1. Ryder graduated from Petaluma High School in California in 1989 with a 4.0 GPA.
  2. Her agent begged her not to do Heathers, saying the 1988 dark teen comedy would be detrimental to her career. Today, the film, co-starring ChristianSlater, is considered a cult classic.
  3. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is her all-time favorite book.
  4. She dated her Edward Scissorhands co-star JohnnyDepp for four years after they met at the premiere of her 1989 film Great Balls of Fire!
  5. Born with the last name Horowitz, she took “Ryder” from the band Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels.
  6. She’s appeared in music videos for AnnieLennox, Cher, the Killers, CrowdedHouse and SoulAsylum.
  7. Ryder spent four years growing up on a 300-acre commune with no electricity in Mendocino County with six other families in the late 1970s.
  8. Ryder’s godfather was TimothyLeary.
  9. Ryder is a strong supporter of the Polly Klaas Foundation, set up in honor of the young California girl who was kidnapped and brutally murdered.
  10. Beat poet AllenGinsberg was close friends with Ryder’s parents.
  11. Ryder has bouts of insomnia and allegedly has had a habit of talking on the phone with actor AlPacino, who also has insomnia.
  12. In 1996, Ryder was nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for her reading of Anne Frank:The Diary of a Young Girl. Next, The Upside Down Is Coming Back! Everything to Know About Stranger Things Season 5
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