Sydney Harris

Sydney Harris is sophisticated, tenacious and sprinkled with plenty of 'blonde moments'. Her passion for performing started in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, creating home movies with her family. Her appreciation of all the arts, led her to discover classical ballet. After years of intense training, Sydney turned down an invitation to join the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet to move to New York. She began studying dance on a merit scholarship at NYU-TISCH, but left the program to focus on professional ballet. Not long after, she broke her back, forcing her to take time off. Always looking for the silver lining, Sydney viewed this setback as way for her to refocus on craft, thus enrolling in the famed Stella Adler School of Acting. Following the tragedy of September 11th, Sydney made the choice to move back to Louisiana. Now fully healed, she enrolled and earned a BFA in Dance from Tulane University. Her Southern roots run deep, postponing her dance career to help in the rebuilding after hurricane Kat