Stephanie Sigman is a talented Mexican actress who has made a significant impact in the entertainment industry. Born in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico, to a Mexican mother and an American father, Lee Sigman, a New York Yankees scout from Kansas, Sigman is a U.S. citizen through her father.
Sigman's early career began with appearances on Mexican television, before she made her film debut in Rio de Oro. Her breakthrough role came in 2011 when she played the leading role of Laura Guerrero in the 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, although it did not make the final shortlist. Sigman's performance earned her a nomination for a Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award in 2011.
In 2013, Sigman co-starred in the Norwegian thriller Pioneer, and later that year, she played the leading role in the USA Network drama pilot The Arrangement opposite Bryan Greenberg. Although the pilot was not ordered to series, Sigman 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 the role of Valeria Vélez, a character based on Virginia Vallejo, in the Netflix crime thriller, Narcos. She also appeared in the James Bond film, Spectre, becoming the second Mexican actress to play a Bond girl after Linda Christian. Sigman later starred in the action comedy Going Under, and the film War on Everyone.
In 2016, Sigman had a recurring role as Monica Ava during the second season of the ABC anthology drama series, American Crime, created by John Ridley. Ridley later cast Sigman in the leading role as Presence Foster, a former Army veteran who finds herself as an unlicensed Private Investigator, in the ABC detective drama pilot, Presence.
In 2017, Sigman began playing Jessica Cortez, captain and commanding officer of the LAPD Metropolitan Division in S.W.A.T. She also starred as Sister Charlotte in Annabelle: Creation, opposite Miranda Otto. The horror film was released on August 11, 2017.
