Winona-Ryder

Winona Laura Horowitz who is professionally known as Winona Ryder was born in Winona Minnesota. She was named by parents for the town in which she was born. Both her father Michel Horowitz, and mother Cynthia Palmer are authors and editors. Ryder is Jewish. Ryder believes that her father was from her Jewish heritage. She has a younger brother Uria as well as two half siblings Jubal and Sunyata. Ryder's family relocated from Mendocino County to California when she was just seven years old. aged. There was no electricity. Ryder was an avid reader who spent all of her time reading books because she didn't have a TV. In 1983, when she was 12 years old, Ryder took up a place at the American Conservatory Theatre to take acting classes. Her first role was a success on the big screen in 1986, when she was 15 years older. Ryder faced bullying during the school she attended. Her performance career, as she had hoped that it would aid her. It didn't come to pass. Still she continued pursuing her dreams. Her breakthrough occurred in the year 1988, when Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. Ryder performed in a number of roles that were successful for numerous films. She received nominations for two Academy Awards one for her role as a character in The Age of Innocence (1993).