Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born May 15, 1981), formerly known as Jamie-Lynn DiScala, is an American actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the HBO television series The Sopranos.
Sigler was born in Queens, New York City to Steve and Connie Sigler. Her father is Jewish, 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 Yor...
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Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born May 15, 1981), formerly known as Jamie-Lynn DiScala, is an American actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the HBO television series The Sopranos.
Sigler was born in Queens, New York City to Steve and Connie Sigler. Her father is Jewish, 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. She attended Jericho High School. Sigler also attended the Cultural Arts Playhouse where she played many leads.
In 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...
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