Winona-Ryder

Winona Ryder (born Winona Laura Hornowitz) was born in Winona Minnesota. The parents of Winona Ryder named her for the town she grew up in. Michel Horowitz was her father as well as Cynthia Palmer, his mother are both authors as well as editors. Ryder's dad was born into the Jewish family. Ryder considers her self Jewish. Ryder is the younger sister of Uria as well as half-siblings Jubal and Sunyata. Ryder's family relocated from Mendocino County, California at the age of seven years old. They resided in an area without electric power. Ryder became an avid read because they had television. Ryder took acting classes at the age of Ryder was 12, in the American Conservatory Theatre. Lucas, a 1986 film that she was in, was her debut major role. Ryder was just 15 at the time she was cast. Ryder was bullied at high school. She thought that by becoming an actor, her behavior was going to be corrected. But it wasn't to come to pass. However, she kept working towards her goals. Her big break was in 1988 when she appeared in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. Ryder was able to continue her successful performances in several movies. Ryder was nominated twice for Academy Awards one for her role as a character in The Age of Innocence (1993).