Sigman began her career appearing on Mexican television, before making her film debut in
Rio de Oro. In 2011, 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, but it did not make the final shortlist. Sigman was nominated for a
Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award in 2011 for her performance in film. The following year, she played
Catalina Aguado in the Canadian documentary film
Flight of the Butterflies. In 2013, Sigman co-starred in the Norwegian thriller
Pioneer. In 2013, Sigman played the leading role in the
USA Network drama pilot
The Arrangement opposite
Bryan Greenberg. It was not ordered to series. Later that year, she 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 Valeria Vélez, a character based on
Virginia Vallejo, in the
Netflix crime thriller
Narcos. In 2015, Sigman appeared in the
James Bond film
Spectre, becoming the second Mexican actress to play a
Bond girl after
Linda Christian first played the role of Valerie Mathis in the 1954 TV adaptation of
Casino Royale. She later was cast as a female lead in the action comedy
Going Under, as well as
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, the former Army veteran who finds herself as 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 exited at the start of the third season, when her character left to pursue FBI training. Sigman starred as Sister Charlotte in the 2017 horror film
Annabelle: Creation. ==Personal life==