Sydney Sweeney

About

Sydney Bernice Sweeney, born September 12, 1997, is an American actress who first gained recognition in 2018 for roles in Everything Sucks!, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Sharp Objects. She achieved wider acclaim through the drama series Euphoria (2019–2026) and the first season of the anthology series The White Lotus (2021), both earning her Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

In film, Sweeney has drawn critical praise for her performances in the drama Reality (2023) and for portraying professional boxer Christy Martin in the biopic Christy (2025), while also appearing in box office successes Anyone but You (2023) and The Housemaid (2025). Her broader filmography includes Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Madame Web (2024), and Immaculate (2024), reflecting a range spanning prestige drama, horror, and mainstream studio films.

Sweeney was born in Spokane, Washington, to a mother who worked as a criminal defense lawyer and a father in the hospitality industry. She has a brother, Trent, who joined the Air Force in 2020. She was raised in the Idaho panhandle near the Washington border, at a rural lakeside home her family has occupied for five generations, a upbringing that has often been noted as part of her personal background and public profile as her acting career has grown.

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