Born on September 19, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, Alison Ann Sweeney is an actress best known for her portrayal of Samantha Brady on the soap opera,
Days of Our Lives . Having won four Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Fan Voted Daytime Emmy Award, she has been with the soap since January 1993. In 2002, she made an appearance on Fear Factor, where she was placed in a coffin with large flatworms, Madagascar hissing cockroaches and snakes. In 2004, Sweeney released her memoir, All The Days of My Life (So Far), where she discussed her struggle with her weight. A year later, she gave birth to her son, Benjamin Edward Sanov, who was fathered by David Sanov, a California highway patrolman.
Sweeney began hosting The Biggest Loser in season 4 as replacement for former host
Caroline Rhea . The Biggest Loser features overweight contestants vying for the prize through losing as much weight as they can in a span of around three months.
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