Winona Ryder (born Winona Laura Horowitz on October 29, 1971) is an American actress. Winona Ryder - Biography. Ryder was born in Olmstead County near Winona, Minnesota to Cindy Istas and Michael Horowitz, the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Romania. Her father's family was originally named 'Tomchin', but was wrongly assigned the name 'Horowitz' by U.S. immigration officials at Ellis Island. Ryder's parents named her 'Winona' after the town in Minnesota where she was born. She has a younger ...

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Ryder was born in Olmstead County near Winona, Minnesota to Cindy Istas and Michael Horowitz, the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Romania. Her father's family was originally named 'Tomchin', but was wrongly assigned the name 'Horowitz' by U.S. immigration officials at Ellis Island. Ryder's parents named her 'Winona' after the town in Minnesota where she was born. She has a younger brother Yuri (named after Yuri Gagarin), an older half-brother Jubal and an older half-sister Sunyata. Notable family friends included her godfather T ...

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Winona Ryder - 1985–1990. In 1985, Ryder sent a video audition to appear in the film Desert Bloom, but was rejected. However, David Seltzer, a writer and director, soon noticed her and cast her for his 1986 film Lucas for a role of a teenage outcast, falling in love, but ignored, by the main character. When asked how she wanted her name to appear in the credits, she suggested Ryder as a Mitch Ryder alb ...

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On December 12, 2001, Winona Ryder was arrested for shoplifting thousands of dollars' worth of designer clothes and accessories at Saks Fifth Avenue department store in Beverly Hills, California. L.A. District Attorney Stephen Cooley set up a team of eight prosecutors and seized the opportunity to prosecute the actress aggressively and filed four felony charges against her in what was described by The Guardian (UK) as a show-trial since the prosecution demanded the trial be televised. Ms. Ryder hired noted defense attorney Mark Geragos and mounted her defense to fight the charges. Negotiations ...

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