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Alison Ann Sweeney (born September 19, 1976) is an Americansoap operaactress. She was born in Los Angeles, California.Sweeney is best known for her portrayal of Samantha "Sami" Gene Brady on the American soap operaDays of Our Lives. In this role, she has earned four Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Fan Voted Daytime Emmy Award. She has been on Days since January 6, 1993.[1] A teenage actress on the soap, she took fellow Days star Bryan Dattilo to her high school prom.Her television debut was at age 5 in a Kodak advertisement.In the 1990s, Sweeney struggled with her weight. She eventually was a dress size 12, not obese by medical standards, but still quite larger than her television peers. 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 showFear Factor. Her appearance was notable for her panic at being in a "coffin" with large flatworms, Madagascar hissing cockroaches, and snakes.She married David Sanov, a California Highway Patrolman (who once appeared on Days of Our Lives in the role of a police officer) on July 8, 2000. On February 25, 2005, Sweeney gave birth to a son Benjamin Edward Sanov at 10:30 a.m. Sweeney currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son. In June 2008, she announced that she is expecting the couple's second child in the January 2009.Revealed she is expecting a baby girl in January 2009In 2007, she joined the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon as a co-host for the live television broadcast. She is expected to return to her co-hosting duties in 2008 for the Telethon, which is broadcast live from Las Vegas.She now hosts the fifth season of The Biggest Loser. Sweeney replaced Caroline Rhea in the fourth season. She has appeared in other NBC shows such as Friends and Las Vegas. >> By WikiPedia
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