ethan Hawke]], the film featured Ryder as a recent college graduate searching for direction in life. According to Hawke and Stiller, the film got [[greenlit]] only due to Ryder's star status.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lindsay|first=Benjamin|title=Reality Bites Reunion: All Hail Winona Ryder and a Surprise from Lisa Loeb {{!}} Vanity Fair|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/05/reality-bites-reunion-25th-anniversary-ethan-hawke-winona-ryder|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=www.vanityfair.com|date=May 6, 2019|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919222759/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/05/reality-bites-reunion-25th-anniversary-ethan-hawke-winona-ryder|url-status=live}}</ref> Her performance received acclaim but the film did not meet its studio's expectations in the box office.<ref name="rickey">{{cite news | last = Rickey | first = Carrie | title = Generation X Turns Its Back | work = [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] | date = April 3, 1994 }}</ref> Ryder returned to period films later that year, appearing as Jo March in ''[[Little Women (1994 film)|Little Women]]'', an adaptation of [[Louisa May Alcott]]'s [[Little Women|novel]]. The film received widespread praise; critic [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that it was the greatest adaptation of the novel and that "Ms. Ryder, whose banner year also includes a fine comic performance in ''Reality Bites'', plays Jo with spark and confidence. Her spirited presence gives the film an appealing linchpin, and she plays the self-proclaimed 'man of the family' with just the right staunchness."<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 21, 1994 |title=Little Women |first=Janet |last=Maslin |authorlink=Janet Maslin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/21/movies/film-review-the-gold-standard-for-girlhood-across-america.html |access-date=January 1, 2008 |archive-date=April 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415190640/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/21/movies/film-review-the-gold-standard-for-girlhood-across-america.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|authorlink=Roger Ebert|title=Little Women movie review & film summary (1994)|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/little-women-1994|date=December 21, 1994|access-date=October 21, 2020|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|language=en|via=[[RogerEbert.com]]|archive-date=April 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417213637/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/little-women-1994|url-status=live}}</ref> Ryder received her second [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nomination for the role, this time as [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]].<ref name="oscar-db" /> In 1994, Ryder also made a guest appearance in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Lisa's Rival]]" as [[List of Springfield Elementary School students#Allison Taylor|Allison Taylor]], whose intelligence and over-achieving personality makes her an adversary of [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]].

Ryder's next starring role was in ''[[How to Make an American Quilt]]'' (1995), an adaptation of the [[How to Make an American Quilt|novel of the same name]] by [[Whitney Otto]], co-starring [[Anne Bancroft]], [[Maya Angelou]], and [[Ellen Burstyn]]. The film grossed nearly four times its budget and received mixed to positive reviews from critics.<ref>''How to Make an American Quilt'' at [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/how_to_make_an_american_quilt/ Rotten Tomatoes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211193418/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/how_to_make_an_american_quilt/ |date=February 11, 2021 }}. Retrieved January 10, 2007.</ref> The same year, Ryder narrated [[Anne Frank]]'s ''[[The Diary of a Young Girl]]'', for which she received a [[Grammy Award]] nomination. A review by ''[[AudioFile (magazine)|Audiofile]]'' praised her performance, saying, "Winona Ryder is the perfect narrator for this work. Her voice sounds very young, matching the 14-year-old's enthusiasm and frustrations."<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL by Anne Frank Read by Winona Ryder {{!}} Audiobook Review|url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/1671/the-diary-of-a-young-girl-by-anne-frank-read-by-winona-ryder/|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=AudioFile Magazine|language=en|archive-date=November 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102095041/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/1671/the-diary-of-a-young-girl-by-anne-frank-read-by-winona-ryder/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Winona Ryder Walk of Fame.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Ryder received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] on October 6, 2000.]]

