Hollywood Celebrities Biography: Jamie-Lynn Sigler Biography

Tuesday 20 March 2012

Jamie-Lynn Sigler Biography

Jamie-Lynn Sigler Biography
Name: Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Date of Birth:May 15, 1981

Place of Birth:Queens, New York City U.S

Jamie-Lynn Sigler (formerly DiScala) is an American actress and singer. Jamie-Lynn Sigler is best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the HBO television series The Sopranos.

Early Life

Sigler was born in Queens, New York City to Steve and Connie Sigler. Jamie-Lynn Sigler father is a Sephardic Jew, the son of immigrants from Greece and Romania, and her mother is a Cuban-born convert to Judaism. Sigler grew up on Long Island in Jericho, New York, and began acting and singing at age 7. Jamie-Lynn Sigler attended Jericho High School. Sigler also attended the Cultural Arts Playhouse where she played many leads.

Career

Acting careerIn 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 huge success, with Sigler rising to some fame as a TV actress.

In 2000, while filming Campfire Stories in Hamburg, New Jersey, Sigler was paralyzed from the waist down for several days having contracted Lyme disease. Sigler then spent five months on Broadway from October 2002 through February 2003 playing Belle in Beauty and the Beast where she replaced long-running Belle Sarah Litzsinger. Jamie-Lynn Sigler has continued to appear in theatrical roles, such as Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.

Personal Life

On July 11, 2003, Sigler married her agent and longtime boyfriend, A. J. DiScala, Jamie-Lynn Sigler 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. Jamie-Lynn Sigler is close friends with pop singer Lance Bass; a review by Bass was featured on the back cover of Sigler's 2002 memoir, Wise Girl: What I've Learned About Life, Love, and Loss.

During January 2008, Sigler visited Israel through the Birthright Israel program and subsequently was moved by the trip, calling Israel "one of the most beautiful, inspiring places I've ever been to." Jamie-Lynn Sigler further noted that the trip gave her a greater understanding to preserve her Jewish identity and, after talks with Israeli soldiers who were also participants on the trip, she expressed solidarity towards the efforts of the young soldiers.

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