Sydney Penny | |
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Born |
Sydney Margaret Penny August 7, 1971 (age 45) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1979–present |
Spouse(s) | Robert Powers (1995-present) |
Children | 1 son |
Website | www |
Sydney Margaret Penny (born August 7, 1971) is an American actress best known for the roles of Julia Santos Keefer on the soap opera All My Children and Samantha "Sam" Kelly on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
She was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and raised in Chatsworth, California, the daughter of former Western Swing bandleader and comedian Hank Penny and his wife, Shari. An early acting appearance was on the miniseries The Thorn Birds when she was only 12 years old as young Meggie. She also appeared as Dani in The New Gidget and as a pigeon-obsessed youngster in an episode of the police series TJ Hooker. At the age of 13, Penny played Megan Wheeler in the Clint Eastwood western Pale Rider, released on June 26, 1985. For this performance she was awarded a Young Artist Award at the 7th Youth in Film Awards in December 1985.
Penny is rumored to have ancestors who were Hungarian, Scots-Irish, French, English and Cherokee
She voiced Lucy Van Pelt in the television special It's Magic, Charlie Brown (1981).