Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born May 15, 1981) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos from 1999 to 2007.

Early life

Sigler was born in Jericho, New York, on May 15, 1981,<ref name="tvgbio">Template:Cite magazine</ref> the daughter of Steve and Connie Sigler. She had two older brothers, Adam and Brian.<ref name="tvgbio" /> Her father was the founder of the Men's Senior Baseball League. Sigler is of Greek-Jewish and Romanian-Jewish descent through her father, and of Cuban descent through her mother.<ref name="casting">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sigler's mother was raised Catholic but converted to Judaism upon marrying Sigler's father.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She attended Jericho High School<ref name="nyt2002">Template:Cite news</ref> and studied at the Cultural Arts Playhouse in Old Bethpage, New York.<ref name="nyt2002" />

Career

Acting

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Sigler as Meadow Soprano in The Sopranos

In 1997, Sigler was cast as Meadow Soprano, daughter of New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos.<ref name="Soprano">Template:Cite news</ref> When her manager first told her about auditioning for The Sopranos, Sigler thought she would have to sing soprano.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She continued to play the role through the series finale in 2007.<ref name="MTV">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sigler played the title role in Cinderella on tour and at The Theatre at Madison Square Garden in 2001.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She then spent five months on Broadway from October 2002 through February 2003 playing Belle in Beauty and the Beast.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2004, Sigler starred as "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss in the USA television movie Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss. In that same year, she had her first starring feature film role, Extreme Dating, an independent film. In 2005, Sigler starred in Love Wrecked and the following year in Homie Spumoni, when she played the role of Alli, the girlfriend of Renato/Leroy (Donald Faison) directed by Mike Cerron.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2008, Sigler appeared as herself in 13 episodes of the fifth and sixth season of the HBO series Entourage. In the fifth season, she appeared as the love interest of the character Sal 'Turtle' Assante, portrayed by Jerry Ferrara. She returned as a recurring guest star for season six of the series, after becoming Ferrara's real-life girlfriend.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On November 17, 2008, Sigler guest-starred as Jillian on the TV series How I Met Your Mother in the episode "Woooo!".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On the December 6, 2008, airing of Saturday Night Live, she appeared as the checkout girl for the Digital Short music video "Jizz in My Pants" by The Lonely Island.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2009, Sigler starred in the psychological thriller film Beneath the Dark, which originally had a working title of Wake.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The same year, she appeared on ABC's Ugly Betty in a five-episode arc.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From 2012 to 2013, she appeared as a main character in the short-lived series Guys with Kids.

In 2019, Sigler appeared on the game show Pyramid alongside Steve Schirripa.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2020, Sigler starred as a featured player in the Adult Swim sitcom Beef House.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Other endeavors

In 2001, Sigler released a pop album called Here to Heaven, which featured the single "Cry Baby." In 2012, she collaborated with Romeo Santos on the single "You" and appeared in its music video.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2002, Sigler co-authored her autobiography, Wise Girl: What I've Learned About Life, Love, and Loss.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2024, Sigler began a podcast with fellow actress Christina Applegate called MeSsy about their friendship based on both being diagnosed with MS.<ref name="podcast">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Personal life