Ryder made several film appearances in 1996, the first in ''[[Boys (1996 film)|Boys]]''. The film failed to become a box office success and attracted mostly negative critical reaction. Ebert wrote: "''Boys'' is a low-rent, dumbed-down version of ''[[Before Sunrise]]'', with a rent-a-plot substituting for clever dialogue", calling the film a waste of Ryder's talent.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |authorlink=Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/boys-1996 |title=Reviews: Boys |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=May 10, 1996 |access-date=May 5, 2007 |via=[[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709023325/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/boys-1996 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her next role was in ''[[Looking for Richard]]'', [[Al Pacino]]'s meta-documentary on a production of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'', which grossed only $1 million at the box office but drew moderate critical acclaim.<ref>''Looking for Richard'' at [http://au.rottentomatoes.com/m/looking_for_richard/ Rotten Tomatoes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127110835/http://au.rottentomatoes.com/m/looking_for_richard/ |date=January 27, 2008 }}. Retrieved January 10, 2007.</ref> She starred in ''[[The Crucible (1996 film)|The Crucible]]'' with [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] and [[Joan Allen]]. The film, an adaptation of [[Arthur Miller]]'s [[The Crucible|play]], centered on the [[Salem witch trials]]. It was expected to be a success, considering its budget, but was a commercial failure.<ref>''The Crucible'' at [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=crucible.htm Box Office Mojo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203074930/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=crucible.htm |date=February 3, 2007 }}. Retrieved January 10, 2007.</ref> Despite this, it was well received and Ryder's performance was lauded, with [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' writing, "Ryder offers a transfixing portrait of warped innocence."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |authorlink=Peter Travers |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-crucible-19961127 |title=Reviews: The Crucible |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 12, 1996 |access-date=March 10, 2011 |archive-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205204355/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-crucible-19961127 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ryder later claimed that the role of Abigail Williams was the hardest in her whole career.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Weintraub|first=Steve|date=May 3, 2013|title=Winona Ryder Talks THE ICEMAN, Her Obsession with THE WIRE and THE BIG LEBOWSKI, More|url=https://collider.com/winona-ryder-the-iceman-the-wire-interview/|access-date=November 18, 2020|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|language=en-US|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923202048/https://collider.com/winona-ryder-the-iceman-the-wire-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ryder next took on a role as an [[Android (robot)|android]] in ''[[Alien Resurrection]]'' (1997), alongside [[Sigourney Weaver]], who stars in the first four  ''[[Alien (film series)|Alien]]'' films. Ryder's brother, Uri, was a fan of the series, and when approached about it, she agreed to the project. The film became one of the least successful entries in the ''Alien'' film series, but was otherwise considered a success as it grossed $161&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref name="MetaCritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/alienresurrection?q=Alien |title=Overview of ''Alien: Resurrection'' reviews |access-date=February 4, 2007 |website=[[Metacritic]] |archive-date=August 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807170419/http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/alienresurrection?q=Alien |url-status=live }}</ref> Ryder's and Weaver's performances drew mostly positive reviews, and Ryder won a [[Blockbuster Entertainment Award]] for Best Actress. In his review of the film, Ebert commented that Ryder lacked the conviction and presence to stand alongside Weaver and the rest of the cast. He compared her with Jenette Goldstein in ''Aliens''. "Ryder is a wonderful actress, one of the most gifted of her generation, but wrong for this movie," he wrote.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Alien Resurrection movie review (1997) {{!}} Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/alien-resurrection-1997|access-date=October 21, 2020|website=www.rogerebert.com|language=en|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031051913/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/alien-resurrection-1997|url-status=live}}</ref> At 1997's [[National Association of Theatre Owners|ShoWest]] event, she was presented with the 'Female Star of the Year' award.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Winona Ryder {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/winona-ryder|access-date=October 26, 2020|website=www.encyclopedia.com|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019223339/https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/winona-ryder|url-status=live}}</ref>

