Sydney Margaret Penny (born August 7, 1971) is an American actress.
She is known for playing the roles of Julia Santos Keefer on the soap
opera All My Children, and Samantha "Sam" Kelly on the CBS soap opera
The Bold and the Beautiful. She also starred in the 1998 WB television
drama series Hyperion Bay. As a teenager appeared in the 1985 Clint
Eastwood film Pale Rider, and at age 10, she played the young Meggie
in the popular TV mini-series The Thorn Birds.She was born in
Nashville, Tennessee, and raised in Chatsworth, California, the
daughter of former Western Swing bandleader and comedian Hank Penny
and his wife, Shari. An early acting appearance was on the miniseries
The Thorn Birds when she was only 11 years old as young Meggie. She
also appeared as Dani in The New Gidget and as a pigeon-obsessed
youngster in an episode of the police series T. J. Hooker. At the age
of 13, Penny played Megan Wheeler in the Clint Eastwood western Pale
Rider, released on June 26, 1985. For this performance she was awarded
a Young Artist Award at the 7th Youth in Film Awards in December
1985.She voiced Lucy Van Pelt in the television special It's Magic,
Charlie Brown (1981).She has played the role of St. Bernadette in two
French-language films, Bernadette and La Passion de Bernadette.
She is known for playing the roles of Julia Santos Keefer on the soap
opera All My Children, and Samantha "Sam" Kelly on the CBS soap opera
The Bold and the Beautiful. She also starred in the 1998 WB television
drama series Hyperion Bay. As a teenager appeared in the 1985 Clint
Eastwood film Pale Rider, and at age 10, she played the young Meggie
in the popular TV mini-series The Thorn Birds.She was born in
Nashville, Tennessee, and raised in Chatsworth, California, the
daughter of former Western Swing bandleader and comedian Hank Penny
and his wife, Shari. An early acting appearance was on the miniseries
The Thorn Birds when she was only 11 years old as young Meggie. She
also appeared as Dani in The New Gidget and as a pigeon-obsessed
youngster in an episode of the police series T. J. Hooker. At the age
of 13, Penny played Megan Wheeler in the Clint Eastwood western Pale
Rider, released on June 26, 1985. For this performance she was awarded
a Young Artist Award at the 7th Youth in Film Awards in December
1985.She voiced Lucy Van Pelt in the television special It's Magic,
Charlie Brown (1981).She has played the role of St. Bernadette in two
French-language films, Bernadette and La Passion de Bernadette.
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