Spotlight 'Alien' encounters: Sydney Chandler goes boldly into an unexplored world BRUCE R. MILLER Aug 11, 2025 Aug 11, 2025 Updated Nov 4, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s one thing to be hired to portray a new lifeform. It’s quite another to play it.kAm“x? >J 9625[ x E9:?< x’G6 4C62E65 E96 CF=6Di ‘%9:D :D H9@ x 2>[’” D2JD 24EC6DD $J5?6J r92?5=6C] “p?5 E96? J@F 86E E@ WE96X D6E 2?5 :E’D 2== 5:776C6?E] tG6CJE9:?8 492?86D] *@F C62=:K6 J@FC ;@3 :D E@ D9@H FA 2?5 36 2D @A6? 2?5 7C66 2?5 AC6D6?E 2D A@DD:3=6 2?5 C@== H:E9 H92E6G6C 2?J@?6 6=D6 :D E9C@H:?8 J@FC H2J]”k^AmkAm%92E’D E96 H@C=5 @7 “p=:6?i t2CE9[” 2? 6:89E\A2CE D6C:6D E92E 6IA2?5D H92E #:5=6J $4@EE 4C62E65 H:E9 E96 7:=>[ “p=:6?[” D@>6 ce J62CD 28@]k^Am Sydney Chandler stars as Wendy in "Alien: Earth," a new FX series. FX kAmx? :E[ r92?5=6C A=2JD 2 9F>2?@:5 C@3@E H:E9 9F>2? 4@?D4:@FD?6DD[ EH@ J62CD 367@C6 E96 6G6?ED @7 “p=:6?]” $96’D 2? 25G2?46>6?E :? 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