Winona Ryder Biography & Movies
Born: October 29, 1971
"For a long time," Winona, Minnesota native Winona Ryder once said, "I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation." Winona Ryder's parents were a colorful couple who hung out with likes of the late acid guru Timothy (he's her godfather) and novelist Aldous Huxley. Part of her childhood was spent in a hippie commune in the San Francisco Bay area. At the age of 11 Ryder began studying acting at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater and became a film... See All