A career in three acts: The movies that define Winona Ryder
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(Credits: Far Out / Warner Bros / Fox Searchlight Pictures / Columbia Pictures)
There isn’t much about the career of Winona Ryder that one might consider normal.
She has continuously put herself forward as perhaps one of the most dynamic leading ladies in modern cinematic history, but has managed to avoid all the unwanted trappings that come with it, for the most part at least.
Ryder’s meteoric rise to the top as a fresh-faced ingénue, full of wide-eyed promise and a delicacy that not many actors of her age possessed, allowed her to be both commanding and dazzling onscreen while always feeling vulnerable to the audience watching her. Even in her strongest roles, she could offer up a sense of breakability, which turned her into a star that fans devoted themselves to.
Across a range of films, she has carried off this cult fandom with aplomb, rarely taking too many steps in the wrong. However, she has suffered from time to time in her personal life, leading to some roles escaping her to avoid the drama she could bring to a set. Regardless, in recent years, her resurgence as one of the most beloved actors of her generation has resulted in a career that most would envy, but it is never one you’d consider to be routine.
Three roles that define Winona Ryder:
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