Stephanie Sigman

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Stephanie Sigman
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Sigman in 2017
Born (1987-02-28) 28 February 1987 (age 37)
Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico
Citizenship
  • Mexican
  • American
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
SpouseBrian Andrew Mendoza [1]
Children2

Stephanie Sigman Conde is a Mexican and American actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 2011 Mexican crime drama film Miss Bala . She has gone on to appear in Pioneer (2013), Spectre (2015), Going Under (2016), and Annabelle: Creation (2017). On television, Sigman starred in Narcos (2015) and S.W.A.T (2017) for the first and second seasons of both series.

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Early life and family

Sigman was born in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora on 28 February 1987 to a Mexican mother and an American father, Lee Sigman, a New York Yankees scout from Kansas. She is a U.S. citizen through her father. [2] [3] [4] Her brother, baseball player Kenneth Ray Sigman, was formerly married to actress Barbara Mori. [5]


Career

Sigman began her career appearing on Mexican television, before making her film debut in Rio de Oro. In 2011, she played the leading role of Laura Guerrero in the Mexican crime drama film, Miss Bala . [6] The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, [7] [8] but it did not make the final shortlist. [9] Sigman was nominated for a Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award in 2011 for her performance in film. [10] [11] The following year, she played Catalina Aguado in the Canadian documentary film Flight of the Butterflies . In 2013, Sigman co-starred in the Norwegian thriller Pioneer . [12]

In 2013, Sigman played the leading role in the USA Network drama pilot The Arrangement opposite Bryan Greenberg. [13] It was not ordered to series. Later that year, she was cast in a recurring role on the FX crime drama series The Bridge . She also starred in the Arctic Monkeys music video for "Snap Out of It" in 2014. [14] In 2015, Sigman played Valeria Vélez, character based on Virginia Vallejo, in the Netflix crime thriller, Narcos . [15] [16]

In 2015, Sigman appeared in the James Bond film Spectre , [17] becoming the second Mexican actress to play a Bond girl after Linda Christian first played the role of Valerie Mathis in the 1954 TV adaptation of Casino Royale . [3] She later was cast as a female lead in the action comedy Going Under , [18] as well as War on Everyone . [19]

In 2016, Sigman had a recurring role as Monica Ava during the second season of the ABC anthology drama series American Crime created by John Ridley. [20] Ridley later cast Sigman in the leading role as Presence Foster, the former Army veteran who finds herself as unlicensed Private Investigator, in the ABC detective drama pilot, Presence. [21]

In 2017, Sigman began playing Jessica Cortez, captain and commanding officer of the LAPD Metropolitan Division in S.W.A.T. . [22] She exited at the start of the third season, when her character left to pursue FBI training. [23]

Sigman starred as Sister Charlotte in the 2017 horror film Annabelle: Creation . [24]

Personal life

Sigman is married to Brian Andrew Mendoza. [25] They have a child born in 2019. [26]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Con lujo de detalleMujerShort film
2010Rio de OroEstela
2011 Miss Bala Laura GuerreroNominated — Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award for Best Breakthrough
2012MorelosFrancisca Ortiz
2012 Flight of the Butterflies Catalina Aguado Documentary film
2013El cielo es azulLaurada
2013 Pioneer Maria Salatzar
2014Alicia en el país de María Alicia
2015 Spectre Estrella
2016 War on Everyone Delores
2017 Shimmer Lake Steph Burton
2017 Once Upon a Time in Venice Lupe
2017 Annabelle: Creation Sister Charlotte

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013The ArrangementLourdes NievesPilot
2013–2014 The Bridge Eva GuerraRecurring role
2015–2016 Narcos Valeria VelezMain role
2016 American Crime Monica AvaRecurring role
2016PresencePresence FosterPilot
2017–2019 S.W.A.T. Jessica CortezMain role (seasons 1–2)
2023 Royal Crackers Abuelita (voice)Episode: "Casa de Darby"

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