10 Actor Comebacks NOBODY Saw Coming

At this current moment in time, the always-engrossing Winona Ryder is on top of the world.

After starring as the single mother of Will and Jonathan Byers in the smash hit sci-fi horror that is Stranger Things for four seasons, this two-time Academy Award nominee is now also set to return as Lydia Deetz in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice 2.

But two decades earlier, things weren't looking quite as encouraging for Ryder.

Throughout the late '80s and '90s, the Heathers, Edward Scissorhands, and Little Women thespian was one of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood. However, the star would later admit (via Time) that she felt "depressed" during that latter decade, also noting how she was wrongly looking at the industry to validate herself as a person at the time.

In 2001, Ryder was then arrested for shoplifting $6,000 worth of designer goods, with police also finding a syringe and painkillers in her possession.

This all led to the star taking a few years off from the business before gradually starting to remind folks why she was once seen as one of the most bankable names in the game in the likes of Star Trek (2009), Black Swan, and HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero.

And while an epic big and small-screen comeback looked unlikely at the start of the century for this icon, Strangers Things most certainly happened and Ryder hasn't looked back since.