The daughter of Emmy winner Kyle Chandler was a wallflower raised outside of Hollywood. Now she's leading one of the biggest shows of the year.

But protagonist Wendy (Sydney Chandler) is something different, a hybrid (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). “She’s dealing with being a child in an adult body, and so she’s probably the most complex yet simplistic character I’ve ever played because her mindset is so crystal clear versus mine [where] I think I overthink everything,

Chandler discusses bringing “honesty, bravery and complete presence” to her biggest role yet, playing a humanoid robot who battles to defend Earth from alien forces, and how yoga kept her grounded bet