Dylan Ryder

Ryder was born in Fresno, California.^[2] She is of Italian and German descent.^[4] She has two younger sisters, Jocelyn and Jillian Lybarger, who are a mixed martial arts twin duo.^[5]

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.^[6]

Ryder used to work as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation counselor for prison inmates in California.^[7] She was also a prison officer in Arizona.^[8]

Ryder entered the adult film industry in 2004 around age 23.^[9] 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".^[3] She left the industry after six months and returned in 2008.^[10]

In March 2011, Bluebird Films signed Ryder to an exclusive performing contract.^[11] This contract ended in 2012.^[12] Later that year, Complex ranked her 52nd on their list of "The Top 100 Hottest Porn Stars (Right Now)".^[9]

Ryder co-hosted the 28th Annual XRCO Awards Show on April 19, 2012.^[13] After finishing second in the Miss Freeones competition, she announced her retirement from active involvement in the adult industry in May 2012, though she continues to operate her website.^[14][15]

In 2011, Ryder began co-hosting a Playboy Radio online show with Alektra Blue.^[12][16][17]

Ryder has made several magazine appearances such as Australia's Picture and People, men's magazines Penthouse^[18] and Velvet, and the March 2012 issue of Maxim as "reason number 17 to watch UFC".^[12]

Ryder was a contributor to the 2010 book Porn - Philosophy for Everyone: How to Think with Kink, where she co-authored the first chapter.^[19] 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.^[20]

Her sisters Jill and Jocelyn Lybarger are MMA competitors.^[19][20]