Stranger Things Actress Winona Ryder’s Shocking Revelations, Was Once Told She Looked ‘Too Jewish’ For A Role!

We cannot imagine Stranger Things without Joyce Byers, played by Winona Ryder. She plays a fierce, strong and emotional mother in this Netflix series. Not to forget, she is one of the key characters in the supernatural drama which has kids playing the lead roles. Just like this, the talented actress has done some amazing work in the past.

When we talk about Winona Ryder, her wonderful filmography always comes to our head. In her career of almost 3 decades, the gorgeous actress has done some great work. Some of her noted works include Heathers, Girl, Interrupted, The Age of Innocence, Little Women, How To Make An American Quilt, The Iceman and the list goes on and on. But the Stranger Things actress made a shocking revelation that she was once told she looked “too Jewish” for a role in a period film.

In an interview with Sunday Times, Winona Ryder shared, “There are times when people have said, ‘Wait, you’re Jewish? But you’re so pretty!’ There was a movie that I was up for a long time ago, it was a period piece, and the studio head, who was Jewish, said I looked ‘too Jewish’ to be in a blue-blooded family.”