Alison and her busy career as TV star and mother

Born in Los Angeles, California, Alison Sweeney is an actress and TV host.

Alison is best known for playing Sami Brady on Days of Our Lives. She has been on the daytime drama for more than 16 years and won numerous awards, including The Soap Opera Digest Awards four times (in 1986, '98, '99 and 2001) for the role of "Favorite Villain" and the award for "Favorite Good Girl" in 2001. Additionally, she won "America's Favorite Villain" award at the 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

In 2007, she started doing double duties on TV. Along with her continuing role on Days, she became the new host of season four of the reality series, The Biggest Loser, in 2007. Her talk show appearances include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Today, Rachel Ray, Ellen, and Access Hollywood.

In 2004, Alison became an author with the book, "All The Days of My Life (So Far)," which gave a glimpse into Alison's personal life by describing her experience as a child actor, life on the set of Days, painful high school memories and the struggle to lose weight and keep it off.

In this 2009 interview with SIDEWALKS host Rafael Siegel, Alison talks about juggling a professional career and motherhood. As part of the promotional tour, Alison is joined by Michael J. Negrete, PharmD, the Chief Executive Officer of The Pharmacy Foundation of California, where they discuss how viewers can control allergies.