Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Jamie-Lynn Sigler | |
|---|---|
 Jamie-Lynn Sigler in New York City, November 2007 |
|
| Birth name | Jamie-Lynn Sigler |
| Born | May 15, 1981 Queens, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born May 15, 1981), previously known as Jamie-Lynn DiScala, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the acclaimed HBO television series The Sopranos.
Contents |
Jamie-Lynn Sigler was born in Queens, New York City to a Jewish American father, Steve (whose mother and father came from Greece's Sephardic Jewish community and Romania's Ashkenazi Jewish community, respectively), and a Cuban mother, Connie, who converted to Judaism after meeting her husband. Sigler grew up on Long Island in Jericho, New York, and began acting and singing at age 7. She attended Jericho High School.[1]
In 1997, she was cast as the smart but troubled Meadow Soprano, daughter of New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano. The show premiered in 1999 and became a success, with Sigler rising to some fame as a TV actress. During the early production of The Sopranos, Sigler struggled with an eating disorder and is now a spokesperson for the National Eating Disorders Association. Sigler appeared in a CNN special with Paula Zahn in which she, jockey Shane Sellers, actress Jane Fonda, and two others revealed their struggles with eating disorders.
In 2000, while filming Campfire Stories in Hamburg, New Jersey, Sigler was paralyzed from the waist down for several days having contracted Lyme disease.[2]
Sigler then spent five months on Broadway from October 2002 throught February 2003 playing Belle in Beauty and the Beast. She has continued to appear in theatrical roles, such as Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.
In 2004, she 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 Lovewrecked, and in Mariah Carey's "Through the Rain" music video.
In 2001, she released a pop album called Here to Heaven, which featured the single "Cry Baby". The album was a commercial failure and had low sales. In 2007 Sigler said she was "embarrassed" by the album and regrets releasing it.
In 2002, she co-authored an autobiography, Wise Girl: What I've Learned About Life, Love, and Loss.
In July 2003, Sigler married her agent and longtime boyfriend, A.J. DiScala. She subsequently changed her name to Jamie-Lynn DiScala, stating she is a very "traditional girl", and never had any doubt that she would take her husband's name after marrying, even professionally. However, in September 2005, Sigler and DiScala announced that they were separating, and she subsequently changed her name back.[3]
Sigler has been dating New York club owner Scott Sartiano since January 2006,[4] and is close friends with pop singer Lance Bass.[5]
| Album Cover | Album Information |
|---|---|
Here to Heaven
|
- ^ Fischler, Marcelle S. " LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; Three Who Write the Island's Rhythms", The New York Times, November 24, 2002. Accessed October 2, 2007.
- ^ http://www.silive.com/sopranos/stories/index.ssf?/sopranos/ledger/index.ssf?/sopranos/stories/050301cinderella.html
- ^ http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1108355,00.html
- ^ Jamie-Lynn Sigler Celebrity Profile. US Weekly (June 23, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-16.
- ^ Jamie-Lynn Sigler Wouldn't Pretend To Be Lance Bass's Girlfriend. Starpulse (July 31, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-12-09.