Sydney Sweeney with fans at the Christy screening in London

She moves along the barricade with her head tipped forward, long honey-toned hair falling loose over one shoulder, a smile breaking across her face as she listens to someone just out of frame. The carpet behind her burns a saturated orange under the lights, and the whole scene glows with that particular mix of magenta and amber that only happens at a premiere. Two men in dark suits stay close, one just behind her, another at her shoulder scanning the crowd, while a forest of raised phones frames the foreground in soft blur. It is the ordinary magic of these nights: the star pausing, the fans leaning in, the moment captured a hundred times over before it has finished happening.

This photograph was taken on 17 October 2025 at the BFI London Film Festival, where Christy was shown a month after its premiere in Toronto. Sweeney met the crowd on the red carpet and then introduced the film on stage. She plays the boxer Christy Martin, and is also one of the producers of the film.