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com Published: 04:21 BST, 18 October 2024 | Updated: 04:53 BST, 18 October 2024 e-mail View comments Sydney Sweeney says her family made a number of costly sacrifices as she chased her dreams in Hollywood as a teenager. The 27-year-old actress - speaking with Glamour as part of its Women of the Year 2024 coverage - detailed the difficult timeframe after her family relocated from Washington to be closer to Southern California , with her parents divorcing and going through a bankruptcy filing in 2016. 'I knew that I could never actually fail because, I mean, on a very broad scale, my family did lose everything,' said the Emmy-nominated actress.
'They did get a divorce. 'Whether or not that was because of coming here, it definitely was a catalyst for it. So I knew I had to succeed in some capacity so that it wasn't for nothing.
' Sweeney, who has physically bulked up as of late to portray boxer Christy Martin in a biopic directed by filmmaker David Michôd, said that 'there was a moment' in which she 'felt like a failure' prior to making significant strides in her career. Sydney Sweeney, 24, says her family made a number of costly sacrifices as she chased her dreams in Hollywood as a teenager. Pictured in Toronto September 7 The Emmy-nominated actress said,.