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Born on October 29, 1971, Winona Ryder is from Winona, Minnesota, United States. Public records list Winona Ryder as a film actor, film producer and voice actor. The age as of 2026 is 54. Schooling on record includes Petaluma High School. Recorded honors include Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (1993), Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2017), star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and 1 more.
My Take
Winona Ryder's career is one of Hollywood's great redemption arcs, and I find it genuinely moving. She defined a generation's quirky intelligence in the late 1980s, deepened into serious drama through the 1990s, then endured a public fall that would have ended most careers. Instead she returned, and her ensemble Screen Actors Guild Award with the Stranger Things cast felt like a collective embrace. What sets her apart is fragility used as strength: those enormous eyes always suggest someone thinking three sentences ahead of the dialogue. Actors who have truly lost something bring a different gravity, and Ryder wears hers beautifully.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Winona Ryder
- Name (Japanese)
- ウィノナ・ライダー
- Reading
- うぃのな・らいだー
- Born
- October 29, 1971 (age 54)
- Origin
- Winona, Minnesota, United States
- Height
- 161 cm
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / film producer / voice actor / character actor
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Boar
2. Background
- High school
- Petaluma High School
Awards & achievements
- 1993 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
- 2017 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Jupiter Awards
3. Links
4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Winona Ryder born?
Born October 29, 1971 (age 54).
Where is Winona Ryder from?
Winona Ryder is from Winona, Minnesota, United States.
What does Winona Ryder do?
Winona Ryder works as actor, film actor, film producer, voice actor, character actor.
How tall is Winona Ryder?
Winona Ryder is 161 cm.
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