Top 5 Facts About American Actress Sydney Sweeney

Euphoria, the HBO show, is bringing a lot of actresses to the limelight and giving them their moment of shine. Zendaya was already a star when the filming started, but then Maude Apatow became a household name, and Hunter Schafer got her acting debut, and then there is Sydney Sweeney.

Sydney’s been on the indie film circuit for a while now, and she also appeared on multiple TV shows where she played a character in a single episode or two, but 'Euphoria' was the big break, which put Sydney on the map for the large TV viewing audiences. Without a doubt, 2019’s been a great year for the actress who is making good on the promise she made her parents.

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The 'Cassie Howard' actress was born on 12 September 1997 in Spokane, Washington, and she was interested in acting from a young age. Her parents were both educated, skilled working members of society, and they wanted her to study and be in school. So, here are five facts you need to know about the American Actress/Model Sydney Sweeney.

5. Sydney Sweeney’s Parents are Lawyer and Medical Field Worker

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Sydney was born three years before the turn of the century in Spokane, Washington, to her mother, who is a lawyer and father who works in the medical field. Both of them were intellectual people, putting their education and their degrees to use, which is why they wanted their children to also go to school, and the idea of pursuing acting as a profession was not something which went down pretty well with her father and mother.

4. She Provided Her Father and Mother with a Business Plan to Convince Them at the Age of 12

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After her parents got skittish about letting her pursue acting and putting education on the back burners, she needed to convince them somehow. So, as a method of convincing 12-year-old Sydney came up with a powerpoint presentation of her five-year business plan and showed it to her parents on how she was planning to balance acting and education and how she was going to make it in Hollywood. Well, it seems the tactics worked because the whole family then moved to Los Angeles, California.

3. Sydney is Studying Enterpreneurship in at LACS

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While working, she also managed to find time for her education and finished high school soon after, and then to her parents’ joy, she joined a college to get her Bachelor’s. She is currently studying Entrepreneurship at LACS, and she makes sure there is an open line of communication between her and her professors as well as friends so she can smoothly carry out her education.

2. Sydney Tries to Set Her Brother up with Girlfriends and Relationship Dates

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Sydney shares a close bond with her younger brother Trent E. Sweeney and the two share cute pictures of the brother and sister together. They also go on vacations together, and Sydney tries her best to set her brother up with dates by saying her brother is single and ready to mingle. Sydney does not reveal whether she is in a relationship herself, but she does like to push her brother to find his special someone.

1. Sydney Sweeney Movies & TV Shows; She Played Cassie Howard in Euphoria

Sydney was 12 years old when she convinced her parents to let her become an actress, and as soon as she moved to Los Angeles with her parents, the actress appeared in small TV roles. 'Criminal Minds', '90210,' and other indie movies allowed the actress to gain some experience in the field of show business.

Then, from 2017 onwards, she started to make some real strides in her career as she appeared in the show In the Vault for seven episodes followed by Netflix show 'Everything Sucks!' where she played 'Emaline' for all ten episodes. She also appeared in seven episodes of 'The Handmaid’s Tale,' and Sydney was so fantastic in the show 'Sharp Objects' starring Amy Adams, her limited role was expanded to run the course of the mini-series. Oh, and she also appeared in the Quentin Tarantino movie 'Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood.'

Watch: The trailer for Euphoria with Sydney playing the character of Cassie Howard

But the biggest role of her career to date was in the 'Euphoria,' where she played the popular girl in the high school whose sexual life gets sensationalized in the school. She played 'Cassie Howard' and fell in love with a football jock who treats her badly because his on-field performance is declining. The HBO drama about the teenage life of Gen-X’s was an instant hit among the fans and critics, and the show caused a lot of eyeballs to fall across Sydney.

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