One of the most profitable and iconic s actresses, she made her film debut in the film Lucas. As Lydia Deetz, a goth teenager in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice , she won critical acclaim and widespread recognition. After appearances in film and on television, Ryder continued her acting career with the cult film Heathers , a controversial satire of teenage suicide and high school life that has since become a landmark teen film. She later appeared in the coming of age drama Mermaids , earning a Golden Globe nomination, in Burton's dark fairy-tale Edward Scissorhands , and in Francis Ford Coppola's gothic romance Bram Stoker's Dracula Having played diverse roles in many well-received films in the mid-late s and early s, Ryder won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy Award nomination in the same category for her role in The Age of Innocence in as well as another Academy Award nomination, for Best Actress, for the literary adaptation Little Women the following year.