1. Real name: Winona Laura Horowitz2. Nickname: Noni
3. Born: October 29, 1971
4. She briefly checked herself into a hospital when she was 20, because she was suffering from depression, anxiety attacks, and exhaustion, resulting from constantly working on films.
5. Her real hair color is blonde but when she made her first major film Lucas (1986) her hair color was dyed black and she was told to keep it that color and it has stayed that color since.
6. Was engaged to Matt Damon. [2000]
7. The role of Nola in Celebrity (1998) was actually written for Drew Barrymore.
8. Received a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood in October 2000, and, for the event, was voted Best Dressed Celebrity of the Week by Entertainment Weekly.
9. * Beat poet Allen Ginsberg was a close friend of her parents.
10. When she was seven, though there was no electricity on the commune where they lived, Winona’s mother began to run a old movie theater in a nearby barn, and would screen movies all day. She would allow Winona to miss school to watch movies with her.
11. Received a Grammy nomination for her reading of the 1995 novel “Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl”.
12. Her favorite book is “Catcher in the Rye”. She says she owns every paperback edition and translations.
13. The first house she bought was in the Hollywood Hills. She soon moved, saying she never fitted in.
14. Her agent begged her not to do Heathers (1989), saying her career would be over.
15. Smokes a pack of cigarettes a day!
16. Was arrested in Beverly Hills for allegedly stealing clothing items and carrying illegal pharmaceutical drugs without a prescription. Her lawyer denied the accusations, and Winona was released later that evening on $20,000 bail. Despite her alleged crime, Beverly Hills police described her as “very friendly, polite, and cooperative” and “a nice lady.” [December 12, 2001]
17. November 6, 2002. She was found guilty of vandalism and grand theft in connection with the shoplifting charges dating from back on December 12, 2001. Sentencing is scheduled for December 6, 2002. She was acquitted of a third charge, burglary.
18. 6 December 2002 – Sentenced to 480 hours of community service, three years’ probation, $3700 in fines, and $6355 in restitution for her arrest on shoplifting charges.