![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vhS3czb0CB4/UA5F5bcVKAI/AAAAAAAADZ8/b-7LaYki7Dw/s320/Winona-Ryder-Biography-1.jpg)
Winona's father was an atheist and his mother a Buddhist. Winona Ryder spent much time reading books like The Catcher in the Rye has become his favorite book. It was only after his mother showed him a few films she developed an interest in film. At the age of 10 years, they moved again in the nearby town of Petaluma. On entry to the local school, she has made ??hazing by students who have taken it for a girl missed. She left school and practiced the home school for one year after this episode.
Another milestone in his twelve years has made ??ablutophobe ; because of this, the underwater scene in Alien Resurrection was difficult to turn. She joined 12 years at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. A little later, when she was about 10 years, Winona followed her parents to Petaluma, near San Francisco, where she learned the theater in a local acting class. At 13, she is testing for a film called Desert Bloom, but does not get the role. Director David Seltzer's remark anyway and hired him for his film Lucas.
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c80zexpSFVw/UA5GASRBeKI/AAAAAAAADaE/EknILHZ-LSw/s320/Winona-Ryder-Biography-2.jpg)
But this is only a postponement because Coppola find some years later for Dracula. Anecdote in passing: Dracula then it was originally intended to be filmed for television by Michael Apted, and Winona is itself placed the script on the desk of large Francis and gave him the idea to make him itself. Johnny Depp's girlfriend since the age of 17 years, their separation made a great noise, media-speak.
Past roles of adolescent girls (the last before Girl, Interrupted, being that of Generation 90) than in young adults, it is found in recent years in Hollywood blockbusters (The Age of Innocence, The House of the Spirits, the four daughters of Dr. March, The Crucible) as well as in more independent films (The Quilt). A turning to adulthood difficult to take in that Winona Ryder, sharply starting a career barely out of childhood, remained for a long time "teenage idol". Android in Alien Resurrection, it makes a nice place to turn, is being recognized by the profession as a member of the Cannes jury in 1998, but then slows the frequency of shootings.
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-js8CAx1H0kQ/UA5GNkTPfII/AAAAAAAADaM/uxzjAOm_ZtY/s320/Winona-Ryder-Biography-3.jpg)
During their relationship, Depp had a tattoo placed on his arm reading "Winona Forever", which he had altered to "Wino Forever" after their separation in mid 1993. Following her split from Depp, she dated Soul Asylum front man Dave Pirner for three years, from 1993 to 1996. She later had a two-year relationship with actor Matt Damon between 1998 and 2000. In 2010, she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards, as the lead actress of When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story, and as part of the cast of Black Swan.