---
name: "Sydney Lemmon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sydney-lemmon"
fi1m_id: "sydney-lemmon"
imdb_id: "nm5517526"
tmdb_id: 1303156
wikidata_id: "Q97667780"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 August 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T09:21:14.006178+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sydney Lemmon

## Identity

Sydney Lemmon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sydney-lemmon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sydney-lemmon
- **IMDb ID:** nm5517526
- **TMDB ID:** 1303156
- **Wikidata ID:** Q97667780
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Lemmon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97667780, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5517526/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1303156

Actor. Born 10 August 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 August 1990, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 88 (1), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Music 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $162m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Lemmon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97667780, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5517526/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1303156

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Drama*](https://film.one/film/the-drama.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sydney Lemmon is an American actress. Born in Los Angeles on 10 August 1990, she was raised in Glastonbury, Connecticut. She earned a BFA from Boston University in 2012 and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 2017, where she received the Julie Harris Scholarship. She also trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

She made her Broadway debut in *The Parisian Woman* (2018) and gained acclaim for her leading role in *Job* (2023 off-Broadway; 2024 Broadway). Her screen credits include recurring roles in *Fear the Walking Dead* (2019–2021) and *Succession* (2019–2023), as well as appearances in *Velvet Buzzsaw* (2019), *Tár* (2022), *Firestarter* (2022) and *The Drama* (2026) as Pauline. She is the daughter of actor Chris Lemmon and granddaughter of Jack Lemmon. Lemmon is also a singer and guitarist who writes music with her brother, actor Jon Lemmon.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Drama* (2026), Fi1m 65, as Pauline — [page](https://film.one/film/the-drama.md)
- *TÁR* (2022), Fi1m 84, as Whitney Reese — [page](https://film.one/film/tar.md)
- *Succession* (2018), Fi1m 88, as Jennifer — [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Drama* (2026), as Pauline — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-drama.md)
- *Love Story* (2026), series, as Lauren Bessette
- *F*ck That Guy* (2024), as Sydney
- *Merci, Poppy* (2024), Actor
- *How to Fill the Unfillable Hole Inside You* (2023), as Dolores
- *Tiger Tiger* (2023), as Producer
- *TÁR* (2022), as Whitney Reese — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/tar.md)
- *Firestarter* (2022), as Vicky McGee
- *The Summer of Snakes* (2020), Actor
- *Helstrom* (2020), series, as Ana Helstrom
- *Evil* (2019), series, as Tori
- *Velvet Buzzsaw* (2019), as Jon Dondon's Assistant
- *Succession* (2018), series, as Jennifer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *The Good Fight* (2017), series, as Lila Royce
- *Fear the Walking Dead* (2015), series, as Isabelle
- *BadPuss: A Popumentary* (2014), as Ro
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Susie
- *The Philosophy of Dress*, as Executive Producer
- *Naked in the Park*, as Lindsey
- *Ally Clark*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Sydney Lemmon at the Off-Broadway Opening Night of "Color Theories," 2025](https://film.one/media/person/6925/gallery-ca1c0afa14a2.jpg) Sydney Lemmon at the Off-Broadway Opening Night of "Color Theories," 2025 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/SydneyLemmon-ColorTheories-byPhilipRomano.jpg/1280px-SydneyLemmon-ColorTheories-byPhilipRomano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sydney Lemmon at the Off-Broadway Opening Night of "Color Theories," 2025](https://film.one/media/person/6925/gallery-3e062b1bc392.jpg) Sydney Lemmon at the Off-Broadway Opening Night of "Color Theories," 2025 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/SydneyLemmon-ColorTheories-byPhilipRomano2.jpg/1280px-SydneyLemmon-ColorTheories-byPhilipRomano2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sydney Lemmon at the Broadway opening of "Operation Mincemeat," 2025](https://film.one/media/person/6925/gallery-efd8710eeb59.jpg) Sydney Lemmon at the Broadway opening of "Operation Mincemeat," 2025 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/SydneyLemmon-byPhilipRomano.jpg/1280px-SydneyLemmon-byPhilipRomano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sydney Lemmon at the Opening Night of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" on Broadway, 2025](https://film.one/media/person/6925/gallery-15138d3a15d4.jpg) Sydney Lemmon at the Opening Night of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" on Broadway, 2025 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/SydneyLemmon-byPhilipRomano2.jpg/1280px-SydneyLemmon-byPhilipRomano2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sydney Lemmon](https://film.one/media/person/6925/gallery-1db9e8ef177c.jpg) Sydney Lemmon — Image via TMDB
- ![Sydney Lemmon](https://film.one/media/person/6925/gallery-9a2870610bea.jpg) Sydney Lemmon — Image via TMDB
- ![Sydney Lemmon at the Opening Night of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" on Broadway, 2025](https://film.one/media/person/6925/gallery-fccddc4ce07b.jpg) Sydney Lemmon at the Opening Night of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" on Broadway, 2025 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/SydneyLemmon-byPhilipRomano3.jpg/1280px-SydneyLemmon-byPhilipRomano3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sydney Lemmon at the Opening Night of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" on Broadway, 2025](https://film.one/media/person/6925/gallery-5f03ccde17f5.jpg) Sydney Lemmon at the Opening Night of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" on Broadway, 2025 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/SydneyLemmon-byPhilipRomano3_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-SydneyLemmon-byPhilipRomano3_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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