Talia Ryder – W Magazine Best Performances Issue January 2024

W Magazine’s 2024 Best Performances Portfolio, part of their annual Best Performances issue on stands February 13th, celebrates 28 incredible actors at the forefront of cinema. Curated by W’s editor-at-large, Lynn Hirschberg, the Best Performances Portfolio features profiles with Taraji P. Henson, Barry Keoghan, Margaret Qualley, Jeffrey Wright, Julia Garner, Franz Rogowski, Gael García Bernal, and Talia Ryder among others, photographed by Juergen Teller and styled by W Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Sara Moonves.

Talia Ryder Quote: How she started her career in acting: “For my 12th birthday, my grandmother got us tickets to see Matilda the Musical on Broadway. After I saw it, I said, ‘I need to do that.’ My sister and I convinced my mom to let us audition for Matilda. She drove us to New York, and we went to an open dance call. There were hundreds of kids, and then there were cuts and fewer kids, and more cuts. It felt like the longest process, but we were lucky enough to get cast. My sister was Matilda. I played a girl named Hortensia.”