On [[Valentine's Day]], 1998, Ryder performed in Eve Ensler's play ''[[The Vagina Monologues]].''<ref>{{cite web|date=December 1, 1998|title=Eve Ensler's Monologues Return for 'V-Day 1999,' Feb. 14|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/eve-enslers-monologues-return-for-v-day-1999-feb-14-com-78705|access-date=November 22, 2020|website=Playbill|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127135944/https://www.playbill.com/article/eve-enslers-monologues-return-for-v-day-1999-feb-14-com-78705|url-status=live}}</ref> She then starred in [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Celebrity (1998 film)|Celebrity]]'' (1998), after [[Drew Barrymore]] turned down Ryder's role, in an ensemble cast.<ref name="bookref1" /> The film satirizes the lives of several celebrities. In 1998, Ryder also appeared in the music video for [[Jon Spencer Blues Explosion]]'s song "Talk About the Blues"; a screenshot from the video later appeared on the cover of their album ''[[Xtra-Acme USA]]''.<ref name="ACME">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1430682/winona-ryder-takes-over-reigns-of-blues-explosion-for-new-video/|title=Winona Ryder Takes Over Reigns Of Blues Explosion For New Video|publisher=MTV.Com|date=October 12, 1998|access-date=October 8, 2015|archive-date=February 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223222822/http://www.mtv.com/news/1430682/winona-ryder-takes-over-reigns-of-blues-explosion-for-new-video/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="XTRACME">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/jon-spencer-blues-explosion-my-life-in-10-songs-20150323/the-jon-spencer-blues-explosion-talk-about-the-blues-1998-20150319|title=Jon Spencer of the Blues Explosion: My Life in 10 Songs|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=March 23, 2015|access-date=October 8, 2015|archive-date=September 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918012604/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/jon-spencer-blues-explosion-my-life-in-10-songs-20150323/the-jon-spencer-blues-explosion-talk-about-the-blues-1998-20150319|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1998, Ryder and [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] narrated ''Survivors: Testimonies of the Holocaust'', a [[CD-ROM]] produced by [[Steven Spielberg]]'s [[Shoah Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Nightmare Told in Words and Pictures|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/12/circuits/articles/31libe-surv.html|access-date=October 7, 2020|website=archive.nytimes.com|archive-date=October 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016201431/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/12/circuits/articles/31libe-surv.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She also served as a member of the jury, led by [[Martin Scorsese]], at the 1998 [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Maslin|first=Janet|authorlink=Janet Maslin|date=May 25, 1998|title=Greek Director Wins Top Prize at Cannes Festival (Published 1998)|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/25/movies/greek-director-wins-top-prize-at-cannes-festival.html|access-date=October 25, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028204716/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/25/movies/greek-director-wins-top-prize-at-cannes-festival.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1999, Ryder starred in and served as an executive producer for ''[[Girl, Interrupted (film)|Girl, Interrupted]]'', based on the [[Girl, Interrupted|1993 memoir of the same name]] by [[Susanna Kaysen]]. The film had been in development since late 1996, but took time to begin filming. Ryder was deeply attached to the project, calling it her "child of the heart."<ref name="bookref1" /> She played Kaysen, who has [[borderline personality disorder]] and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for recovery. Directed by [[James Mangold]] and co-starring [[Angelina Jolie]], the film was expected to mark Ryder's comeback playing leading roles. Instead, it turned out to be the "welcome-to-Hollywood coronation" for Jolie, who won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/06/07/entertainment/main203340.shtml "Angelina Jolie: Hollywood's Child, She Wins An Oscar"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104082007/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/06/07/entertainment/main203340.shtml |date=November 4, 2012 }}. Retrieved January 10, 2007.</ref> Ebert wrote: "Ryder shows again her skill at projecting mental states; one of her gifts is to let us know exactly what she's thinking, without seeming to."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Girl, Interrupted movie review (2000)|first=Roger|last=Ebert|authorlink=Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/girl-interrupted-2000|access-date=October 21, 2020|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|via=[[RogerEbert.com]]|language=en|archive-date=January 18, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150118225119/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/girl-interrupted-2000|url-status=live}}</ref> He later called Ryder one of the reasons to see the film. The same year, Ryder was parodied in ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]''. She also started her own music company, Roustabout Studios, in 1999.<ref name="EC-2020" />

