Sydney Bernice Sweeney born September 12, [ 1 ] is an American actress. She first gained attention in for appearing in the television series Everything Sucks! Sweeney gained wider recognition for her roles in the HBO drama series Euphoria βpresent and the first season of the anthology series The White Lotus , which earned her nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In , she starred in the superhero film Madame Web , and produced and starred in the horror film Immaculate.
Her mother is a former criminal defense lawyer, and her father is a hospitality professional. Sweeney attended middle school at Saint George's School in Spokane. Sweeney became interested in acting after auditioning to be an extra in an independent film that was shooting in the Spokane area. In middle school, Sweeney was on the robotics team and participated in the mathematics club. She also briefly attended the University of California, Los Angeles. Sweeney had a role in the film Under the Silver Lake in Despite this, Sweeney has stated she would not stop doing nude scenes.
Sweeney is the founder of production company Fifty-Fifty Films, launched in Her accomplishments earned her a place on the Time Next list for Steph Green of IndieWire found the film "inventively mounted and extraordinarily tense" and labelled Sweeney as "the real deal. She starred in the music video for the Rolling Stones ' single " Angry ," from their album Hackney Diamonds. The video premiered in September Years later, she purchased the rights to the screenplay and hired frequent collaborator Michael Mohan to direct.
Sweeney will next star alongside Julianne Moore in Echo Valley. Sweeney is engaged to businessman Jonathan Davino as of Besides her native English, Sweeney has said she speaks Russian and Spanish. She claims to have taught herself Russian in high school, although when asked to speak it, she has refused.
She also said she learned Spanish at school for most of her life, as her father lives in Mexico. Sweeney is an automobile enthusiast, and has restored a Ford Bronco and a Ford Mustang. In partnership with Ford motor company, she designed a custom Mustang.
