Sydney Sweeney is a rising star.
Born onSeptember 12, 1997, the 24-year-old has an impressive resume.
Sweeney got her career start landing a slew of small parts before ever being noticed.
Instead of becoming discouraged, Sweeney used the hardships as the stepping stones to her success.
The actress might seem like a big star now, but she’s only just getting started.
Here’s a look at the stunning transformation of Sydney Sweeney.
She grew up in a small town
Sydney Sweeney is a small-town girl.
She grew up in Spokane, a modest town located on the border of Washington and Idaho.
She was even on a snow slalom ski team.
But the universe had other plans.
“I had 19 stitches.
I was so terrified of getting back on my board afterwards.”
With her wakeboarding fears conquered, she went on to do exactly that.
They weren’t immediately on board, however.
Sweeney was ready to do the work to make her dreams come true.
“I just Googled a lot,” she told Fallon.
“Google has a lot of information!”
Seeing their daughter’s great passion for pursuing acting, Sweeney’s parents allowed her to start auditioning.
More recently, she starred in the Netflix series “Everything Sucks!”
and Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
“Anything before ‘Everything Sucks!’
She was up against guys that were a weight category above her.
Everyone broke a sweat!”
she told the magazine.
Unfortunately, things did not pan out as well as they’d hoped at first, Sweeney toldGQ.
Even though Sweeney was booking small parts, she wasn’t making a lot of money.
Everything went downhill from there.
Sweeney blamed herself for what happened.
“They always say, ‘It wasn’t your fault.’
It was,” she told the magazine.
Shortly after, her parents got a divorce.
“Turns out, I had nowhere near enough money,” she told the magazine.
“I never cried more in my entire life.”
Despite being a successful Hollywood actress, she doesn’t drink either, and these values still hold true.
“I’m terrified that I’m going to have that addiction,” she told the magazine.
“There’s something in my family’s blood that just hits a different way when they do stuff.
I drink maybe once a year, because I have social anxiety.”
Growing up, her family had a German Shepard, but the dog passed away when Sweeney was 13.
She hoped that no one would notice, but of course, she got caught.
Interestingly, one year she missed about 117 school days, she toldC Magazine.
And yet, Sweeney managed to earn straight A’s in all her AP classes.
She was eventually named valedictorian of her class.
It’s like my own therapy for myself," she also told the outlet.
Looking at her work ethic makes us seriously reconsider what hard work really means.
When finals came along, Hulu agreed to give her time off so she could take the exams.
When she arrived at her Entertainment Law class, however, something unexpected happened.
“My professor goes, ‘What are you doing here?’
Objections were made and she wasn’t allowed to take it.
Since she couldn’t take the finals, she never got credit for the course.
She jokingly told Barrymore that perhaps she’ll end up going to law school.
We bet she’ll ace that too.
She got cast in Euphoria
Sydney Sweeney is known for playing dark characters.
Her character Cassie in “Euphoria” is no different.
“I like playing characters that are complex and have multiple layers,” she explained.
“And people wonder if they’re evil or good, and pure or not.
I like playing characters that make people think and make me think.”
Cassie definitely ticks all the boxes.
They also tattooed each other at one point.
She collaborated with MGK once again for his directorial debut, “Downfalls High.”
The film was shot over the course of four days.
MGK toldNMEthat “it was almost like shooting 14 music videos back-to-back.”
Sydney Sweeney loves surpassing people’s expectations
Sydney Sweeney doesn’t mind it when people underestimate her.
It simply gives her a reason to surprise them later.
According to the director, she was lacking the right looks.
Her determination to prove that she can conquer any challenge is likely the reason she takes on tough roles.
Yup, Sweeney can add “part-time mechanic” to her resume if she so wishes.
I made it power steering,” Sweeney explained.
If none of that made sense, find comfort in the fact that Sweeney started out knowing basically nothing.
Her best friend’s dad taught her everything she knows, she toldHarper’s Bazaar.
Now, she continues to learn while fixing up more vintage cars.
Sweeney also hopes that sharing this journey online will encourage other women to take on similar projects.
As always, Sweeney is hard at work preparing for the film.
She toldVarietythat she’s already started reading the comic books.
“There’s a lot to learn,” she told Variety.
Given her previous roles, we’re leaning toward the latter.
But then again, the skilled actress is full of surprises.
