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Jamie-Lynn Sigler began performing
on stage at the age of seven, and attended dance school with little
Natalie Portman. She had dozens of professional stage credits, including
Grease and The Wizard of Oz, before being hired to portray the troubled
Mafia princess Meadow Soprano in The Sopranos, with James Gandolfini and
Edie Falco playing her parents.
In 2001, she released an album of her singing, called Here to Heaven. In
publicity quotes, Sigler said she was inspired by the career and music of
pre-breakdown Mariah Carey. In TV commercials for Levi's jeans, Sigler
provides the voice for a singing belly button, and in 2002, she made her
Broadway debut as Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
In 2003 she married her long-time manager, A. J. DiScala, took his last
name and making her Italian-American if only by marriage. Her father is
Cuban, her mother Greek-American, with bits of Romanian and Sephardic Jew
mixed in. Sigler speaks fluent Greek and Spanish. In announcing their
nuptials, she said of her husband, "I began trusting this man with my
career, and now I trust him with my life." They separated two years later.
In 2004, she played Hollywood madame Heidi Fleiss for a tacky TV movie,
Call Me. "Nudity is not something I'm comfortable with," she explained,
"so I had a body double for shots where you see me naked." The New York
Daily News described the telefilm as "one of the least sexy films ever."
In 2004, Sigler signed a promotional deal with offshore gaming company
Casino Fortune, then backed out days later when it was reported that a
company executive had made disparaging remarks about her weight. Sigler
has suffered "weight and body image problems", and suffered from "exercise
bulimia" during The Sopranos' first season, dropping from 125 pounds to a
wafer-thin 90. She has founded the Jamie-Lynn DiScala Foundation,
dedicated to fighting eating disorders. |
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On her ex-husband, A.J.
Discala: "I began trusting this man with my career and now I trust
him with my life".
On changing her name from Sigler to DiScala: "I never thought I'd do
otherwise, even before I met A.J. I'm traditional that way. Once we
have children, I'd love for them to have the same name as their
mom."
"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."
“The one thing I look for in a guy is confidence—if you want to talk
to me, come up and talk. I’m more than willing. If you don’t know my
name, that’s OK—just ask. But don’t come up and call me Meadow.
You’ve already got one strike against you.” |
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"The Gathering" (2007) (mini)
TV Series (pre-production)
New York City Serenade (2007) (completed) (as Jamie-Lynn DiScala)
.... Lynn
Homie Spumoni (2007) (completed) (as Jamie-Lynn DiScala) .... Ally
"The Sopranos" .... Meadow Soprano (84 episodes, 1999-2007)
- Made in America (2007) TV Episode .... Meadow Soprano
- The Blue Comet (2007) TV Episode .... Meadow Soprano
- The Second Coming (2007) TV Episode .... Meadow Soprano
- Kennedy and Heidi (2007) TV Episode .... Meadow Soprano
- Walk Like a Man (2007) TV Episode .... Meadow Soprano
(79 more)
Dark Ride (2006) (as Jamie-Lynn DiScala) .... Cathy
Blinders (2006) (as Jamie-Lynn DiScala) .... Alexa
"Higglytown Heroes" .... Ms. Fern (1 episode, 2005)
- Say What?/Higgly Harmonies (2005) TV Episode (as Jamie-Lynn
DiScala) .... Ms. Fern
Lovewrecked (2005) (as Jamie-Lynn DiScala) .... Alexis Manetti
"Will & Grace" .... Ro (2 episodes, 2004)
- Queens for a Day: Part 1 (2004) TV Episode (as Jamie-Lynn DiScala)
.... Ro
- Queens for a Day: Part 2 (2004) TV Episode (as Jamie-Lynn DiScala)
.... Ro
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (2004) (TV) (as
Jamie-Lynn DiScala) .... Heidi Fleiss
Extreme Dating (2004) .... Amy Baker
Death of a Dynasty (2003) (as Jamie-Lynn DiScala) .... Sexy Woman
No. 3
Campfire Stories (2001) .... Natalie
A Brooklyn State of Mind (1997) .... Young Angie |