In April 2000, Ryder was awarded the Peter J. Owens Award at the [[San Francisco Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 14, 2000|title=Ryder to Get Big Tribute at Film Festival|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ryder-to-Get-Big-Tribute-at-Film-Festival-2768972.php|access-date=October 26, 2020|website=SFGATE|language=en-US|archive-date=February 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227213920/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ryder-to-Get-Big-Tribute-at-Film-Festival-2768972.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Her next film, the melodrama ''[[Autumn in New York (film)|Autumn in New York]]'', co-starring [[Richard Gere]], was released in August. The film received mixed reviews, but was a commercial success, grossing $90&nbsp;million at the worldwide box office.<ref>''Autumn in New York'' at [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/autumn_in_new_york/ Rotten Tomatoes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112165408/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/autumn_in_new_york/ |date=January 12, 2008 }}. Retrieved January 10, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=autumninnewyork.htm |title=Autumn in New York (2000) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 12, 2007 |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329112831/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=autumninnewyork.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In September, Ryder made a guest appearance in the series finale of [[Comedy Central]]'s ''[[Strangers with Candy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ryder Guests on Final Strangers With Candy|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=115192&page=1|access-date=November 22, 2020|website=ABC News|language=en|archive-date=November 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126224606/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=115192&page=1|url-status=live}}</ref> She then played a nun of a secret society loosely connected to the Roman Catholic Church and determined to prevent [[Armageddon]] in ''[[Lost Souls (2000 film)|Lost Souls]]'' (2000), a commercial failure. Ryder refused to do commercial promotion for the film.<ref name="bookref1" /> She later said, "I was attracted to ''Lost Souls'' because I know nothing about this subject. I personally don't believe in demonic possession. For me to play this woman was a real challenge. She is the ultimate believer. Most of all, I just wanted to do a movie in the thriller genre, at least one."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vincent|first=Mal|date=October 13, 2000|title=Bible Belter Winona Ryder Scares the Devil Out of Herself|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/bible-belter-winona-ryder-scares-the-devil-out-of-herself/article_bcd8478c-e79e-5da1-ae7a-9e15d11e5020.html|access-date=November 18, 2020|website=The Buffalo News|language=en|archive-date=August 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804025607/https://buffalonews.com/news/bible-belter-winona-ryder-scares-the-devil-out-of-herself/article_bcd8478c-e79e-5da1-ae7a-9e15d11e5020.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 6, 2000, Ryder received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Hollywood com Staff|date=March 19, 2001|title=Winona Ryder Gets Her Own Star|url=http://www.hollywood.com/general/winona-ryder-gets-her-own-star-57164613/|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=Hollywood.com|language=en-US|archive-date=May 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520064808/http://www.hollywood.com/general/winona-ryder-gets-her-own-star-57164613/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2001–2005: Hiatus===
In 2001, Ryder began a four-year career hiatus. Apart from a guest appearance on NBC's sitcom ''[[Friends]]'', playing Rachel's college sorority sister,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Friends Episode 7.20|url=http://www.friends-tv.org/zz720.html|access-date=November 4, 2020|website=www.friends-tv.org|archive-date=February 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217184004/http://www.friends-tv.org/zz720.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and a brief cameo in Ben Stiller's comedy ''[[Zoolander]]'' (2001), she appeared in no new releases in 2001. She was scheduled to appear in ''Lily and the Secret of Planting'', but withdrew from the project after being hospitalized for a severe stomach-related disorder in August 2001.