Английская Википедия:Alison Sweeney

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Alison Ann Sweeney (born September 19, 1976) is an American actress, reality show host, director and author. Sweeney is best known for her portrayal of Samantha "Sami" Brady on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, a role she played under contract with the show from January 6, 1993 to October 30, 2014. In this role, she earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination, four Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Fan Voted Daytime Emmy Award. After making sporadic appearances since then, she returned as a series regular in 2021. In 2007, she became the host of The Biggest Loser in its fourth season, and left the series at the end of the 16th season in 2015.

Personal life

Sweeney is of Irish descent and has two brothers. She studied economics at UCLA but left due to her commitment to Days of Our Lives. On July 8, 2000, Sweeney married David Sanov, after dating for nearly three years. The couple have two children: a son born on February 25, 2005, and a daughter born on January 12, 2009. The family currently lives in Los Angeles.

Career

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Sweeney in 2009

Sweeney's television debut was at age five in a Kodak advertisement. A few years later, she was in the episode "I Can't Help Saying Goodbye" of the horror series Tales from the Darkside, playing a young girl who could sense when others were going to die shortly before their deaths. In 1988, she appeared on the short-lived ABC sitcom Family Man,Шаблон:Citation needed and the following year, was cast as Christy McCray on Brand New Life, a miniseries from future X-Files creator Chris Carter that aired within NBC's Magical World of Disney in October 1989. The miniseries, which co-starred Barbara Eden as Sweeney's mother and Don Murray as her new stepfather, was considered for pick-up as a stand-alone series beyond its Disney tryout, but the regular series never materialized.

On January 6, 1993, then 16-year-old Sweeney first appeared in the role of Samantha "Sami" Brady in the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives—a show of which she was a fan.

In the 1990s, cultural society continued to have very problematic views on weight. Sweeney was a US dress size 12 (UK dress size 16), not obese by medical standards, but still larger than her television peers, so it became an issue. She documented all the tabloid talk and personal anguish in her 2004 memoir, All The Days of My Life (So Far).

In 2002, she appeared on a celebrity episode of the NBC reality game show Fear Factor. She has appeared in other NBC shows such as Friends, where she played an actress on Days of Our Lives, and Las Vegas. In 2007, she joined the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon as a co-host for the live television broadcast. She returned to her co-hosting duties for the 2008, 2009, and 2010 telethons.

In 2007, Sweeney took over hosting duties on The Biggest Loser, replacing Caroline Rhea since the fourth season. She was surprised but happy to be offered the role, where she is able to cheer on contestants and share their victories.

Sweeney has written four books: All The Days of My Life (So Far) (released in May 2004), The Star Attraction (released in May 2013), Scared Scriptless: A Novel (released in June 2014) and Opportunity Knocks (released in April 2016).

In July 2013, Sweeney appeared in Second Chances, a Hallmark Original Movie, alongside Days co-star Greg Vaughan. The movie was filmed before Sweeney and Vaughn became siblings on Days of Our Lives.

On January 20, 2014, Sweeney announced on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that after 21 years of being on the air on Days of Our Lives, she was leaving the show, to focus on spending more time with her family, and to work on her other show, The Biggest Loser. She stated in the interview that she would be on the show throughout 2014, and that she would like her character on the show to have a happy ending with a Breaking Bad twist.

On July 9, 2014, it was announced that Sweeney would be joining General Hospital behind the scenes as a director, starting later that month. On April 26, 2015, Sweeney announced that she will be returning to Days of Our Lives to be part of the show's 50th anniversary celebrations.

From 2015 to 2023, Sweeney has appeared in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries film series Murder, She Baked, based on Joanne Fluke's books.

On August 25, 2015, it was announced that Sweeney would not be returning to The Biggest Loser.

Beginning on October 13, 2017, Sweeney reprised her long-term role as Sami Brady on Days of Our Lives, over 24 years after her first appearance as a teenaged Sami Brady.

