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Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born May 15, 1981) is an American actress. She is most famous for her role as Meadow Soprano on the acclaimed HBO television series The Sopranos
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Biography

Born in Jericho, New York to a Sephardic Jewish American father (whose mother and father were from Greece and Romania, respectively) and a Cuban mother who converted to Judaism, Sigler began acting and singing at the age of seven. In 1999 she was cast as the smart but troubled Meadow Soprano, daughter of New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano. The show became a success and Sigler rose to some fame as a TV actress.

In 2001, she released an album of her singing, Here to Heaven. In 2002, she co-authored an autobiography, Wise Girl: What I've Learned About Life, Love, and Loss. She also appeared in Mariah Carey's "Through the Rain" music video.

Sigler then spent five months on Broadway in 2002-2003 playing Belle in the production Beauty and the Beast. She has continued to appear in theatrical roles, such as Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.

In July 2003 she married her agent A.J. DiScala, and took the name Jamie-Lynn DiScala. She has stated that 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 are separating after only two years of marriage, and she subsequently changed her name back.

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 which has yet to be released.

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 speaks fluent Spanish, having learned it from her maternal grandmother, who did not speak English.

Quotes

"I became a spokeswoman for eating disorders. I would say about three or four months after I actually came out about it. It is a tough thing to talk about it, but it is actually therapeutic for me. I know it is something that touches almost every girl, and men, too."
"If you know someone who is going through , or if you are going through it, the person really has to want to get better to get better. Just make sure that you let them know that you love them and that you are there for them when they are ready, because that's really all I needed to hear."

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