Sydney Penny

About Sydney Penny

Sydney Penny is probably best known for playing "Julia Santos" on ABC Television's daytime drama, All My Children (1970). She made her first appearance on the soap opera in September 1993. She received critical acclaim for her performance as young "Meggie" in the hit ABC miniseries, The Thorn Birds (1983). She played the popular role of "B.J. Walker" in the daytime serial, Santa Barbara (1984), and earned herself an Emmy nomination. In 1995, Sydney received an Emmy nomination for her work on All My Children (1970) and a Soap Opera Award nomination.Sydney's entrance into show business came early. Her parents, country and western entertainers Hank Penny and Shari Penny, took their daughter to many of their performances. On one occasion -- and without prompting -- Sydney, just three-and-a-half years old, jumped up on stage and sang her own composition, "My Little Pony". Three years later, Sydney landed her first paying gig -- a toy commercial. Sydney's long list of credits include a co-starring role in the syndicated television series, The New Gidget (1986) and roles in the movies, Pale Rider (1985), with Clint Eastwood; Running Away (1989) (a/k/a "Running Away") with Sophia Loren, and the French film, Bernadette (1988). In addition, she has made guest appearances on a variety of prime-time shows, including the short-lived Jack's Place (1992), The Twilight Zone (1985), and St. Elsewhere (1982). Off camera, Sydney enjoys horseback riding, cooking and has "a passion for anything to do with the era of the 1930s and 1940s".::
Sydney Penny began her career on stage with her parents Hank Penny and Shari Penny, who were musical entertainers. At six years of age she began performing in commercials, and as a teenager co-starred in the TV series The New Gidget (1986). She starred as Sophia Loren's daughter in Running Away (1989) (US title: "Running Away"), a remake of Loren's original Two Women (1960) (US title: "Two Women"). Sydney has made numerous guest appearances on TV series such as Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), Jack's Place (1992), The Twilight Zone (1985) and St. Elsewhere (1982), as well as in several E Style Channel specials. She was declared a "national treasure" for her portrayal of young Meggie in ABC's miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983) and received critical acclaim for her work in such films as Clint Eastwood's Pale Rider (1985) and French director Jean Delannoy's Bernadette (1988), as well as the WB television series Hyperion Bay (1998). She starred in Paramount's syndicated series Largo Winch (2001) as bodyguard Joy Arden, an enigmatic ex-CIA operative. She is also known for her roles in the popular daytime series All My Children (1970) and Santa Barbara (1984), both portrayals earning her Emmy nominations. In 1999 she became the 52nd Azalea Festival Queen in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she filmed the independent feature Enchanted (1998). Fluent in French, Sydney filmed both Bernadette (1988) and The Passion of Bernadette (1990) in that language, and both films received the Pope's blessing and run in perpetuity in Lourdes, France. She is also a foreign correspondent for the web site tournages-lesite.com, which is dedicated to the French film industry. She is skilled in martial arts and weaponry and is an expert horsewoman. She is married to artist Robert Powers and lives in Los Angeles, California....

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