Sydney Sweeney knows how to make an entrance.
The actress, 28, stunned in a sheer silver gown at Variety’s “Power of Women” event on Wednesday, October 29. She smiled as she hit the red carpet, keeping her jewelry minimal and her makeup neutral. Her blond hair was styled in a simple bob with a side part.
Sweeney debuted her chic new hairstyle at the AFI Fest premiere of her film Christy on October 25. Her platinum tresses were curled and parted down the middle; her pastel-pink Miu Miu halter dress also turned heads.
She maintained the curly ‘do while attending Tuesday’s World Series game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Sweeney’s colorist, Jacob Schwartz, told Vogue recently that the Anyone But You star had been “looking for a change.”
She “wanted to have a big hair moment for the red carpet to support her new movie, Christy,” he explained earlier this month. “It felt like the perfect time to do something bold.”
Meanwhile, her longtime hairstylist, Glen Coco, said that since Sweeney had dramatically “transformed herself” to play boxer Christy Martin in the biopic, set for release on November 7, he “wanted to morph her into this updated version of herself in real life. Something new and fresh to close out the rest of the year.”
Sweeney gained 30 pounds for the role, telling Vanity Fair in September that her “body was completely different” while filming.
“I didn’t fit in any of my clothes,” she recalled. “I’m usually a size 23 in jeans, and I was wearing a size 27. My boobs got bigger. And my butt got huge. It was crazy! I was like, ‘Oh, my god.’”
She added that she was proud of herself and called the film an “amazing” experience.
“I was so strong, like crazy strong,” she gushed.
As she promotes Christy, Sweeney is owning her bombshell image. She spoke with Variety for an interview published Monday, saying, “I play a lot of very divisive characters, and I think that a lot of people think they know me, but they don’t. So when people think, ‘Ah, she’s a sex symbol,’ or ‘She’s leaning into that,’ I’m like, ‘No, I just feel good and I’m doing it for myself and I feel strong.’”
She continued, “I hope that I can inspire other women to be confident and just flaunt what they got and feel good because you shouldn’t have to apologize or hide or cover up in any room.”
While talking to Glamour UK circa 2023, Sweeney recalled that she “used to feel uncomfortable about how big my boobs were” in high school and had planned to undergo breast reduction when she “turned 18.”
By that time, however, her mother, Lisa Sweeney, persuaded her not to have the operation.
“My mom told me, ‘Don’t do it. You’ll regret it in college.’ And I’m so glad I didn’t,” she said. “I like them. They’re my best friends.”
