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She continued building her film résumé with projects such as “Big Time Adolescence” and “Clementine,” showing that she was pursuing independent movies alongside higher-profile television work.

In 2020, Sweeney starred as Juliet Lowe in the psychological thriller “Nocturne,” giving her another opportunity to carry a darker, more demanding feature-film role.

Her profile rose again in 2021 when she played college student Olivia Mossbacher in the first season of HBO’s “The White Lotus,” which became another widely discussed television role for her.

During the same period, she took the lead role of Pippa in the erotic thriller “The Voyeurs,” further establishing herself as a performer willing to take on provocative material.

By the time “Euphoria” returned for its second season, Cassie Howard had become one of Sweeney’s defining characters and helped cement her position as one of the most recognizable young actresses on television.

Sweeney then demonstrated a different side of her acting in the 2023 HBO film “Reality,” portraying former intelligence contractor Reality Winner in a drama based closely on an actual FBI interrogation.