Saniyya Sidney

Saniyya Sidney
Born (2006-10-30) October 30, 2006 (age 18)[1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present

Saniyya Sidney (/səˈnaɪə/;[2][3] born October 30, 2006)[4] 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.

Following independent and short film roles, Sidney earned recognition with the horror series American Horror Story: Roanoke (2016). Her breakthrough came with the period drama film Fences (2016), for which she received a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. She appeared in the biographical film Hidden Figures (2016) and the superhero film Fast Color (2018), before earning praise for leading FOX's vampire drama The Passage (2019) and playing young Venus Williams in King Richard (2021). For the latter, she was nominated for the Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer.

  1. ^ "Introducing 10-Year-Old Actress Saniyya Sidney!". YouTube. The Real Daytime. January 30, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton Ask Each Other Anything". IMDb. November 17, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "How I Became Venus Williams in 'King Richard'". Teen Vogue. November 19, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
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