NEWSJamie Lynn Sigler's TV Dad James Gandolfini 'Skipped' Her First Wedding 'Without a Word': 'Maybe He Didn't Want It for Me'

Jamie Lynn Sigler played the late actor's daughter on HBO's 'The Sopranos' for six seasons.
May 5 2026, Published 12:36 p.m. ET
Jamie Lynn Sigler revealed James Gandolfini was a no-show at her first wedding.
The actress — who portrayed Gandolfini's daughter, Meadow Soprano, on HBO's The Sopranos for six seasons — married her then-manager Abraxas "AJ" Discala in 2003. She was just 22 at the time, while he was 10 years older.
In her new memoir, And So It Is...A Memoir of Acceptance and Hope, Sigler, now 44, wrote of the actor: "Jim didn’t show up. No indication, no warning. I can’t say for certain why. He’s not here, so I can’t ask him."
'Jim Had Always Shown Up for Me'

James Gandolfini's life was cut short when he suffered a fatal heart attack in Rome in 2013.
"Jim had always shown up for me," she insisted. "The Jim I knew wouldn’t have just skipped my wedding without a word or an excuse. Part of me wonders if maybe he didn’t want it for me."
Sigler explained that Gandolfini — who died of a heart attack at age 51 in 2013 — and his son, Michael Gandolfini, attended a show when she starred as Belle in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway.
The actress went on to say when she returned to the show following her nuptials, she "expected some smiles" or acknowledgement at a table read, but "instead, the room was completely silent" until Gandolfini let out an audible "ooof."
'None of Them Were Happy About This'

Jamie Lynn Sigler married her first husband, Abraxas 'AJ' Discala, in 2003.
"It was clear: none of them were happy about this for me. It would take me two long years to understand why," she wrote. The pair split in 2005 and their divorce was finalized a year later.
Speaking to Us Weekly last month, Sigler said the couple's "relationship was really toxic and complicated," but she had her reasons for staying.
"I desperately needed him at that time, so I can’t be like, 'What were you thinking?’ I know what I needed, and he provided a lot of that for me,” Sigler shared, explaining she was struggling with health issues that were later confirmed to be early signs of Multiple Sclerosis.
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'I Was Not Going to Survive Much Longer'

The pair went their separate ways in 2005.
Sigler also told the magazine that eventually she "went through his phone" because she "knew something shady was going on," but she "needed a lot of proof to leave."
"All women feel that way. I wanted to share that not to bash him, but for other women," she clarified. "I felt like such a failure all the time, but I understood I was not going to survive much longer if I stayed in that marriage. I think he knew that, too."
She was later informed that Discala was stealing from her after hiring a forensic accountant during the divorce proceedings. Sigler was told, "There are hundreds of thousands of dollars missing."
Jamie Lynn Sigler Is Happily Married Now

Jamie Lynn Sigler now has two sons with husband Cutter Dykstra.
The actress would go on to wed former Washington Nationals baseball player Cutter Dykstra in 2016. The couple share two sons.
After tying the knot, Sigler told ET in 2017 that Dykstra, 36, "literally saved my life," calling him "the best human on the planet."
"He physically holds me up, emotionally, and he sort of taught me that, regardless of MS, who I really am.. He has really helped me realized that [MS] doesn't [define who you really are]," she shared.