<ref>{{Cite news|title=NAMES &|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/08/27/names-38/5eb64bb6-6789-4e5b-a517-0ba9a7eb305c/|access-date=October 28, 2020|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101221715/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/08/27/names-38/5eb64bb6-6789-4e5b-a517-0ba9a7eb305c/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2001, Ryder was arrested for shoplifting, which made it difficult for her to be insured for further film projects. After her courtroom appearances in [[Marc Jacobs]] clothes were noted in the media, she appeared in Jacobs' Spring 2003 advertising campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Booth |date=2003-02-07 |title=Courtroom chic pays off for Ryder |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-feb-07-et-winona7-story.html |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Woody Allen]] wanted to cast [[Robert Downey Jr.]] and Ryder in his film ''[[Melinda and Melinda]]'' (2004), but was unable to do so because "I couldn't get insurance on them ... We couldn't get bonded. The completion bonding companies would not bond the picture unless we could insure them. ... We were heartbroken because I had worked with Winona before [on ''Celebrity''] and thought she was perfect for this and wanted to work with her again."<ref name="Malaysia Sun">{{cite news|url=http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/272831/cs/1/ |title=When Woody Allen couldn't cast Winona, Downey Jr due to lack of insurance |date=August 12, 2007 |newspaper=Malaysia Sun |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235537/http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/272831/cs/1/ |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="Ryder ridden out of film role">{{cite news |title=Ryder ridden out of film role |work=New York Post |date=September 9, 2007}}</ref>

In 2002, Ryder appeared in two movies filmed before her arrest. The first was a romantic comedy, ''[[Mr. Deeds]],'' with [[Adam Sandler]], grossing over $126 million in the United States alone.<ref>''Mr. Deeds'' box office gross at [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mrdeeds.htm Box Office Mojo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181131/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mrdeeds.htm |date=September 30, 2007 }}. Retrieved January 10, 2007.</ref> The film was not a critical success; film critic [[Philip French]] called it a terrible film, saying that "remakes are often bad, but this one was particularly bad."<ref name="guardian.co.uk">[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/may/03/winona-ryder-film-comebacks The resurrection of Winona Ryder: how Hollywood's lost girl came back] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906162252/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/may/03/winona-ryder-film-comebacks |date=September 6, 2014 }} ''[[The Guardian]]''. May 3, 2009.</ref> The second film was the science fiction drama ''[[Simone (2002 film)|Simone]],'' in which she portrayed a glamorous star who is replaced by a [[Artificial intelligence|computer simulated]] actress due to the clandestine machinations of a director, portrayed by Al Pacino. On May 18, 2002, Ryder hosted ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stooge|date=April 4, 2020|title=May 18, 2002 – Winona Ryder / Moby (S27 E20)|url=https://www.onesnladay.com/2020/04/03/may-18-2002-winona-ryder-moby-s27-e20/|access-date=October 28, 2020|website=The 'One SNL a Day' Project|language=en-US|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031090150/https://www.onesnladay.com/2020/04/03/may-18-2002-winona-ryder-moby-s27-e20/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SNL Season 27 Episode 20 - Winona Ryder, Moby - NBC.com|url=https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/season-27/episode/20-winona-ryder-with-moby-63231|access-date=October 28, 2020|website=[[NBC]]|archive-date=November 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103091824/https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/season-27/episode/20-winona-ryder-with-moby-63231|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, Ryder co-produced and co-narrated the documentary ''The Day My God Died'' (2004) with [[Tim Robbins]], which focuses on international [[child sex trafficking]].<ref name=Dazed_2016>{{Cite web|first=Thea|last=Bichard|date=August 15, 2016|title=Your guide to Winona Ryder, one of the coolest people ever|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/32452/1/your-guide-to-winona-ryder-one-of-the-coolest-people-ever|access-date=October 14, 2020|website=Dazed|language=en|archive-date=October 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016115938/https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/32452/1/your-guide-to-winona-ryder-one-of-the-coolest-people-ever|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2006–2015: 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 – Mary Dyer – 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>

===2016–present: ''Stranger Things'' and resurgence===
