Sydney Leathers was born in southern Indiana, but grew up in southern Illinois.

Sydney has always been very passionate about politics, so passionate that it ultimately made headline news. Sydney exposed politician Anthony Weiner and admitted she was his sexting partner in the middle of his campaign for Mayor of NYC. Sydney then went on her own media campaign, disgracing the politician in hopes he would drop out of the race for Mayor of NYC.

In 2013, she was spotted by Steve Hirsch, founder and co-chairman of the Vivid Adult Entertainment to work on a porn offer. She did her first porn, Sydney Leathers: Weiner and Me, a parody of the Anthony Weiner political sexting scandal. Since then, she has continue to work on her porn career with other big adult entertainments.