Winona-Ryder

Winona Laura Horowitz professionally known as Winona Ryder was born in Winona Minnesota. The name was given to her by her parents in honor of the town in which she grew up. His father Michel Horowitz and her mother Cynthia Palmer were authors and editors. Ryder is Jewish. Ryder believes that her father was from an ethnically Jewish background. The actress is the younger sister of Uria who is half-sister to Jubal and Sunyata. Ryder and her family relocated to Mendocino, California in the year 2000, when Ryder was just seven. There they didn't have electricity. Ryder was a prolific reader due to the lack of television. Ryder began to take acting classes at the American Conservatory Theatre in 1983 at the age of 12. Her first role was a success on the big screen in 1986 aged 15 years old. older. Ryder faced bullying in high school. She thought that by becoming an actor, her bullying could be reduced. Sadly, this didn't occur. However, it didn't stop her from following her dreams. In 1988, the year that Tim Burton released Beetlejuice that gave her her first big break. Ryder continued to be successful in her characters in numerous films. In 1993, Ryder was in the running two times for the Academy Awards.