Talia Ryder

Talia Ryder (born August 16, 2002 ) is an American stage and film actress.

In 2015, she had her breakout role as Hortensia in the Broadway musical Matilda the Musical.

In 2016, she was part of a cast of 75 kids in the short film Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a Voice, directed by Jason Milstein, and its charity single composed by Frank Wildhorn, to support Nobully.org.

In 2019, she was cast as Autumn's cousin Skylar in the indie film Never Rarely Sometimes Always, where the two girls travel to New York City so that Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) can get an abortion without parental consent.

In 2019, she was also cast as part of the Jets Chorus in Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of West Side Story.

In 2021, she had a starring role in Olivia Rodrigo's music video for "Deja Vu".

In 2022, Ryder had a starring role as Clare in the film Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between and played Gabbi Broussard in the hit Netflix movie Do Revenge.

Ryder will star as Joy Womack in upcoming film Joika.

She made her feature film debut in 2020 as Skylar, opposite Sidney Flanigan, in the critically acclaimed indie film Never Rarely Sometimes Always, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

She also starred as Tessie in Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of West Side Story. (2021).

In 2021, she also had a starring role in Olivia Rodrigo's music video for "Deja Vu".

In 2022, she starred as Clare in the Netflix film Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between and as Gabbi Broussard in the Netflix film Do Revenge.

Ryder's younger sister Mimi has a career as a musical actress with a title role in Matilda the Musical.

Talia graduated from high school in 2020.

Ryder was 12 years old when she and her family went to see the Broadway production of Matilda the Musical, and she and her sister Mimi were inspired to audition for the show.

She landed the role of Hortensia, and her family moved to New York City.

Ryder has said that her background was mostly in dance, but she started developing her skills in stage acting.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was later released in the theatre and on video on demand shortly afterwards in March 2020.