Sydney Rae Cressida White (born 30 November 1991) is an English singer, musician and actress, best known as the front woman of UK rock band ‘The Wild Things’ and for playing the role of "Erin Noble" in series 3 and 4 of the
CBBC
CBBC is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 to 12. Its sister c ...
drama series ''
Young Dracula
''Young Dracula'' is a British children's horror drama comedy television series which aired on CBBC, loosely based on '' Young Dracula'', a 2002 children's book by Michael Lawrence. It is also based on the epistolary novel ''Dracula'', writ ...
''. White grew up in West London with her parents and her four brothers, Paul, Adam, Cameron and Spike. She began acting professionally at the age of 10, and shortly after began attending the
Sylvia Young Theatre School
Sylvia Young Theatre School is an independent school in Marble Arch, London, England. It is a specialist performing arts school named after its founder and principal, Sylvia Young OBE.
Outline
The Sylvia Young Theatre School was founded in 19 ...
in London.
White co-formed the British rock band The Wild Things
alongside her brother, Cameron White, her husband, Rob Kendrick, and drummer Pete Wheeler. Their recent single ‘Only Attraction’ has been released to worldwide acclaim, charting in Europe, South America & Japan. It has been featured across multiple Spotify/Amazon worldwide playlists, and has received significant playlisting from radio stations such as Virgin FM. and BBC Radio 2.
They’ve sold out venues across the UK & the US, and have been featured across Rolling Stone, Consequence, Clash, Kerrang! and more.
The band have just completed work on their second album, ‘Afterglow’, with Pete Townshend. They supported Dirty Honey on their European tour in February 2023, and KISS on the UK leg of their ‘End of the Road’ tour summer 2023 - plus have their own UK headline tour coming in October 2023.
Sydney also recorded and released a song for download separately from The Wild Things, with her ''
Young Dracula
''Young Dracula'' is a British children's horror drama comedy television series which aired on CBBC, loosely based on '' Young Dracula'', a 2002 children's book by Michael Lawrence. It is also based on the epistolary novel ''Dracula'', writ ...
'' co-star
Gerran Howell
Gerran Howell is a Welsh actor from Barry, Wales. He is best known for playing the titular character in ''Young Dracula'', a CBBC television series that initially aired in 2006, and Dennis Whitaker in the medical drama ''The Pitt'', which premi ...
, entitled 'Sun Goes Down'.
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1991 births
Living people
English television actresses
English women singer-songwriters
English singer-songwriters
Musicians from London
Actresses from London
English child actresses
Alumni of the Sylvia Young Theatre School
21st-century English singers
21st-century English actresses