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name: "Saniyya Sidney"
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born: "30 October 2006"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-17T08:25:30.831054+00:00"
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# Saniyya Sidney

Actor. Born 30 October 2006 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 October 2006, Los Angeles, California, U.S
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27907193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5181138/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1607523

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Hidden Figures*](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md) (80)

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## Biography

Saniyya Sidney is an American actress. Born on 30 October 2006 in Los Angeles, California, she began acting in 2012 with a role in the short film *The Babysitters*.

Sidney gained recognition in 2016 with appearances in the miniseries *Roots* as young Kizzy, the horror series *American Horror Story: Roanoke* as Flora Harris, and the films *Fences* as Raynell Maxson and *Hidden Figures* as Constance Johnson. Subsequent roles include Amy Bellafonte in the series *The Passage* (2019), Lila in *Fast Color* (2018), Venus Williams in *King Richard* (2021), and Sasha Obama in *The First Lady* (2022). She has received nominations for Black Reel Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, an NAACP Image Award, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hidden Figures* (2016), Fi1m 80, as Constance Johnson — [page](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md)

## Also known for

- *American Horror Story* (2011), Flora Harris
- *King Richard* (2021), Venus Williams
- *Fences* (2016), Raynell Maxson
- *The Passage* (2019), Amy Bellafonte
- *Fast Color* (2019), Lila
- *Roots* (2016), Kizzy, age 6
- *The First Lady* (2022), Sasha Obama
- *Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History* (2019)

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