Sydney Sweeney is 29, and this week she has been in two places at once in the news: on a film set in New Jersey and New York, and in a holiday campaign for her own brand.
She is filming The Housemaid’s Secret, the sequel to her 2025 hit The Housemaid. At the same time, her lingerie and loungewear brand SYRN has opened its Holiday Shop, with a video that recreates scenes from Home Alone.
This article covers who she is, how old she is, her best-known roles, what is happening with the new film, and what SYRN is doing for the holidays.
Sydney Sweeney at a Glance
| Detail | Fact |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sydney Bernice Sweeney |
| Born | September 12, 1997, in Spokane, Washington, USA |
| Age | 29 in 2026 |
| Job | Actress and producer |
| Best-known roles | Cassie Howard in Euphoria, Olivia Mossbacher in The White Lotus, Millie Calloway in The Housemaid |
| Brand | SYRN, lingerie and loungewear, launched in January 2026 |
| Now filming | The Housemaid’s Secret, due in theatres on December 17, 2027 |
Early Life and How She Started
Sydney Bernice Sweeney was born on September 12, 1997, in Spokane, Washington. She grew up in north Idaho, in a family that was not in the film business.
She started acting as a child, with small parts in television and film. Her family moved to Los Angeles to support her work, and she kept building her career with guest roles before her breakthrough parts arrived.
She has often talked about working hard for auditions and keeping a normal life outside acting. That mix of early work and steady progress is part of why her rise felt fast when it came, even though it had taken years.
Euphoria and The White Lotus
Sweeney became widely known as Cassie Howard in HBO’s Euphoria. Cassie is emotional, open, and often in trouble of her own making, and the role gave Sweeney some of her most talked-about scenes.
Before that, she played Olivia Mossbacher in the first season of The White Lotus. Olivia is sharp, rich, and hard to like, and the part showed a very different side of her acting.
Both roles brought her Emmy nominations. Euphoria made her a star with younger viewers, while The White Lotus put her in front of a wider adult audience. Together, they set up the film career that followed.
Her career so far, from early television roles to Euphoria, The White Lotus and film, shows how quickly the work changed after those two shows.
Films After the Breakthrough
After television, Sweeney moved into films with a mix of romance, horror, and drama.
- Anyone But You, a romantic comedy with Glen Powell, was a box-office hit in late 2023 and early 2024.
- Immaculate, a horror film she also produced, came out in 2024.
- She also played boxer Christy Martin in Christy in 2025.
- Then came The Housemaid, released on December 19, 2025. Sweeney played Millie Calloway, a woman with a criminal past who takes a job as a housemaid for a wealthy family and finds dark secrets in the house.
The film was a surprise hit. Reports put its worldwide box office at about $400 million, on a budget reported at about $35 million, with about $125 million of that in the United States. Lionsgate moved fast on a sequel, and that sequel is the film she is shooting now.
The Housemaid’s Secret: Filming This Week
The Housemaid’s Secret is based on the second book in Freida McFadden’s Housemaid series. Sweeney is back as Millie Calloway, and Paul Feig is back to direct, from a script by Rebecca Sonnenshine.
The story gives Millie a new housekeeping job. This time she works for a woman she is never allowed to see, and what she finds behind a locked door puts her in danger again.
Filming started in October 2026. On October 26, Sweeney was photographed on set in Jersey City, New Jersey, with Kirsten Dunst, who plays Wendy Garrick, the woman at the centre of Millie’s new job. On October 27, she was photographed filming in New Jersey in a floral dress and a white cardigan. By October 28 and 29, the shoot had moved to Manhattan in New York, where she was photographed running through scenes in work clothes.
Michele Morrone is also back as Enzo, and new cast members include Brittany Snow, Stephen Kalyn, and Paul Anthony Kelly. Sweeney is an executive producer on the film as well as its star.
The sequel is set for theatres on December 17, 2027, exactly two years after the first film opened.
SYRN and the Holiday Shop
Acting is only part of Sweeney’s work in 2026. In January 2026 she launched SYRN, her own lingerie and loungewear brand.
SYRN offers 44 sizes, from 30B to 42DDD, with most styles priced under $100. The brand is built around four personas — Comfy, Playful, Romantic, and Seductress — with a different style for each one. Reports said the first collection sold out quickly, and the brand was reported to have made $18 million in the first quarter of 2026.
On October 27, SYRN opened its Holiday Shop. The first drop is Hibernation Nation, a Comfy collection with knit cardigans, camisoles, shorts, and crewneck sweaters in three colours: Sugar Cookie, Evening Blue, and Wine About It. Some pieces, such as a cable-knit cropped tank, are priced at $49.
The launch video recreates scenes from Home Alone, including the large ice-cream sundae Kevin McCallister eats when he has the house to himself. Other parts of the campaign draw on How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Sweeney first teased the holiday line on October 21, and the shop is set to roll out four holiday collections in total.
The campaign drew mixed reaction online. Some viewers criticised the use of characters from children’s films in a lingerie campaign, while others said it was a playful homage to holiday classics. The report on the SYRN Holiday Shop opening and the Home Alone video gives the details of the launch and the first collection.
What She Is Doing Now
Right now, Sweeney’s work falls into three clear parts: acting, producing, and business.
She is on set for The Housemaid’s Secret through the autumn, with the film not due until December 2027. She is also a producer on the project, which gives her a say in how the sequel is made.
At the same time, SYRN is moving into its first holiday season, with more drops to come after Hibernation Nation. That makes the end of 2026 a busy time for the brand, even while she is filming.
For readers searching for her now, the simple answer is this: she is 29, she is back as Millie in a sequel to one of the biggest thriller hits of the past year, and she is running a fast-growing brand of her own.
Why She Matters in 2026
Sweeney is one of the few young actors who has moved from television to film and to business without losing her audience. Euphoria and The White Lotus gave her the fame. Anyone But You and The Housemaid gave her box-office results. SYRN gives her a business outside acting.
That is why a single search for her name now brings up film-set photos, a release date two years away, and a holiday shop all at once. She is not only waiting for her next role. She is filming it, producing it, and selling a brand alongside it.
