The “Sopranos” alum played herself on HBO’s bro-centric Hollywood comedy.

Jamie-Lynn Sigler needed the ‘validation’ that came with *Entourage *role: ‘I was made to feel special’

The "Sopranos" alum played herself on HBO's bro-centric Hollywood comedy.

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May 8, 2026 8:00 a.m. ET

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Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Jerry Ferrara on 'Entourage'. Credit:

- Jamie-Lynn Sigler is opening up about her time on* Entourage*.

- The actress played herself on HBO's Hollywood-set bro comedy.

- Sigler recalls in her new memoir that her colleagues on the show "treated me like a queen."

Jamie-Lynn Sigler is proud to be a member of the *Entourage* entourage.

While many critics view the seminal HBO bro comedy as offensive in its treatment of women, Sigler loved her experience on the show. In her new book *And So It Is…: A Memoir of Acceptance and Hope*, the *Sopranos* alum recalls how the *Entourage* cast and crew's "special" treatment of her came at a welcome time.

"People have complained about the misogyny depicted on the show, but let me tell you, they treated me like a queen," she writes. "I never once felt objectified or disrespected. Quite the opposite. I was made to feel special, and man, did I need that validation at that point in my life."

'And So It Is…: A Memoir of Acceptance and Hope,' by Jamie-Lynn Sigler.

At the time of her *Entourage* run, Sigler was privately dealing with multiple sclerosis and had recently gotten divorced.

The actress played a fictionalized version of herself over two seasons of *Entourage*, an arc that started when she and Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) hooked up on a plane — it's still *Entourage* after all! As Sigler and Turtle began dating, so did Sigler and Ferrara.

"Jerry and I quickly fell into the rhythm of a serious relationship," she writes. "We had already done so much of the early work of wooing and getting to know each other on set, so it felt seamless."

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But Sigler reveals that her worsening MS symptoms affected their dynamic, eventually leading to a split.

"I found myself picking fights with Jerry just to push him away," she shares. "I think that I was trying to spare him from what I knew I was about to enter: a deep depression spiral, and I didn't want to take him with me. He was too good for that. He deserved more."

*And So It Is…: A Memoir of Acceptance and Hope* is available on shelves now.

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