Natural around Edmonton, Alberta, Ryder attended the University of Toronto, where she began acting. She formed the local theature class action around Toronto after graduation & landed her number 1 film and television roles in the mid-1990s. She gained the when punishment as Tracy Vetter on the final year of the science fiction drama Forever Knight in 1995-1996, and was cast on the syndicated science-fiction series Andromeda'' in 2000; the series is presently around its fifth year.