Winona-Ryder

Winona Laura Horowitz, professionally referred to her real name as Winona Ryder was born in Winona Minnesota. The name she was given by her parents after the town where she was born. The father of her Michel Horowitz and her mother Cynthia Palmer were authors and editors. Ryder is a Jewish. Ryder believes that her father came from a Jewish background. The actress has a younger brother Uria and two half-siblings Jubal and Sunyata. Ryder's family relocated from Mendocino County, California when she was just seven years old. aged. They had no electricity. The books on television were Ryder's only distraction to pass the time. Eventually, she became an avid reader. Ryder was 12 when she took up a place at the American Conservatory Theatre for acting classes in 1983. At the age of 15, Ryder landed a role in Lucas which was her debut major film. Ryder was bullied at high school. Her performing career, she thought, would help her. It didn't work out. However, she continued to pursue her goals. In 1988, she got her first big breakthrough in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. Ryder continued to perform successful parts in several films. He was nominated for two Academy Awards were nominated, one of which was for The Age of Innocence (1996).