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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amber Raiken

Jamie-Lynn Sigler praises Eric Dane’s ALS role ahead of her own Grey’s Anatomy MS storyline

Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who’s been living with Multiple Sclerosis for two decades, has commended Eric Dane for playing a firefighter with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on TV, months after revealing he was diagnosed with the disease in real life.

In November, Dane — who announced in April 2025 that he was diagnosed with ALS and has since spoken publicly about his symptoms — made a cameo on Brilliant Minds, where his character, Matthew Ramati, struggled to share his ALS diagnosis with his family.

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