She was most recently seen playing podcast host Alex McPherson in Hallmark Movies & Mysteries film series Chronicle Mysteries, which started in 2019, with a fifth movie in 2021.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Simon & Simon	Lyla	Episode: “The Wrong Stuff”
1985	St. Elsewhere	Chrissy	Episode: "Santa Claus Is Dead"
	Webster	Beth	Episode: "The Uh-Oh Feeling"
	Tales from the Darkside	Karen	Episode: "I Can't Help Saying Goodbye"
1987, 1993–2015, 2017–	Days of Our Lives	Adrienne Johnson Samantha Brady Colleen Brady	Role: 1987 – Flashbacks Role: January 1993 – October 2014; October – November 2015; October – December 2017; August – November 2018; July 2019; June 2020–present Role: 2007 – September 2007; February 2008 – Flashbacks
1988	Family Man	Rosie Tobin	7 episodes
1989–1990	Brand New Life	Christy McCary	6 episodes
1994	Bay State	Casey Mills	Episodes: "Episode #4.4", "Episode #4.5"
2001	Friends	Jessica Ashley	Episode: "The One With Joey's Award"
2002	Fear Factor	Herself	Episode: "Celebrity Fear Factor"
2004	American Dreams	Miss USA	Episode: "Old Enough to Fight"
	Las Vegas	Caroline Pzarchik	Episode: "Nevada State"
2007–2015	The Biggest Loser	Herself	Host (seasons 4–16)
2010	Mercy	Becky Sorensen	Episode: I Did Kill You, Didn't I?
2015	Beat Bobby Flay	Herself	Episode: "Raising the Bar" Judge / Mentor

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Price of Life	Young Alice	Short film
1990	The End of Innocence	Stephanie (12–15 years old)
1993	Night Sins	Sami Brady	Television film
2002	Happiness	Girlfriend	Short film
2013	Second Chances, AKA Hearts on Fire	Jenny McLean	Television film (Hallmark)Шаблон:Citation needed
2015	Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder	Hannah Swensen	Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)Шаблон:Citation needed
	Love on the Air	Sonia	Television film (Hallmark)Шаблон:Citation needed
	Murder She Baked: A Plum Pudding Murder Mystery	Hannah Swensen	Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)Шаблон:Citation needed
	Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery		Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
2016	Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe		Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)Шаблон:Citation needed
	The Irresistible Blueberry Farm	Ellen	Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
2017	Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts	Hannah Swensen	Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
	Christmas At Holly Lodge	Sophie Bennett	Television film (Hallmark)
2019	Chronicle Mysteries: Recovered	Alex McPherson	Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) First in a series
	Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man		Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) Second in a series
	Chronicle Mysteries: Vines That Bind		Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) Third in a series
	Chronicle Mysteries: The Deep End		Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) Fourth in a series
	Time For You To Come Home for Christmas	Katherine	Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) Executive producer: Blake Shelton
2020	Good Morning Christmas!	Melissa Merry	Television film (Hallmark)
2021	Chronicle Mysteries: Helped to Death	Alex McPherson	Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) Fifth in a series
	Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery	Hannah Swensen	Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
	Open By Christmas	Nicky	Television film (Hallmark)
	Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas	Sami Brady	Peacock Original Movie
2022	The Wedding Veil	Tracy Goodwyn	Television Film Trilogy (Hallmark)
	The Wedding Veil Unveiled
	The Wedding Veil Legacy
	A Magical Christmas Village	Summer	Television film (Hallmark)
2023	The Wedding Veil Expectations	Tracy Serchio	Television Film Trilogy (Hallmark)
	The Wedding Veil Inspiration
	The Wedding Veil Journey
	Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery	Hannah Swensen	Television film (Hallmark)
	A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

Awards and nominations

List of acting awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result	Шаблон:Abbr
Шаблон:Center	Young Artist Award	Best Youth Actress in a Soap Opera	Days of Our Lives	Шаблон:Nom	Шаблон:Center
Шаблон:Center	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Villainess	Days of Our Lives	Шаблон:Won	Шаблон:Center
Шаблон:Center	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Daytime Drama: Young Actress	Days of Our Lives	Шаблон:Nom	Шаблон:Center
Шаблон:Center	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Villainess	Days of Our Lives	Шаблон:Won	Шаблон:Center
Шаблон:Center	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Villainess	Days of Our Lives	Шаблон:Won	Шаблон:Center
Шаблон:Center	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Younger Lead Actress	Days of Our Lives	Шаблон:Nom
Шаблон:Center	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Younger Lead Actress	Days of Our Lives	Шаблон:Won	Шаблон:Center
Шаблон:Center	Daytime Emmy Award	America's Favorite Villain — Special Fan Award	Days of Our Lives	Шаблон:Won	Шаблон:Center
Шаблон:Center	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress	Days of Our Lives	Шаблон:Nom
Шаблон:Center	Soap Opera Digest Award	Favorite New Couple Шаблон:Small	Days of Our Lives	Шаблон:Won	Шаблон:Center
Шаблон:Center	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress	Days of Our Lives	Шаблон:Won	Шаблон:Center
Шаблон:Center	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Days of Our Lives	Шаблон:Nom	Шаблон:Center
Шаблон:Center	Soap Hub Awards	Favorite Social Media Star	Days of Our Lives	Шаблон:Won	Шаблон:Center

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