Winona-Ryder

Winona Ryder - Winona Lauro Horowitz - was born at Winona Minnesota. The parents of Winona Ryder named her for the town she grew up in. His father Michel Horowitz and her mother Cynthia Palmer were authors and editors. Ryder's father and mother have both been Jewish. Ryder believes herself to being Jewish. Uria is Ryder's younger sister. Jubal, Sunyata and Sunyata are the half siblings of Ryder. Ryder relocated with her family members to Mendocino County California at the age of seven. They resided in an area without electric power. Ryder who read a lot when she was 12, became a bookworm because Ryder had no access to television. Ryder started to take acting classes at the American Conservatory Theatre when she was 12 years old. In 1986 she was offered her first role on the big screen in the movie Lucas when she was just 15 years old. Ryder experienced bullying at high school. She hoped that her acting career would change that. Unfortunately that didn't come to be. She continued to pursue her ambitions. In 1988 she had her biggest break with Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. Ryder continued to play numerous roles that were successful. In 1993 she won an Oscar Awards to be awarded for The Age of Innocence.