Winona Laura Horowitz, known professionally as Winona Ryder, is an American actress. Having come to attention playing "quirky" characters in the late 1980s, she achieved success with her more dramatic
Ryder in 2024
Ryder and friends in April 1986
Ryder received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 6, 2000.
Stranger Things is an American television series created by the Duffer Brothers for Netflix. Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and 21 Laps Entertainment, the first season was released on Netflix
Winona Ryder
…When Love Is Not Enough (2010), and The Dilemma (2011), before experiencing a career resurgence thanks to her role as Joyce Byers in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–2025), for which she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (her third Golden Globe nomination…
The book cover the Duffer Brothers created to pitch Montauk. For this, they took inspiration from Stephen King book covers such as Firestarter.
The Duffer Brothers cast David Harbour as Chief Hopper, believing this was his opportunity to portray a lead character.
Emory University's former Georgia Mental Health Institute served as the location of Hawkins National Laboratory.
Shannon Purser's performance as Barb in the first season received widespread attention from fans and led to her being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.