Sydney Sweeney talked about convincing her parents to let her become an actress with a ‘five-year business plan’ aged only 11.
The Euphoria actress, 24, appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday and looked stunning in a cleavage-plunging lemon yellow dress as she talked about pursuing her dreams..
The breakout star, originally from small town Spokane, Washington, said her mother and father initially believed her dream to be out of her reach.
She told Jimmy, 47: ‘I was a little girl with a big imagination. My parents thought it was like wanting to be a princess – that it wasn’t real, you couldn’t touch it.
‘We’re a smaller town. So, I put together a five year business plan presentation of what could happen if they let me. They took me seriously!’
Sydney – who paired her sunny ensemble with strappy, diamante studded stiletto heels – said her journey to stardom was more complicated than she envisioned in her PowerPoint.
‘(It) took a little longer,’ she added. ‘It was a little harder than I imagined.’
Sydney’s canary dress, which also showed off her toned legs with a thigh slit, was the perfect complement to her striking blonde hair.
The actress had her signature golden locks down, with some face-framing front pieces accentuating her face.
She showed off her fresh-faced beauty with easy glam make-up, featuring bold dark lashes and a pop of strawberry pink lipstick.
While on the show Sydney also played a game of charades with Jimmy and Benedict Cumberbatch, 45, along with Roots band member Tariq Trotter.
The competitive game finished with Benedict and Sydney both silently acting out the song Drop It Like It’s Hot.
Jimmy demanded an instant replay to determine who won and Tariq was declared the winner.
Sydney was promoting the HBO teen drama Euphoria, where she portrays main cast member Cassie Howard in the critically acclaimed series that stars Zendaya, 25, as teenage drug addict Ruby ‘Rue’ Bennett.
In March she opened up about struggling to break into the entertainment industry during an interview with British GQ.
While she was previously told by a casting director that she would ‘never be on a TV’ because she didn’t have the ‘right’ look, the star said she can laugh off the hurtful comment after becoming a household name.
The bombshell, who has scored leading roles in series like The White Lotus Everything Sucks!, has gone on to start her own production company, Fifty-Fifty Films.
