celebforum - Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Name: Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Date of Birth: May 15, 1981
Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Measurements: Height 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Profession: American actress and singer

Known For

Her role as Meadow Soprano on the acclaimed HBO television series The Sopranos
Career Start: Meadow Soprano on the acclaimed HBO television series The Sopranos

Education: Jericho High School

Other Notable Details

Parents: Connie and Steve Sigler.

Has two older brothers, Adam and Brian.

Accepted to NYU, planning to major in psychology. [1999]

Has appeared in several off-Broadway productions including "Annie" and "Anne Frank".

Appeared in an episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986) where she discussed how she almost became anorexic after her boyfriend broke up with her.

Attended Jericho Senior High School in Jericho, NY. Graduated in June 1999. Voted Class Thespian.

After the success of "The Sopranos" (1999), she dropped out from NYU in November 1999 to pursue her show business career. She has not ruled out returning to college one day.

Originally, HBO wanted to replace Sigler in "The Sopranos" (1999) with a blonde after the first four episodes, but it was deemed too expensive to reshoot all of those scenes.

MTV premiered the video for her song "Cry Baby" on "Total Request Live" ( 1998 ).

Jamie-Lynn's father is president of an amateur baseball league.

Sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the inaugural game--specifically a Major League Soccer game between the New England Revolution and the Dallas Burn--at CMGI Field in Foxboro, Massachusetts on May 11, 2002.

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).

September 2002 announced engagement to her former manager, A.J. Discala.

Married her manager at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in New York.

Wedding guest Carly Simon sang "Nobody Does It Better," "My Romance," and "Moon River".

Her wedding was featured in the February 2004 issue of InStyle Magazine, and also on the ABC special, Celebrity Weddings: In Style (2006) (TV).

Her ex-husband is Italian-American.

Battled an eating disorder in the late 1990s while starring on "The Sopranos" (1999).

Ranked #73 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002)

Good friends with Jessica Simpson.

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.

Speaks fluent Greek and Spanish.

September 2005: announced that she & her husband have separated.

Named #42 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)

Was featured as #24 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. (2002)

Ranked #59 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Is good friends with Lance Bass.

She was February on FHM magazine's 2005 pin-up calendar (2005).

Her signature fragrance is Jivago 24K by Ilana Jivago.

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].

Other works

(May 2001) Appeared as Cinderella in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella @ The Theater at Madison Square Garden

Voice of singing navels in TV commercial for Levi's Superlow Jeans (2001)

Released her first album, titled 'Here to Heaven'.

Appeared in music video "Through The Rain" by Mariah Carey

(October 2002- February 2003): Played Belle in "Beauty and the Beast" by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Linda Woolverton. (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, New York, USA).

Print ad for Circle of Friends, 2004.

Starred with Delisco on the concept recording for the musical Eagle Song by Justin Murphy and Roger Butterley.

Famous Quote

"I have no Italian in me. I'm Cuban, Greek, Romanian, and Sephardic Jew, so I couldn't get further from Italian. But I guess I've been adopted into that family, too."

Background

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