Winona Ryder is to star in the new, as-yet-untitled mystery drama Matt and Ross Duffer created for Netflix.

The Hollywood Reporter said Ryder will play a single mother whose child goes missing in the show, which is being described as a "love letter to the '80s classics."

Ryder's film credits include Lucas, Beetlejuice, Heathers, Reality Bites, The Crucible, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Age of Innocence and Girl, Interrupted.

The Netflix project marks her first small-screen series.