Who are Sydney Agudong’s family members?

Sydney Agudong is a rising American actor, singer, and songwriter born on November 13, 2000, in Kauai, Hawaii. She began her career in local theater and pageants, eventually transitioning to films and TV shows. In 2018, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. She made her film debut in 2013 with the film Second Chances, where she played the role of Ellen. She made her TV debut in 2021 with the show On My Block, where she played the role of Charlize.

Apart from that, Agudong has worked in many projects like West Michigan (2021), Find Millie Martin (2022), Infamously in Love (2022), NCIS (2023), etc. She recently gained international popularity as she will be seen in the upcoming film Lilo & Stitch, which is set to be released in theatres on May 23, 2025. Apart from acting, she keeps her personal life private. Let’s take a look at Sydney Agudong’s family.

Who are Sydney Agudong’s parents?

Sydney Agudong is the daughter of Karen and Kenneth Agudong. Both of her parents are realtors. Her father, Kenneth Agudong, is of Filipino and Polynesian descent, while her mother, Karen Ligon Agudong, has British and Irish ancestry. In an interview with Naluda Magazine, she talks about her family and said, “I wanted to be a part of something bigger than myself, and my family believed in me to do it from the start. My family and I are extremely close, and my parents are truly the reason why my sister and I are able to do all of this.”

In the same interview, she talked about her parents and how they have been an inspiration for her. She said, “My dad is the reason music feels like a part of me. He always has music playing somewhere – in the car, at home, or from his guitar and he taught me how much I could learn from it. My mom is the reason I have faith in myself, she sacrificed a lot to pave me a way and say go for it."

In an interview with Close-Up Culture, she shared that she wrote a song for her mother when she was young. She said, “On the way to school one morning, I got into a fight with my mom while she was driving. I think that was the first time I think I may have said or done something she specifically told me not to, and lied to her about it. Though my family knows, I don’t last very long with a lie because my guilt conscious is way too strong to ignore, and I ended up admitting that I lied to her on the way to school that morning.”

She added, “She was so upset at me, and my 11-year-old self was too defensive to say sorry at first, and I got out of the car and went to school still in a fight with my mom, and I hated it. Long story short, I couldn’t stop thinking about it all day, and I ended up spending my entire pre-algebra class writing my first ever song, an apology song to my mom.” In the same interview, she talked about how her father influenced her towards music. She said, “Thanks to my dad, I feel like I was given a pretty open ear for earlier music, my favorites being Queen, Elton John, John Fogerty, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Billy Joel, etc.”

Who is Sydney Agudong’s sister?

Siena Agudong is the younger sister of Sydney Agudong. She is also an actor born on August 19, 2004, in Kauai, Hawaii, United States. She started her acting career at the young age of 7. She made her film debut with Second Chances in 2013 and her TV debut with the show Killer Women in 2014. She is known for her work in projects like Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn (2015-2018), Star Falls (2018), Resident Evil (2022), etc.

In an interview with Naluda Magazine, she talked about how her sister inspires her. She said, “My sister is the reason I don’t give up. She started acting at the same time I did, but at a way younger age. It didn’t come to her easily, but it came deserving. She just kept going and kept believing. Four years younger and a few inches shorter, and I look up to her every day in awe, and I am constantly and shamelessly inspired to be more and do more, because of her.”

At Kaua'i Comic-Con, Sydney talked about how she and her sister started their careers and said, “Me and my sister started off pretty young doing talent shows. We were kind of performing on and off stage. We would do flag football. We would do soccer and stuff and all that. And then at night, we would do pageants, and we would do all that. So that started to bring us into performing and such. And then also at home you are always going through the home videos and dancing around."