Who is Sissy Sheridan?
Sissy Sheridan was born in Washington D.C., USA, on 15 June 2004 – her zodiac sign is Gemini and she holds American nationality. Sissy is an actress and a singer, who is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Asia in the science fiction comedy series “Maniac”, which was created by Cary Joji Fukunaga and Patrick Somerville, and starred Jonah Hill, Emma Stone and Sonoya Mizuno. The story follows two strangers who take a mysterious test drug thinking it will change their lives for better, but things don’t go as they expected – the series won one award and was nominated for 11 others.
Parents, early life and education
Sissy was raised in Washington D.C. alongside her older brother Julian, by their mother who is a singer, and their father who prefers to stay away from the media’s attention – Sissy is very close to both her parents, especially her mother who has been taking her to her auditions since she was eight years old. Sissy also grew up alongside her parents’ three dogs.
She was six years old when her mother enrolled her at a theatre camp, and Sissy instantly became attracted to acting.
After she completed her elementary education, she wanted to attend Langley High School, but as it was too far from her home she eventually settled with Laurel Springs School (online). Sissy should be matriculating in 2022, and doesn’t seem to be interested in pursuing a college degree but will most likely focus on her acting career.
Roles in movies
Sissy made her debut film appearance in 2016, when cast to portray the lead character Sam in the short drama “Paper Airplanes” written and directed by Stefaniya Vay. Then in 2018, she starred as Charlotte alongside Sarah Faye Beard and Chelsea Stavis in the short film “Homeless Bound”, written and directed by Andrew Stavis.
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Sissy’s next notable appearance was in the short drama “For Hope” written by James P. Rees, directed by Jay William Thomas, and which starred Chris Baker, Lea Hutton Beasmore and Chris McFarland. The film follows Matt and Hope, a brother and sister who are trying to survive in Kentucky – it received mixed reviews. The year 2019 saw her appear in the short music video “Sissy Sheridan: Most Girls”, which starred Caitlin Carmichael and Kelsey Lynn Cook, then the same year Sissy played Sabrina in the short drama “The Catcher”, written and directed by Karyn Langhorne Folan”, followed by appearing in the Lilia Buckingham and Jillian Shea Spaeder’s short music video “Something Better”.
Two of her most recent roles in films have been in the 2020 shorts “Sissy Sheridan: Who Me?” and “Odd Man Rush”.
Sissy is also a stage actress, having appeared in several theatre plays such as the musical “Annie Warbucks” performed in 2017 at the Olney Theatre Center in New York, and the musical “Billy Elliot” which follows a boy as he becomes a professional ballet dancer.
Roles in TV series
Sissy made her debut TV series appearance in 2018, when she portrayed Katie Edwards in the episode “Primal Fear” of the crime series “Copycat Killers”, which starred Brian Stivale, J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and Russell Williams II, and is about real killers who were motivated to kill by movies and TV series.
She went on to appear as herself in five episodes of the reality TV series “The Pepper Diaries: Backstage with Sissy Sheridan”, and in the late 2018 Sissy served as the host of five episodes of the family series “DIY with Me”. She played Rebeca J. Rose in the episode “Jemeker Thompson; Haley McKibben” of the crime series “For My Man”, and Sissy then made an uncredited appearance when she portrayed Hailey’s Music Classmate in the episode “If I Was an Elf, I Would Tell You” of the comedy drama musical “Mozart in the Jungle”. She made another uncredited appearance when she portrayed The Theatre Kid in the episode “Kimmy and the Beest!” of the comedy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”.
Two of Sissy’s most recent roles in TV series have been in the 2018 episode “Fallen Angels” of the crime series “People Magazine Investigates”, and eight episodes of the comedy drama “Chicken Girls”.
Music career
Sissy is steadily building up her fanbase on YouTube. She launched her channel on 25 February 2017 and there are currently over 42,000 people subscribed to it, while it counts nearly one million views of all her videos combined – Sissy is mostly focused on uploading her cover songs, dancing routines and ‘questions and answers’ videos.
She is also active on the popular TikTok platform, which is mostly used for uploading short comedy videos – Sissy is followed by almost four million people, and has accumulated more than 270 million likes of all her videos together.
Love life and boyfriend
Sissy prefers to keep the details of her personal life to herself and while many believe that she’s still too young to date, it’s known that she is today in a relationship with Miles Despair. Miles is a social media star and a model who is three years older than her, and is followed by over one million people on TikTok. The two started dating in the early 2020, and there are no rumors nor controversies surrounding the relationship.
Miles seems to be Sissy’s first boyfriend, while she has numerous friends as she is a highly sociable person. She easily gets along with her colleague actors and actresses, and is reportedly one of the easiest actresses to work with.
As of October 2020, Sissy is in a relationship, hasn’t married and doesn’t have children.
Hobbies and other interests
Sissy is a huge fan of dancing and has been taking ballet, jazz and tap lessons for years now.
She is a highly religious person who goes to Church at least once a week, and believes that God is to be credited with everything good that has happened to her.
She is interested in travelling, and is hoping to travel all around the US after she turns 18, and if she gets to become a famous actress – Sissy is also hoping to visit Paris in France, as it is her dream travel destination.
She has her own favorite actors and actresses, some of whom are Richard Gere, Keanu Reeves and Julia Roberts, and a few of her favorite movies are “Hachiko: A Dog’s Tale”, the trilogy “The Matrix”, and “Notting Hill”.
Age, height and net worth
Sissy’s age is 16. She has long brown hair and brown eyes, her height is 5ft 5ins (1.65m) and she weighs around 130lbs (58kgs).
As of October 2020, her net worth has been estimated at over $100,000.