Jamie-Lynn Sigler opens up about ‘extremely emotional’ moment during Grey’s Anatomy guest appearance
Actor with MS says Grey’s Anatomy role was a ‘dream realised’
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2016, made an "extremely emotional" guest appearance on Grey's Anatomy.
- She portrayed Dr. Laura Kaplan, a urologist who is also navigating life with MS, a role Sigler felt was a "dream realised".
- Sigler said that saying the line "I have MS" on camera was poignant, as she had previously feared her diagnosis would end her acting career.
- She said she wanted to depict a powerful character living authentically with MS, demonstrating that disability does not equate to weakness but can open doors to new possibilities.
- In the episode, her character was introduced to offer an alternative treatment perspective for Dr. Richard Webber's recently discovered prostate cancer.