Since 2016, Ryder has starred in the [[Netflix]] science fiction-horror series ''[[Stranger Things]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=Bethy |date=2023-02-01 |title=Winona Ryder Leaves Finn Wolfhard on Read All the Time |url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/stranger-things-finn-wolfhard-winona-ryder-is-bad-texter.html |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref> created by [[The Duffer Brothers]], playing [[Joyce Byers]], a single mother whose 12-year-old son [[Will Byers|Will]] vanishes mysteriously. The Duffer brothers said that Ryder "has a very intense energy about her ... a wiry unpredictability, a sort of anxiousness that we thought we'd really lean into."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rochlin|first=Margy|date=July 14, 2016|title=Winona Ryder, an Emblem of '90s Cool, Grows Up (Published 2016)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/arts/television/winona-ryder-an-emblem-of-90s-cool-grows-up.html|access-date=November 5, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The series' first season premiered in July 2016 to critical acclaim and high audience ratings.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |title=Scoop: Winona Ryder to Headline Untitled Netflix Supernatural Thriller |url=http://tvline.com/2015/06/15/winona-ryder-montauk-cast-netflix-series/ |access-date=August 24, 2015 |website=[[TVLine]] |date=June 15, 2015 |archive-date=August 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816073504/http://tvline.com/2015/06/15/winona-ryder-montauk-cast-netflix-series/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Ryder also received praise for her performance,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/stranger_things/s01/ |title=''Stranger Things'': Season 1 (2016) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=February 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209185938/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/stranger_things/s01/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the cast won the [[SAG Award]] for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2017. The second and third seasons of the series were released in October 2017 and July 2019. For season 3, she was paid a reported $350,000 per episode.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Stranger Things' Stars Score Massive Pay Raises for Season 3|work=[[Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/stranger-things-stars-score-massive-pay-raises-season-3-1094952#:~:text=Winona%20Ryder%20(Joyce)%20and%20David,each%20collecting%20$250,000%20per%20episode|access-date=October 7, 2020|date=March 19, 2018|archive-date=March 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320024449/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/stranger-things-stars-score-massive-pay-raises-season-3-1094952#:~:text=Winona%20Ryder%20(Joyce)%20and%20David,each%20collecting%20$250,000%20per%20episode|url-status=live}}</ref> The filming for the fourth season had been halted due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], but resumed in September 2020. The first volume of season 4 premiered on May 27, 2022, and the second volume on July 1, 2022. [[Kate Bush]]'s 1985 song "[[Running Up That Hill]]" reached number one on [[iTunes]] after the song was included in scenes of ''Stranger Things'', after Ryder frequently wore Kate Bush T-shirts and lapel badges on set.<ref name="Yahoo News">{{cite news | title=Kate Bush gets to number 1 on iTunes thanks to 'Stranger Things' | date=May 30, 2022 | website=[[Yahoo! Style]]|url=https://uk.style.yahoo.com/kate-bush-hits-number-1-stranger-things-092508109.html }}</ref>

In 2018, Ryder appeared in the film ''[[Destination Wedding]]'', alongside [[Keanu Reeves]]. The same year, Ryder also starred in a [[L'Oréal]] shampoo commercial,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sy|first=Wendy|title=L'Oreal Commercial Compares Winona Ryder's Career to Damaged Hair|url=https://www.allure.com/story/winona-ryder-loreal-commercial|access-date=October 6, 2020|website=[[Allure.com|Allure]]|date=January 8, 2018|language=en-us}}</ref> and in [[H&M]]'s spring collection campaign co-starring [[Elizabeth Olsen]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 19, 2018|title=Winona Ryder and Elizabeth Olsen star in new H&M campaign|url=https://uk.fashionnetwork.com/news/Winona-ryder-and-elizabeth-olsen-star-in-new-h-m-campaign,959729.html|access-date=November 6, 2020|website=UK.FashionNetwork.com|language=en-UK}}</ref> In 2020, Ryder appeared in [[Squarespace]]'s [[Super Bowl]] commercial, which aired during the first half of the game.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Watch: Winona stars in Winona Ryder's Super Bowl ad|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/01/29/watch-winona-stars-in-winona-ryders-super-bowl-ad|access-date=October 6, 2020|website=MPR News|date=January 29, 2020 }}</ref> Later that year, she starred in ''[[The Plot Against America (miniseries)|The Plot Against America]]'', an HBO limited series based on [[Philip Roth]]'s 2004 [[The Plot Against America|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/the-plot-against-america-winona-ryder-zoe-kazan-morgan-spector-john-turturro-hbo-miniseries-1202592810/ |title='The Plot Against America': Winona Ryder, Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector Among 7 Cast In HBO Miniseries |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Denise |last=Petski |date=April 10, 2019 |access-date=January 8, 2020 |archive-date=August 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825014720/https://deadline.com/2019/04/the-plot-against-america-winona-ryder-zoe-kazan-morgan-spector-john-turturro-hbo-miniseries-1202592810/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[David Simon]], the creator of the series, said: "Winona always had the standing of the great American ingenue. Now we're ready for the second act, because she's always been a remarkable actor—always asking questions about the role, doing the research, and then feeling the camera instinctively once the work begins."