Stephanie Sigman

Stephanie Sigman (born 1987) is a Mexican actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 2011 crime drama film Miss Bala. She went to appear in Pioneer (2013), Spectre (2015), and Going Under (2016). On television, Sigman starred as Valeria Vélez in the first season of Netflix crime thriller, Narcos (2015).

Personal life

Sigman was born in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico, to a Mexican mother and an American father, Lee Sigman, a New York Yankees scout from Kansas. She is a U.S. citizen through her father.

Career

Sigman began her career appearing on Mexican television, before making her film debut in Rio de Oro. In 2011, she played the leading role of Laura Guerrero in the critically acclaimed Mexican crime drama film, Miss Bala. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. Sigman was nominated for a Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award in 2011 for her performance in film. The following year, she played Catalina Aguado in the Canadian documentary film Flight of the Butterflies. In 2013, Sigman co-starred in the Norwegian thriller Pioneer.

In 2013, Sigman played the leading role in the USA Network drama pilot The Arrangement opposite Bryan Greenberg. It not was ordered to series. Later that year, she was cast in a recurring role on the FX crime drama series, The Bridge. She also starred in the Arctic Monkeys music video for "Snap Out of It" in 2014. In 2015, Sigman played Valeria Vélez, character based on Virginia Vallejo, in the Netflix crime thriller, Narcos.

In 2015, Sigman appeared in the James Bond film, Spectre, becoming the second Mexican actress to play a Bond girl after Linda Christian first played the role of Valerie Mathis in the 1954 TV adaptation of Casino Royale. She later was cast as a female lead in the action comedy Going Under, and well as War on Everyone.

In 2016, Sigman had a recurring role as Monica Ava during the second season of critically acclaimed ABC anthology drama series, American Crime created by John Ridley. Ridley later cast Sigman in the leading role as Presence Foster, the former Army veteran who finds herself as unlicensed Private Investigator, in the ABC detective drama pilot, Presence.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Con lujo de detalle	Mujer	Short film
2010	Rio de Oro	Estela
2011	Miss Bala	Laura Guerrero	Nominated — Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award for Best Breakthrough
2012	Morelos	Francisca Ortiz
2012	Flight of the Butterflies	Catalina Aguado	Documentary film
2013	El cielo es azul	Laurada
2013	Pioneer	Maria Salatzar
2014	Alicia en el país de María	Alicia
2015	Shimmer Lake	Steph Burton
2015	Spectre	Estrella
2016	War on Everyone	Delores
2016	Going Under	Lupe

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	The Arrangement	Lourdes Nieves	Pilot
2013-14	The Bridge	Eva Guerra	Recurring role, 14 episodes
2015	Narcos	Valeria Velez	Series regular, 9 episodes
2016	American Crime	Monica Ava	Recurring role
2016	Presence	Presence Foster	Pilot

External links

• Stephanie Sigman at the Internet Movie Database

• http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/first-look-john-michael-mcdonagh-war-everyone/