Winona Ryder acts.
Beetlejuice . The plot revolves around a recently deceased young couple ( Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis ) who become ghosts haunting their former home , and an obnoxious , devious ghost named Betelgeuse ( pronounced `` Beetlejuice '' , portrayed by Michael Keaton ) from the Netherworld who tries to scare away the new inhabitants ( Catherine O'Hara , Jeffrey Jones , and Winona Ryder ) permanently . Winona Ryder . One of the most profitable and iconic actresses of the 1990s , she made her film debut in the 1986 film Lucas . Since 2016 , she has starred as Joyce Byers in the Netflix supernatural-horror series Stranger Things , for which she has garnered Golden Globe and SAG nominations .