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LOS ANGELES — A grainy, security camera videotape has upstaged Winona Ryder’s movie work. 

Footage of the two-time Academy Award nominee walking out of a Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue store with $5,500 worth of unpurchased items culminated Wednesday in two convictions. The jury in the shoplifting trial found the star of “Girl, Interrupted” guilty of felony grand theft and vandalism but cleared her of burglary. 

Ryder, 31, is expected to receive sentences of community service and probation — but the lingering embarrassment of the scandal may become an unofficial punishment. 

Months before the trial, the actress attempted to make light of the theft accusations during appearances to promote her films “Mr. Deeds” and “Simone.” 

In a “Saturday Night Live” monologue, Ryder deadpanned: “You know, people have been acting a little strange around here. You know, there’s like, you know, a lot of like locking of doors and — and shifty eyes and — and a lot of frisking.” 

In a later shoplifting sketch, she mockingly scolded other characters for stealing. 

Ryder also appeared on the cover of W magazine wearing a “Free Winona” T-shirt. 

The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office bristled at her apparently unremorseful attitude, rejecting Ryder’s efforts to get her charges reduced to misdemeanors.