Biography

Sydney Sweeney

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Born
September 12, 1997 · Spokane, Washington, USA
Birth name
Sydney Bernice Sweeney
Height
5′ 3¾″ (1.62 m)

Mini bio

Sydney Sweeney (born September 12, 1997) is an American actress best known for her roles as Haley Caren on In the Vault (2017) and Emaline Addario on the Netflix series Everything Sucks! (2018). Sweeney is set to star in recurring roles in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018) starring Amy Adams and the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2017) with Elisabeth Moss.

Sweeney has guest starred in TV shows such as Pretty Little Liars (2010), Criminal Minds (2005), Grey's Anatomy (2005), 90210 (2008), and the series In the Vault (2017) as Haley Caren. Sweeney most recently starred as Emaline Addario on the Netflix series Everything Sucks! (2018), which revolved around two groups of students in high school in 1996 in Oregon.

Sweeney is set to star in the second season of the Hulu original series The Handmaid's Tale (2017) as Eden, a pious and obedient girl, as well as Alice in the upcoming HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018) starring Amy Adams. She will also star in the upcoming psychological thriller Clementine (2019) and the alongside Andrew Garfield in the thriller Under the Silver Lake (2018). Sweeney also starred in the horror film Along Came the Devil (2018).
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Sydney Sweeney maintains a background in mixed martial arts, having initiated training at age 14. She participated in her first competitive grappling tournament at age 18. This competition involved a bracket composed entirely of male participants in a weight class above her own, where she secured first-place honors. Sweeney completed training under instructors associated with mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey. Her proficiency encompasses grappling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and kickboxing.
Sydney maintains conversational proficiency in Russian and Spanish, a linguistic aptitude documented during the production of the 2024 film Immaculate and contemporaneous press records. Sweeney utilized various language-learning applications and Cyrillic-language media, including the Soviet-era animated series Vinni Pukh (1969), to acquire Russian phonetics and syntax during her secondary education. Her Spanish-language capabilities result from multi-year academic study and extended residence in Mexico by her father, Steven Sweeney.
Sydney maintains an active interest in vintage automotive restoration and mechanical engineering. She documented the sixteen month restoration process of a 1969 Ford Bronco, which involved overhauling the transmission and updating the braking system. Her personal collection includes a restored 1965 Ford Mustang, finished in Brittany Blue.
Sydney established the production company Fifty-Fifty Films in 2020. The venture focuses on acquiring literary properties for screen adaptation and fostering collaborative environments for female filmmakers.
Casting choices across numerous horror productions establish a professional identity as a modern scream queen. Sweeney cites Rosemary's Baby (1968), Halloween (1978), The Shining (1980), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Hereditary (2018), and Us (2019) as primary cinematic influences for her participation in the genre.

Quotes

[nudity on Euphoria (2019)] I was timid at first because I've never done anything like that before. The thing about the nudity in this show is that it's not glamorized. It's not, "Oh, here's a pair of tits." It's just real.
[people's perception of actors who perform nude] They think, 'Oh, she gets naked onscreen, she's a sex symbol. And I can't get past that. I have no problems with those scenes, and I won't stop doing them, but I wish there was an easier way to have an open conversation about what we're assuming about actors in the industry.
They don't pay actors like they used to, and with streamers, you no longer get residuals. The established stars still get paid, but I have to give 5 percent to my lawyer, 10 percent to my agents, 3 percent or something like that to my business manager. I have to pay my publicist every month, and that's more than my mortgage.
[ On The New York Times dubbing her the scariest girl on TV] I love it. It's definitely not a title I thought I would ever receive, but I'll take it.
[about the stigma around stripping off on TV] When a guy has a sex scene or shows his body, he still wins awards and gets praise. But the moment a girl does it, it's completely different.