Winona Ryder Reveals Why She Never Got Married
Mia Phillips
Updated on October 08, 2026
Winona Ryder opened up to The Edit about her dating history and what it means for her future. "I'm a serial monogamist. I was single for a while and dating and I just didn't know how to do it!"
The actress's most well-known relationship — and breakup — was with Johnny Depp, who she met in 1990 and got engaged to when she was 19, per People. She recounted to The Edit that it was her first experience with heartbreak. And the breakup also left a mark on Depp, literally, in the form of his "Winona forever" tattoo transformed into "Wino forever."
In a 2016 Interview with Time — conducted shortly after news broke that Amber Heard was accusing her ex-husband Depp of assault — Ryder told the outlet it was difficult for her to absorb the allegations due to her history with Depp. "It was a long time ago, but we were together for four years, and it was a big relationship for me. Imagine if someone you dated when you were — I was 17 when I met him — was accused of that. It's just shocking."
Now, Ryder appears to have found long-term love — she's reportedly been in a relationship with fashion designer Scott Mackinlay Hahn since 2011 (per ET).
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