Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Age: 28
Height: 5' 5"

Birth Place: Jericho, New York, USA
Born: May. 15th, 1981

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Jamie-Lynn Sigler's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Sopranos	Meadow Sopr…
The Caroline Rhea Show	Jamie-Lynn …

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Jamie-Lynn Sigler has been acting and singing since the age of 7. She got her start in New York regional theater, and has since starred in over two dozen theatrical productions including "Annie," "The Wizard of Oz," "The Sound of Music," "The Wiz," and "Gypsy." In the summer of 2001, she starred in the touring production of Richard Rodgers (I) and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Cinderella," playing the lead opposite Eartha Kitt. Jamie made her Broadway debut starring as Belle in Disney's Broadway production of "Beauty and the Beast" from October of 2002 through February 2003.

Beyond her theatrical appearances, she currently stars as Meadow Soprano in the critically acclaimed HBO original series "The Sopranos" (1999). For her work on the show, she received the 1999 and 2000 Hollywood Reporter Young Star Awards for Best Young Actress in a Dramatic Television Series and both 2001 and 2002 ALMA nominations. She also has a SAG Award for "The Sopranos" (1999) Best Ensemble Cast.

Jamie has also starred as former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss in the USA Network's two-hour original movie Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (2004) (TV). She recently completed her first feature film, Extreme Dating (2004), and starred in the music video for Mariah Carey's single, "Through the Rain."

Jamie, who battled an eating disorder in the late 1990s while starring on "The Sopranos" (1999), is now a spokesperson for the National Eating Disorders Association (www.nationaleatingdisorders.org). In 2002, she published her revealing autobiography, "Wise Girl" (Pocket Books) to rave reviews. A few years ago, she was paralyzed from the waist down for several days with Lyme Disease. Her recovery has given her a fresh outlook on her work and her life.

Jamie is originally from Jericho (Long Island, New York) and currently resides in New York City. She married her manager, A.J. Discala, in July of 2003. However, that marriage has since ended.

TRIVIA:

Sang "O, Canada" and "The Star Spangled Banner" before game six of the first round of the NHL playoffs in 2002. (New York Islanders vs. Toronto Maple Leafs).
Named #42 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)
Her ex-husband is Italian-American.
(1999) Accepted to NYU, planning to major in psychology.
Has two older brothers, Adam and Brian.
Jaime-Lynn and her boyfriend, Scott Sartiano, have split up. Sartiano, a NYC nightlife entrepreneur, and Jaime-Lynn had been an item since her divorce in 2006 [April 23, 2008].
Her mother, Consuela Lopez, is a Cuban immigrant and her father, Steve Sigler, is of Sephardic descent, his parents having come from Romania and Greece, respectively.
Originally, HBO wanted to replace Sigler in _"The Sopranos" (1999)_ (qv) with a blonde after the first four episodes, but it was deemed too expensive to reshoot all of those scenes.