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Jamie-Lynn Sigler Brings Her MS to Grey’s Anatomy in Emotive Guest Role

She treats the part as advocacy through candid talk of diagnosis, treatment, representation.

Overview

  • Sigler appears as urologist Dr. Laura Kaplan, a physician living with multiple sclerosis, in a Grey’s Anatomy episode that aired Thursday on ABC.
  • She said delivering the line “I have MS” on camera was deeply emotional and marked a personal milestone.
  • Before filming, she asked the show to portray someone “in their power” living with MS, and she now says every character she plays has MS whether it is stated or not.
  • She told Us Weekly she takes Kesimpta monthly for relapsing MS after starter doses and has partnered with Novartis on resources for patients.
  • Coverage conflicts on the year of her diagnosis, though reports align that she kept it private until 2016.