Saniyya Sidney

Saniyya Sidney (born October 30, 2006) is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for three Black Reel Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, an NAACP Image Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Quotes Oh, my goodness, I always knew that I wanted to express myself or do something for an audience. I remember I watched E.T. when I was five, the same age as Gertie in the film, and it was one of those movies that pulled at your heartstrings! I always cried! I call it The Spielberg Effect, because anything Mr. Spielberg does, I’m always crying. (Laughs) That was something that really inspired me to just go out there and do something myself. I started asking my mom if I could take acting classes and she was always saying, “No, no, no, someday you’re gonna grow out of this idea.” And she ignored me for a year until one day, I put my foot down, like, “Mom, this is what I want to do.” I started going to classes, and I was the youngest girl there. But it was like kismet, you know? That’s where it started, and it’s just grown from there. No, I recently found home videos where my aunt was recording me and my brother, and I was dancing and singing and posing. I’d make my little cousins pretend we were in a band. My brother used to play the drums with us, so it was like Fleetwood Mac. I’ve never really been shy about any of it! There was moments where we would laugh or think, “Yeah, this is kind of weird,” but at the same time, I’m so honored that we’re doing this. That’s our job as actors! Something I’m focusing on is to not always make everything a problem. And it was conscious, like, this is what we have to adapt to, so we just hopped into it. Saniyya Sidney: “This is what I want to do”;By Emma Robertson I didn't know how to play tennis at all. I was so bad. I started lessons when I was auditioning, to say I had tennis experience. I'm left-handed, but I had to play right-handed. The serve was probably the hardest thing I had to learn. But I was up for it. Eventually, it becomes part of your muscle memory. And I became Venus! I was so excited to meet Venus. I was nervous, because when you meet your idols or someone you've looked up to for so long, you don't know what you're going to say at first or how you're going to react. But she's just an amazing, down-to-earth person with an amazing heart. It helped me see who she really was as Venus instead of the tennis champion. I grew up watching it, because my parents introduced the show to my brother and me when we were young. We grew up watching Men in Black and everything. So I was definitely a fan, but Mr. Will made us comfortable. We became a family. We went to dinner, and we went bowling. We just bonded. Saniyya Sidney Is a Born Winner;By Lynn Hirschberg on Jan. 12, 2022 External links Category:Actresses from the United States Category:Living people Category:2006 births Category:Women born in the 2000s Category:African Americans