Jamie-Lynn Sigler



Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born May 15, 1981)[1]  is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the HBO television series The Sopranos.



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[hide]  *1 Early life  ==Early life[edit] == Jamie-Lynn Sigler was born in Jericho, New York,[1]  on Long Island, to Steve and Connie Sigler; she has two brothers, Brian and Adam.[1]  Her father, the founder of theMen's Senior Baseball League (MSBL), is of Greek Sephardic Jewish and Romanian Jewish descent, while her Cuba-born mother was born Catholic and converted toJudaism when marrying Sigler's father.[2]  Sigler began acting and singing at age 7. She attended Jericho High School.[3]  Sigler also studied at the Cultural Arts Playhouse in Old Bethpage.[3] ==Career[edit] == ===Acting[edit] === In 1997, she was cast as the precocious Meadow Soprano, daughter of New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano. The show premiered in 1999 and became a huge success, catapulting Sigler to fame as a TV actress. She continued to play the role through the series finale in 2007.[4] [5]
 * 2 Career
 * 2.1 Acting
 * 2.2 Music
 * 2.3 Writing
 * 3 Personal life
 * 4 Filmography
 * 5 Discography
 * 6 Awards and nominations
 * 7 References
 * 8 External links

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2000, while filming Campfire Stories in Hamburg, New Jersey, Sigler was paralyzed from the waist down for several days by Lyme disease.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  Sigler played the title role in Cinderella on tour and at The Theatre atMadison Square Garden in 2001.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  She then spent five months on Broadway from October 2002 through February 2003 playing Belle in Beauty and the Beast. She has continued to appear in theatrical roles.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">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 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2008, she appeared as herself in 13 episodes of the fifth and sixth season of the HBO series Entourage. In the fifth season, she appeared in the episodes First Class Jerk, Playing With Fire and Return to Queens Blvd, 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  On November 17, 2008, Sigler guest-starred as Jillian on the TV series How I Met Your Mother in the episode "Woooo!"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  On the December 6, 2008 airing of Saturday Night Live, she appeared as the checkout girl for the Saturday Night Live Digital Short music video "Jizz in My Pants" by The Lonely Island.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2009, she starred in the psychological thriller film Beneath the Dark, which originally had a working title of Wake.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  The same year, she appeared on ABC's Ugly Betty in a five-episode arc.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]  Beginning in 2012, she appeared as a main character in the short lived series, Guys with Kids. ===Music<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2001, she released a pop album called Here to Heaven, which featured the single "Cry Baby". The album sold poorly and was a commercial failure. In 2007, Sigler said she was "embarrassed" by the album and regretted releasing it.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  In 2012, she collaborated with Romeo Santos on the single "You" and appeared in its music video.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed] ===Writing<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2002, she co-authored an autobiography, Wise Girl: What I've Learned About Life, Love, and Loss.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15] ==Personal life<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[edit] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Sigler met A.J. DiScala when she was 19, and he became her manager.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-people2006_16-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]  They began dating soon before she turned 21,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-people2006_16-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]  and married on July 11, 2003.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-people-divorce_17-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  She subsequently changed her name to Jamie-Lynn DiScala.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-people-divorce_17-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  In September 2005, Sigler and DiScala separated, and she resumed using her maiden name.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-people-divorce_17-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">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 I've ever been to." She said that the trip gave her a greater understanding to preserve her Jewish identity.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-jpost_18-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18]  Also in 2008, Sigler began a romantic relationship with actor Jerry Ferrara, whom she met while guest-starring on Entourage as a love interest of Ferrara's character, Turtle.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]  They split up in 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]  She then dated football player Mark Sanchez.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since 2012, Sigler has been dating baseball player Cutter Dykstra, who is the son of well-known MLB player Lenny Dykstra.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23]  The two became engaged on January 28, 2013,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[24]  and announced in February 2013 that they were expecting a baby.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[25]  Sigler gave birth to their son, Beau Kyle Dykstra, on August 28, 2013.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[26] ==Filmography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[edit] == ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[edit] == ==Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[edit] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">ALMA Award
 * Here to Heaven (2001)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-MTV_4-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]
 * Eagle Song cast recording<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[27]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Screen Actors Guild Award
 * 2001: Nominated, "Outstanding Actress in a Television Series" - The Sopranos
 * 2002: Nominated, "Outstanding Actress in a Television Series" - The Sopranos

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">TV Land Award
 * 2000: Won, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" - The Sopranos
 * 2001: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" - The Sopranos
 * 2002: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" - The Sopranos
 * 2003: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" - The Sopranos
 * 2005: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" - The Sopranos
 * 2007: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" - The Sopranos
 * 2008: Won, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" - The Sopranos

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Young Artist Award
 * 2008: Nominated, "Siblings That Make You Grateful for Your Own Crazy Family" - The Sopranos (shared w/Robert Iler)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">YoungStar Award
 * 2000: Nominated, "Best Performance in a TV Drama Series by a Supporting Young Actress" - The Sopranos
 * 2001: Nominated, "Best Performance in a TV Drama Series by a Supporting Young Actress" - The Sopranos


 * 1999: Won, "Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series" - The Sopranos
 * 2000: Won, "Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series" - The Sopranos