Then on July 12, good things got better — she was nominated for Emmy Awards for both roles.
Certainly, none of this happened overnight. Sweeney’s been pursuing her acting dream for 10 years already, proving that talent, plus persistence really can lead to the red carpet. She spoke with The Envelope via Zoom from her hotel in Boston, where she’s shooting Sony’s Spider-Man universe action film, “Madame Web.”I truly look at them as living, breathing human beings. I start building my characters as real people. I gave them memories.
There’s a viral Instagram video of you in a car, on the phone, cry-talking with her about your nominations. Was your mom in particular always in your corner?I wouldn’t have been able to pursue my dreams without her supporting that decision. I was 12, 13 years old and my mom and dad gave up everything that they knew for me to be able to pursue my dreams. We lost friends, we lost our house, we lost everything in pursuit of it.