Sigler met Abraxas "A.J." DiScala when she was 19, and he became her manager.<ref name="people2006">Template:Cite news</ref> They began dating shortly before she turned 21,<ref name="people2006" /> and married on July 11, 2003.<ref name="people-divorce">Template:Cite magazine</ref> She subsequently changed her name to Jamie-Lynn DiScala.<ref name="people-divorce" /> They separated in September 2005, and she resumed using her maiden name.<ref name="people-divorce" /> She then dated restaurateur Scott Sartiano from 2006 to 2008.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In 2008, Sigler visited Israel through the Birthright Israel program and was moved by the trip, calling Israel "one of the most beautiful, inspiring places [she's] ever been to". She said that the trip gave her a greater understanding of her Jewish ancestry.<ref name="jpost">Template:Cite news</ref> Also in 2008, she began a relationship with actor Jerry Ferrara, whom she met while guest-starring on Entourage as a love interest of Ferrara's character.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They split up in 2009.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She later dated football player Mark Sanchez.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2012, Sigler began dating baseball player Cutter Dykstra, the son of former Major League Baseball player Lenny Dykstra.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The two became engaged on January 28, 2013,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and announced in February 2013 that they were expecting their first child.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Sigler gave birth to their first son on August 28, 2013.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They were married in Palm Springs, California, on January 16, 2016.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The couple had their second son on January 15, 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In January 2016, Sigler revealed that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was 20 years old.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2000, while filming Campfire Stories in Hamburg, New Jersey, Sigler was paralyzed from the waist down for several days. This symptom turned out to be related to multiple sclerosis, but it was misdiagnosed as Lyme disease at the time.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="aan">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2023, Novartis hired Sigler to star in a TV commercial for their multiple sclerosis drug Kesimpta.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	A Brooklyn State of Mind	Young Angie
2001	Campfire Stories	Natalie
2003	Death of a Dynasty	Sexy Woman No. 3
2005	Extreme Dating	Amy Baker
	Love Wrecked	Alexis Manetti
2006	Homie Spumoni	Alli Butterman
	Blinders	Alexa	Short film
	Dark Ride	Cathy
2007	New York City Serenade	Lynn
2010	Trophy Wife	Christina	Short film
	Beneath the Dark	Adrienne
2012	Divorce Invitation	Dylan
	I Do	Ali Federman
	Jewtopia	Hannah Daniels
2015	Anatomy of the Tide	Gina Harper
2017	Justice	Melissa Green
	Gangster Land	Lulu Rolfe
2019	Mob Town	Josephine Barbara
2020	The Neighbor in the Window	Karen Morgan
2022	I'm on Fire	Gina	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999–2007	The Sopranos	Meadow Soprano	72 episodes
2004	Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss	Heidi Fleiss	TV movie
	Will & Grace	Ro	2 episodes
2005	Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica	Jamie-Lynn DiScala	Episode: "The Orange Bowl"
2005Template:Ndash2007	Higglytown Heroes	Ms. Fern	3 episodes; voice role
2007	The Gathering	Maggy Rule	Miniseries
2008	How I Met Your Mother	Jillian	Episode: "Woooo!"
2008–2009	Entourage	Jamie-Lynn Sigler	13 episodes
2009	Ugly Betty	Natalie	5 episodes
2010	Backwash	Prudence	Episode: "Chapter Eight: Lake Pupik"
2011	Criminal Behavior	Brooke Kross	TV movie
	Drop Dead Diva	Tina Howard	Episode: "Change of Heart"
2012	Last Man Standing	Gabriella	Episode: "Take Your Daughter to Work"
2012–2013	Guys with Kids	Emily	17 episodes
2014	Dads	Elsa	Episode: "Bully Gene"
2015	The Christmas Note	Gretchen Daniels	Movie
2016	CSI: Cyber	Sasha Boyd	Episode: "5 Deadly Sins"
	Baby Daddy	Sara Gilcrest	2 episodes
	The Snowy Day	Layla's Mom	TV special short
2017	Mommy, I Didn't Do It	Vera Dutton	TV movie
2018	Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled	Rachel
	Magnum P.I.	Toni	Episode: "Bad Day to Be A Hero"
2019–2020	Elena of Avalor	Princess Rebeca	3 episodes
2020	Beef House	Detective Megan Dungerson	6 episodes
2021–2023	Big Sky	Tonya Walsh	Main role (season 3), recurring (season 2)

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Role
2002	"Juliet"	LMNT	Laundromat Girl
2002	"Through the Rain"	Mariah Carey	Kirsten
2003	"Sunrise"	Simply Red	Girl
2008	"Jizz in My Pants"	The Lonely Island	Check-Out Girl

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Project	Result	Ref.
1999	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (season 1)	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2000			The Sopranos (season 2)	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2001			The Sopranos (season 3)	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2002			The Sopranos (season 4)	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004			The Sopranos (season 5)	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006			The Sopranos (season 6 - Part 1)	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2007			The Sopranos (season 6 - Part 2)	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Discography

• 2001: Here to Heaven<ref name="MTV" />

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