<ref name=VF200310>{{Cite magazine|last=Press|first=Joy|date=March 10, 2020|title=HBO's Plot Against America Paints an All-Too-Plausible Alternate History|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/03/plot-against-america-winona-ryder-david-simon-hbo|access-date=November 13, 2020|magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref> The series was Ryder's second collaboration with Simon; in 2014, she appeared in his [[HBO]] miniseries ''[[Show Me a Hero]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Alex|last=Rogers|url=https://time.com/3151488/winona-ryder-david-simon-show-me-a-hero/|title=Winona Ryder Will Join David Simon's Show Me a Hero|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=August 20, 2014|accessdate=March 16, 2023}}</ref>

In 2021, Ryder reprised her role as Kim Boggs in ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'' alongside [[Timothée Chalamet]] in a Super Bowl ad for [[Cadillac]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wayland |first=Michael |title=Cadillac Super Bowl ad: Winona Ryder and Timothée Chalamet star in 'Edward Scissorhands' reboot |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/07/super-bowl-ad-cadillac-reboots-edward-scissorhands-with-winona-ryder.html |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=CNBC |date=February 7, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Her next film was [[Gone in the Night (2022 film)|''Gone in the Night'']], co-starring [[Dermot Mulroney]]. As early as 1992, Ryder had expressed her willingness to appear in a sequel to ''Beetlejuice'',<ref name="Gems">{{Cite journal |last=Ferrante |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony C. Ferrante |date=March 1997 |title=Hidden Gems |journal=[[Fangoria]] |pages=53–56}}</ref> hinting at such a return in a November 2013 interview, provided that Burton and Keaton were involved,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Romano |first=Andrew |date=November 18, 2013 |title=Winona Ryder on 'Beetlejuice 2': 'Might Be Happening' with Burton, Keaton, and Ryder |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/18/exclusive-winona-ryder-on-beetlejuice-2-looks-like-it-s-happening-with-burton-keaton-and-ryder.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126055912/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/18/exclusive-winona-ryder-on-beetlejuice-2-looks-like-it-s-happening-with-burton-keaton-and-ryder.html |archive-date=November 26, 2013 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |work=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref> and confirmed again in August 2015 that she would reprise her role in the sequel.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Holmes |first=Mannie |date=August 11, 2015 |title='Beetlejuice 2' Is Really Happening, Says Winona Ryder |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/beetlejuice-2-sequel-winona-ryder-tim-burton-michael-keaton-1201567607/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907013642/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/beetlejuice-2-sequel-winona-ryder-tim-burton-michael-keaton-1201567607/ |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |magazine=Variety}}</ref> The sequel, ''[[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice]]'', wrapped filming in late 2023, and was released in October 2024.<ref name="Astrid">{{Cite web |last=Rosenbloom |first=Alli |date=November 30, 2023 |title=Tim Burton says 'Beetlejuice 2' has officially wrapped production |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/30/entertainment/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-wrapped-production/index.html |access-date=December 1, 2023 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

==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 – California Attorney Resources – 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&nbsp;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>

==Filmography and awards==
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Ryder has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances:
*[[66th Academy Awards]] (1994): [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]], nomination, for ''The Age of Innocence''
*[[67th Academy Awards]] (1995): [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], nomination, for ''Little Women''

Ryder has been nominated for three [[Golden Globe Awards]] (winning one), one [[British Academy Film Award]], seven [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] (winning one), and one [[Grammy Award]].

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