Sweeney stars as Penny Jo, a South Dakota diner waitress with an appealing smile, an ingratiating stammer, a scarf in her hair, and deep reserves of ruthless ambition.

Sydney Sweeney’s latest indie film, Americana, has finally been theatrically released two years after it premiered at the 2023 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival. The film stars Sweeney as Penny Jo Poplin,

Sydney Sweeney may have great jeans, but she isn’t having a great month. Her latest movie, Tony Tost’s neo-Western “Americana,” had the kind of opening weekend at the box office that makes casual observers think something is seriously wrong.