Sydney Scotia was born on September 8, 1997 in Rochester, Minnesota to Paula and David from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada - hence the name, Sydney Scotia! At 11 months, she moved to Scottsdale, Arizona. The desire to perform was always apparent. She and her brother, Samson, would act, sing and play music for anyone who would listen. Seven years of competitive dance provided her with a stage and numerous regional and national awards including Performer of the Year (Encore) and two National First Place Soloist titles (NUVO and The Pulse On Tour). In 2008 she performed 11 live shows in Hong Kong, China with the iconic 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist, Olga Korbut. The resulting interviews and documentaries expanded her focus to add acting classes to her after school schedule that already included more than 25 hours of dance per week. In 2011, after relentless pleas, Sydney successfully convinced her parents that she needed to be in Los Angeles, CA so they loaded as much as they could into the back of their SUV and headed west. She continued her acting and dance training, found professional representation and started building acting credits that would later include "The Haunted (Hathaway's) Thunderman's" crossover Halloween Special on Nickelodeon and "See Dad Run" on Nick at Nite. In 2013, Sydney booked the role of "Geneva" on the award winning YTV and Netflix series, "Some Assembly Required" for which she won two consecutive Joey awards for Best Actress in a TV comedy or Action Leading Role (2014, 2015) and was nominated for the 2016 LEO Award for Best Performance in a Youth Series. The series filmed three seasons in Vancouver, Canada. In May 2016, she screened "I Dare You", a short film she produced and starred in, at the Cannes Film Festival in France. This summer, Sydney is super excited to join the talented and fun cast and crew of "A Mermaid's Tale", a heart warming Lighthouse Pictures Film, and be transformed into a mermaid in this modern fairy-tale.