Sydney Sweeney opened up in a new interview about having "never felt confident" in her body until her role as Cassie on Euphoria
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"I just wanted to hide," the actress recalled
Earlier this year, Sweeney launched a lingerie brand, SYRN, that she hopes will "empower other women"
Sydney Sweeneywasn't always so confident.
The actress, 28, opened up about her body image struggles in an exclusive interview withUs Weeklypublished on Thursday, March 12. She told the outlet that she particularly struggled with accepting the size of her chest.
"I grew up with boobs. I was wearing a 32DD in sixth grade, and I never felt confident," she shared. "I never had anything I felt good in, and I just wanted to hide."
TheHousemaidactress said that it wasn't until she played Cassie in the HBO seriesEuphoria"that I started realizing it's actually powerful to be confident; our bodies are incredible."
"We should embrace [them] and feel really good in our skin," Sweeney continued.
The star explained that while she enjoyed Cassie's wardrobe, she still struggled with the fit of the clothing.
"I'd always be like, 'Oh, this fit doesn't work,'" she recalled. "'I don't have the support I want. The straps are digging into my shoulders or it's kind of itchy and riding up.'"
The experience eventually led her to start her own lingerie line,SYRN. "I started a whole Pinterest board of thousands of photos of inspiration, and I [thought], 'I should actually do this.' And we put it together," she said.
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Sweeney celebrated the brand launch in January with a revealingCosmopolitancover shoot. One photo in the spread highlights the actress's curves as she stands sideways, wearing nothing but a black Miu Miu apron and white SYRN lingerie.
The actress told the magazine that she hopes to see her pieces on women of all types.
"My designers are all women, and I have an amazing diverse team," she said. "My models are a beautiful range of body types. I'm always like, 'I want to see it on every body.' I can't be the only model. I need to make sure everyone feels really good in it."
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She alsodefended herself from criticismthat the brand was created for the male gaze.
"People will say, 'Oh, she's doing this for guys' or 'Oh, she's a guy's girl,' " she said. "But I'm like, 'What is more girl's girl than owning your body and doing it for yourself?' I want it to be their choice—the choice of the wearer—whether this is for them, for somebody else, or for a camera lens."
Later on in the interview she added, "Yeah, this is me reclaiming my body and my narrative and using it to empower other women."
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