Sydney Penny is an American actress, who is probably best known for her role of Julia Santos Keefer in the series “All My Children”. She has also appeared on such series as “The Bold and the Beautiful”, “Hyperion Bay” and “Pale Rider”.
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Early life and family
Sydney Margaret Penny was born on August 7, 1971 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, so of American nationality, and her zodiac sign is Leo. Born into the family of former Western Swing singer and comedian Hank Penny, and opera-trained singer Shari Penny, Sydney grew up in Chatsworth, California. She has a half-brother, Greg Kevin Penny, born October 12, 1955, from Hank Penny’s first marriage to popular country singer Sue Thompson. Greg holds the position of President of Flower Records and is one of the partners at Siwa Productions, Tokyo.
Greg is also known as a producer for kd lang and Elton John. Sydney and Greg communicate as often as they can and they are all in good relations† In 2019, Sydney’s mother published her book “The Enchanted Carousel”, a children’s fantasy book about the girl Chloe, who finds her grandmother’s secret diary in the attic of her old house. Shari wrote on her Instagram account that the plot of the book was entirely inspired by the story of her grandmother, Sydney Guerry Fox Madden.
Sydney’s father, western swing star Hank Penny
Born on September 18, 1918, Sydney’s father, Herbert Clayton “Hank” Penny played the banjo and sang in bands such as “The Radio Cowboys”, “Musical Brownies” and many others.
The list of his own hits to hit the Billboard charts includes “Steel Guitar Stomp” (1946), “Get Yourself A Red Head” (1946) and “Bloodshot Eyes” (1950). In 1950, Hank formed the band “The Penny Serenaders” and invited Jaye P. Morgan as vocalist and Benny Garcia and Jimmy Wyble as guitarists. Along with Spade Cooley, Hank is famous for the comedic characters of “That Plain Ol’ Country Boy” (1952). Hank died of a heart attack on April 17, 1992.
Educational background
Sydney graduated from her local high school in Nashville in 1999. There is no information about her further education.
Career
Acting career: first steps
Sydney’s acting debut came in 1979 when she landed the role of Melissa Hollister in the TV movie “The Night Rider”. She continued to appear in TV movies and miniseries as a child actress, and when she was only 11 years old, she landed the role of young Meggie Cleary in the hit TV miniseries “The Thorn Birds”. In 1981, she appeared in such projects as “It’s Magic, Charlie Brown”, “Dear Teacher”, “Through the Magic Pyramid”, among others, had trouble skipping some school lessons because of her high load on filming, but tried to balance between her studies and work.
From 1982 to 1985, Sydney appeared as Susan Marshall in the series “Fame”, as Melissa Greely in the “St. Elsewhere” comedy series, and as Billie in an episode of the “Silver Spoons” sitcom.
further success
Sydney got her first recurring role on the series “The New Gidget” in 1986, landing the part of Danielle ‘Dani’ Collins-Griffin, appearing in 44 episodes of the show from 1986 to 1988. In 1986, she also won the Young Artist Award for her role of Megan Wheeler in Clint Eastwood’s “Pale Rider” (1985) at the 7th Youth in Film Awards ceremony, a major boost in Sydney’s career, giving her a constant demand for various roles in films and on TV.
From 1992 to 1993, Sydney appeared in 123 episodes of “Santa Barbara” and landed the role of BJ Walker. From 1998 to 1999, she played Jennifer Worth in 17 episodes of the “Hyperion Bay” drama series, and when she finally graduated high school and was able to focus on her job full-time, she began filming in “Sunset Beach” as Meg Cummings. She later played Josie Oliver in “Beverly Hills, 90210” (2000), Joy Arden in “Largo Winch” (2001 – 2003), and Samantha Kelly in “The Bold and the Beautiful” (2003 – 2005).
Sydney also went back to filming in “All My Children” when she started working in the cast of the show in 1992 and then left in 1997 to return in 2002. Her role of Julia Santos even made her famous after her glorious comeback. Sydney later allowed that she has enjoyed working with talented actors such as Susan Lucci, Michael E. Knight and David Canary. Sydney eventually left the show in 2008 and appeared as Chloe in “The Wish List” (2010), alongside Jennifer Esposito and David Sutcliffe.
Latest works
In 2011, Sydney landed the role of Dr. Liv Norman in the hit TV series “Days of Our Lives”, which appeared in seven episodes of the show which has aired since 1965 to present.
In 2012, Sydney starred as Georgia Marisette Meyers in the TV movie “The Wife He Met Online”, and as Ashley Lagare in “Dark Canyon”. In 2012, she played Alyssa in “The Perfect Summer” and Candace in “Heart of the Country”. Among her latest works are series such as “Pretty Little Liars”, in which she played Leona Vanderwaal in a number of episodes in 2014 and 2015, and films such as “Killer Crush” (2015), “Heritage Falls” (2016) and “Bergtop” (2017); the latter remains Sydney’s last work in the entertainment industry. The information on Sydney’s official website claims that she writes screenplays and poetry, but no films have been released based on her screenplays or original ideas.
Personal life, husband Robert Powers
Sydney married her high school sweetheart Robert L. Powers in 1995, after they dated for several years. In 2007, Sydney took a break from her career to give birth to their son, Chasen. Robert is an experienced chef who was trained in Paris at the Cordon Bleu. He now owns the line of gourmet condiments and barbecue sauces “Curly’s Q Sauce”, which he launched in 2013. As of 2020, Sydney and Robert are still living together, enjoying their free time drinking wine, reading non-fiction books and preparing for their 25th wedding anniversary on September 29, 2020.
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Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts
Sydney likes to laugh at the fact that she played at least three characters named Melissa, and joked that her first role wouldn’t let her go — she played Melissa Hollister in her debut film “The Night Rider” (1979), Melissa Greely in “St Elsewhere” (1983), then Melissa Kenley in “News at Eleven” (1986). Sydney and her fellow actress Sarah Michelle Gellar are still close friends from the moment they finished the set of the “All My Children” series. shared.
Her favorite flower is hydrangea. Sydney enjoys reading historical non-fiction as well as detective stories because she loves mysteries. She enjoys gardening, competitive tennis and genealogy. If she can watch TV, she will definitely choose BBC’s “Top Gear”.
Plan all future trips with a 3 hour layover at the @Delta Sky lounge in ATL. pic.twitter.com/u3bGjnSNZs
— Sydney Penny (@sydney_penny) Apr 26, 2017
Sydney loves to cook, enjoys her time in the kitchen and cooks everything from desserts, such as Red Velvet cake or cupcakes, to time-consuming preserves, such as canned figs with balsamic vinegar and honey with rosemary, thyme, peppercorns and vanilla bean. She has a dog named Axel, and two Siamese cats.
Appearance
Sydney has medium length black hair which she wears with side bangs. She has dark brown eyes. Sydney is 1.63 m tall and weighs about 60 kg.
Wealth and salary
As of 2020, Sydney’s net worth is estimated at approximately $2 million†
