Winona Ryder

Winona Forever!

Lately Winona Ryder has been in the news more for her off-screen antics than her acting, but the porcelain-skinned gamine has some serious film work under her belt. (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

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Winona Ryder Lately Winona Ryder has been in the news more for her off-screen antics than her acting, but the porcelain-skinned gamine has some serious film work under her belt. (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images)
Winona Horowitz Ryder grew up on a commune in Northern California with her counterculture parents. The 37-year-old actress's real name is Winona Horowitz. (Photo: Avenue Pictures Productions)
The Godfather Winona's godfather was LSD superhero Timothy Leary. She's pictured here at his 1996 funeral with his stepson. (AP Photo/Michael Tweed)
Winona Doesn't "... At 14, after taking acting classes at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater, she auditioned for the lead in the film "Desert Bloom." She lost that part, but the director asked her to be in the 1986 film "Lucas" instead. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)
Winona Goes Goth Another director, Tim Burton, was wowed by Ryder's performance in "Lucas," and cast her as a dark teen who befriends the undead in his 1988 movie "Beetlejuice." (Photo: Warner Brothers)
Winona Goes Goth... Winona went darker with her next film, the black comedy "Heathers" that costarred Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty which has since become a cult classic beloved by disgruntled teens everywhere. (Photo by Getty Images)
Winona Ryder Although she was already 16, Ryder played the 13-year-old child bride of singer Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1989 film "Great Balls of Fire." (Photo: Orion Pictures)
Winona Scissorha... Tim Burton tapped Ryder again for his 1990 film "Edward Scissorhands," opposite Johnny Depp. Winona was almost unrecognizable as a blond, although that is her natural hair color. (Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Ryder and Ricci In 1990, Ryder also starred in the more mainstream chick flick "Mermaids," alongside Cher and Christina Ricci which she followed up with the less successful "Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael." (Photo by Will Ragozzino/Getty Images for IMG)
Retro Ryder The early '90s took Winona back in time. She starred in the Scorsese-helmed period piece "Age of Innocence," for which she received a nomination for an Oscar. (Photo: Columbia)
Bram Stoker's Wi... Although Ryder had once missed the chance to work with director Francis Ford Coppola when she dropped out of "The Godfather 3," she got a second shot in his film "Bram Stoker's Dracula." (Photo: Columbia)
Winona's "Women" In 1994, Winona starred as Jo March in "Little Women" and won another Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Ryder dedicated the film to the memory of Polly Klaas, a girl from Ryder's hometown of Petaluma who had been kidnapped and murder. (Photo by Diane Freed)
Winona's "Boys" Winona went on to star in the 1996 flop "Boys" with Lukas Haas. (Photo: Buena Vista)
Winona's Other B... But in real life, Winona's boys included Johnny Depp, to whom she was briefly engaged. Depp famously had his 'Winona Forever' tattoo changed to 'Wino Forever' when they broke up. (Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Winona's World She also dated musicians Dave Pirner and Beck and actor Matt Damon. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Witchy Winona? In 1996, Winona also starred in the overwrought film version of the Arthur Miller play, "The Crucible." (Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Winona and Weave... The versatile actress swung in the complete opposite direction with a role in "Alien: Resurrection" opposite Sigourney Weaver. (Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Winona, Interrup... Winona's next big project was as executive producer - and star - of the film adaptation of the memoir "Girl, Interrupted." (Photo: Columbia)
Angelina's Acade... The story of a young woman's stay at a mental institution won the actress raves, but won her fellow actor - a rising star named Angelina Jolie - an Oscar. (Photo: Columbia)
Why, Winona? In 2001, Winona Ryder was arrested for shoplifting $5,500 worth of goods from Saks Fifth Avenue department store in Beverly Hills. Ryder was also caught with prescription drugs for which she did not have a prescription. (Photo by Peter Brandt/Getty Images)
Rough on Ryder The ensuing trial was a media circus. She injured her arm as she tried to push through the crowd of paparazzi. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
No Win for Winon... Ryder was found guilty and was sentenced to three years probation, 480 hours of community service and had to pay over $11,000 in fines and undergo drug counseling. (Photo by Steve Grayson-Pool/Getty Images)
Reticent Ryder Winona kept quiet after the trial, reappearing in the successful Adam Sandler movie "Mr. Deeds" in 2002 and some smaller indie films. (Photo: Columbia)
Ryder's Rough Fl... Winona was recently hospitalized for an undisclosed illness on a flight to London, but her PR person said she's fine. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)
Beam Me Up, Wino... It's back to outer space for Ryder. Her next big role is in director JJ Abrams' revamped version of "Star Trek," which opens in May, 2009. Ryder stars as Dr. Spock's mother. (Photo: Bad Robot)