Dylan Ryder

Ryder was born in Fresno, California.^[3] She is of Italian and German descent.^[5] She has two younger sisters, Jocelyn and Jillian Lybarger, who are a mixed martial arts twin duo.^[6]

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.^[7]

Ryder used to work as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation counselor for prison inmates in California.^[8] She was also a prison officer in Arizona.^[9]

Ryder entered the adult film industry in 2004 around age 23.^[10] 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".^[4] She left the industry after six months and returned in 2008.^[11]

In March 2011, Bluebird Films signed Ryder to an exclusive performing contract.^[12] This contract ended in 2012.^[13] Later that year, Complex ranked her 52nd on their list of "The Top 100 Hottest Porn Stars (Right Now)".^[10]

Ryder co-hosted the 28th Annual XRCO Awards Show on April 19, 2012.^[14] 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.^[15][16]

In 2011, Ryder began co-hosting a Playboy Radio online show with Alektra Blue.^[13][17][18]

Ryder has made several magazine appearances such as Australia's Picture and People, men's magazines Penthouse^[19] and Velvet, and the March 2012 issue of Maxim as "reason number 17 to watch UFC".^[13]

Ryder was a contributor to the 2010 book Porn - Philosophy for Everyone: How to Think with Kink, where she co-authored the first chapter.^[20] 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.^[21]

Her sisters Jill and Jocelyn Lybarger are MMA competitors.^[20][21]