Her nickname used to be Wanna Ride Her, back when she actually did movies, especially when she was young, early career. She was/is definitely mk_ultra sex slave kitten. She use to claim some sort of Native American heritage. Her "jewish" roots are said to be from the Hershlag line/lab, which is why she looks like/related to some other famous female actresses.
To commemorate Winona Ryder's fortieth birthday, WonderWall did a piece about her love life. It began like this:
"Of Winona Ryder, Courtney Love once said, "You're no one in music until you have feuded with me or until you sleep with Winona." And while we're loath to agree with Courtney, we have to say it's kind of true. In fact, Winona has hooked up with most of the biggest names in music and movies. So in honor of her 40th birthday on Oct. 29,
Let's look at Winona's rather lengthy list of lovers."
It goes on to list the lovers of Wanna-Ride-Her:
Charlie Sheen
Rob Lowe
Christian Slater
Johnny Depp
Evan Dando
Chris Isaac
Dave Pirner
Daniel Day-Lewis
Adam Duritz
Dodi Fayed
David Duchovny
Jay Kay
Dave Grohl
Stephen Jenkins
Matt Damon
Chris Noth
Beck
Jimmy Fallon
Pete Yorn
Conor Oberst
Henry Alex-Kubin
Page Hamilton
Tre Cool
Ryan Adams
Blake Sennett
Tom Green