Syndey: (after joining the cast of "Santa Barbara") The last character I played was a victim. This time, I hope to be a victimizer
Sydney: (about the female characters being raped on a soap opera) I think you... get to a point where you're belittling the experience, trivializing it for sensationalism.
Syndey speaks Italian, Spanish and French.
In 1979, Sydney landed her first movie role. It was a drama movie titled "The Night Rider."
Sydney made her big debut on television in an 1983 TV mini-series "Thorn Birds."
In 1996, Sydney and Keith Hamilton Cobb won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Hottest Romance in a soap opera. They played together in "All My Children."
In 1993, Sydney was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Newcomer, for starring in "Santa Barbara."
In 1993, Sydney was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in NBC's soap opera "Santa Barbara."
Sydney has two older sisters named Patricia and Sandra, and two older brothers named Bill and Greg.
Sydney married Robert Powers on September 30, 1995.
She began her career on stage with her parents, singers Hank and Shari Penny.
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