1. Sydney Sweeney’s wise role selections, from The White Lotus to Euphoria
With her Bardot-like babydoll looks, her daring outfits right in line with the “Barbiecore” trend, and her moving pouts, Sydney Sweeney has become one of the coolest and most sought-after actresses of the moment at the age of 25. The Spokane native, Washington, has been playing one role after another in exciting film projects. Her main motivation? Embodying characters that challenge her as much as they challenge the viewer. One has seen her in films with strong universes, such as the oneiric and disconcerting Under the Silver Lake or Quentin Tarantino’s wild Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, and in already cult series, like The Handmaid’s Tale, Sharp Objects, and The White Lotus. Yet, her role as Cassie, a sweet and popular teenager who becomes the victim of several toxic relationships and slut-shaming in the phenomenal series Euphoria, is the one that made her career skyrocket. Just like her character who suffers from deep insecurities to the point of trying anything to be loved, much of the Gen Z youth identified to her. But she also represents an antagonist character that many fans of Euphoria love to hate because she is dating her friend Maddie’s ex-boyfriend. The actress made it clear that she should not be confused with her character, who embodies the hypersexualisation of teenage girls and the consequences of this dynamic.
2. From MMA champion to producer: a determined star
In Euphoria, Sydney Sweeney demonstrates that she can excel in a wide range of roles, going from a beautiful smile to true-to-life tears. The actress, who as a teenager was a regional MMA champion in addition to restoring vintage cars and painting pottery, often plays dual roles, at times fragile, powerful, reassuring, or disturbing. She brilliantly oscillates between the incandescent and erotic Lolita, the charming ingenue, and even the mean girl. This broad spectrum of emotions suggests that her career is still in the making. Determined, Sydney Sweeney convinced her parents to let her start auditioning by the age of 12 after she laid out to them a career plan on a PowerPoint that spanned many years. As the founder of Fifty-Fifty Films, her own production company, the young actress got it right...
3. Madame Web, Barbarella and Giorgio Armani’s My Way: a series of projects for the babydoll
The Cassie in Euphoria will soon be starring in the Marvel production Madame Web, alongside Dakota Johnson and Tahar Rahim, and in the much-anticipated remake of Barbarella, a cult film from the 1960s in which she will interpret the iconic role of the intergalactic adventurer saving the world in a bikini once played by Jane Fonda. Destined to enter the big league soon, the actress also has some projects in Hollywood, like The Players Table, The Caretaker, Reality, The Registration, National Anthem, and the third season of Euphoria. Keeping that in mind, the world of beauty and fashion can’t get enough of the actress – she has already modelled for Miu Miu. At the beginning of this year, the American lent her magnetic doll face to the Armani Beauty’s make-up collection and to Giorgio Armani’s My Way perfume. An altogether woody, floral, fresh, and powdery juice, which urges you to follow your own path in life and create your own rules. A lesson that Sydney Sweeney, an actress who knows what she wants, seems committed to apply.
Madame Web by S.J. Clarkson, starring Sydney Sweeney, coming out in 2024. The remake of Barbarella is still in the making
