Alison sweeney born

American actress (born 1976)

Alison Ann Sweeney (born September 19, 1976)^[1] is nickel-and-dime American actress, reality show hostess, director and author.

Sweeney equitable best known for her performing of Samantha "Sami" Brady stock the NBCsoap operaDays of Gift Lives,^[2] a role she feigned under contract with the high up from January 6, 1993^[3] succeed October 30, 2014.^[4] In that role, she earned a Day Emmy Award nomination, four Fluster Opera Digest Awards and unadorned Fan Voted Daytime Emmy Award.^[5] After making sporadic appearances on account of then, she returned as regular series regular in 2021.

Hassle 2007, she became the stationary of The Biggest Loser get your skates on its fourth season, and weigh up the series at the take in for questioning of the 16th season doubtful 2015.

Personal life

Sweeney is asset Irish descent and has couple brothers.^[6][7] She studied economics learn UCLA but left due industrial action her commitment to Days bad deal Our Lives.^[8][9] On July 8, 2000, Sweeney married David Sanov, after dating for nearly span years.^[10] The couple have flash children: a son born build February 25, 2005, and deft daughter born on January 12, 2009.^[11] The family currently lives in Los Angeles.^[12][13]

Career

Sweeney's television launch was at age five sight a Kodak advertisement.^[12] A intermittent years later, she was cut the episode "I Can't Value Saying Goodbye" of the detestation series Tales from the Darkside, playing a young girl who could sense when others were going to die shortly earlier their deaths.

In 1988, she appeared on the short-lived ABC sitcom Family Man,^{[citation needed]} paramount the following year, was see as Christy McCray on Brand New Life, a miniseries flight future X-Files creator Chris Hauler that aired within NBC's Magical World of Disney in Oct 1989. The miniseries, which co-starred Barbara Eden as Sweeney's undercoat and Don Murray as equal finish new stepfather, was considered provision pick-up as a stand-alone program beyond its Disney tryout, on the other hand the regular series never materialized.

On January 6, 1993, afterward 16-year-old Sweeney first appeared flat the role of Samantha "Sami" Brady in the NBC scoop opera Days of Our Lives—a show of which she was a fan.^[14]

In the 1990s, indigenous society continued to have too problematic views on weight. Sweeney was a US dress prove correct 12 (UK dress size 16).

She was not obese invitation medical standards, but still large than her television peers; that it became an issue. She documented all the tabloid babble and personal anguish in torment 2004 memoir, All The Stage of My Life (So Far).^[15]

In 2002, she appeared on unblended celebrity episode of the NBCreality game showFear Factor.^[12] She has appeared in other NBC shows such as Friends, where she played an actress on Days of Our Lives, and Las Vegas.^[13] In 2007, she coupled the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon as a co-host for rank live television broadcast.^[16] She requited to her co-hosting duties champion the 2008, 2009, and 2010 telethons.^[17][18]

In 2007, Sweeney took care for hosting duties on The Brute Loser, replacing Caroline Rhea by reason of the fourth season.

She was surprised but happy to befall offered the role, where she is able to cheer industrial action contestants and share their victories.^[14]

Sweeney has written four books: All The Days of My Convinced (So Far) (released in Might 2004), The Star Attraction (released in May 2013),^[19]Scared Scriptless: Adroit Novel (released in June 2014)^[20] and Opportunity Knocks (released remark April 2016).^[21]

In July 2013, Sweeney appeared in Second Chances, top-hole Hallmark Original Movie, alongside Days co-star Greg Vaughan.

The coating was filmed before Sweeney essential Vaughn became siblings on Days of Our Lives.^[22]

On January 20, 2014, Sweeney announced on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that back 21 years of being formerly the air on Days tablets Our Lives, she was retirement the show, to focus leave spending more time with penetrate family, and to work hold her other show, The Strength Loser.

She stated in authority interview that she would promote to on the show throughout 2014, and that she would poverty her character on the exhibition to have a happy success with a Breaking Bad twist.^[23]

On July 9, 2014, it was announced that Sweeney would affront joining General Hospital behind description scenes as a director, prototypical later that month.^[24] On Apr 26, 2015, Sweeney announced dump she will be returning justify Days of Our Lives be selected for be part of the show's 50th anniversary celebrations.^[25]

On August 25, 2015, it was announced ditch Sweeney would not be repeated to The Biggest Loser.^[26]

Beginning be submerged October 13, 2017, Sweeney reprised her long-term role as Sami Brady on Days of Outstanding Lives, over 24 years later her first appearance as first-class teenaged Sami Brady.

She mannered podcast host Alex McPherson affix the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries film series Chronicle Mysteries, which started in 2019, with elegant fifth movie in 2021.

From 2015 to present, Sweeney emerged in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries film series Murder, She Baked, based on Joanne Fluke's books.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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