Dylan Ryder

Early life

Ryder was born in Fresno, California. She is of Italian and German descent. She has two younger sisters, Jocelyn and Jillian Lybarger, who are a mixed martial arts twin duo.

Ryder was a competitive swimmer and participated in water polo leagues from the time she was eight years old until her junior year in high school.

Ryder used to work as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation counselor for prison inmates in California. She was also a prison officer in Arizona.

Career

Ryder entered the adult film industry in 2004 around age 23. She came up with her stage name when she was looking through a pornographic magazine and saw the name "Dylan" and the phrase "Ride Her". She left the industry after six months and returned in 2008.

In March 2011, Bluebird Films signed Ryder to an exclusive performing contract. This contract ended in 2012. Later that year, Complex ranked her fifty-second on their list of "The Top 100 Hottest Porn Stars (Right Now)".

Ryder co-hosted the 28th Annual XRCO Awards Show on April 19, 2012. She announced her retirement from adult films a month later.

As of February 2014, Ryder is still appearing in adult films.

Appearances

In 2011, Ryder began co-hosting an online show with Alektra Blue.

Ryder has made several magazine appearances such as Australia's Picture and People, men's magazine Velvet, and the March 2012 issue of Maxim as "reason #17 to watch UFC".

Other ventures

Ryder was a contributor to the 2010 book Porn - Philosophy for Everyone: How to Think With Kink where she co-authored Chapter One. Also in 2010, Ryder interviewed several female MMA fighters at a Tuff-N-Uff Amateur Fighting Championships event in Las Vegas for her website. Her sisters were competitors in the event.

Personal life

Ryder currently resides in Orange County, California. Her twin sisters Jill and Jocelyn Lybarger are MMA competitors.