There is another face change in Port Charles as actress Nicole Paggi has temporarily replaced Kirsten Storms as Maxie Jones on General Hospital, beginning with the December 27 episode. As first reported by Soap Opera Digest, Paggi will take over the role of Maxie, the eldest daughter of Frisco Jones (Jack Wagner) and Felicia Cummings (Kristina Wagner), who has been a part of the long-running daytime drama since 1993. Storms, who was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2009, has portrayed the character since 2005. This isn’t the first time the character of Maxie has changed faces. Robyn Richards first portrayed the role from 1993 to 2004 before Storms took over in 2005. In 2011, Storms took extended medical leave, with Jen Lilley temporarily taking on the role. Storms also had temporary absences in 2016, 2017, and 2018, with Molly Burnett frequently stepping in in her place. Paggi is perhaps best known for playing Jennie Bradbury on Mike White‘s critically acclaimed Fox series Pasadena.
- 12/28/2023
- TV Insider
The Daytime Emmys could nominate two Belles for the price of one in this year’s race for Best Supporting Actress. Martha Madison is pre-nominated for playing Belle Black on “Days of Our Lives,” but also on the ballot is Kirsten Storms, who currently co-stars on “General Hospital” as Maxie Jones. From 1999-2004, when Storms was a teenager, she was the one who popularized the role of Belle. But Storms was never nominated for that role, and so far Madison hasn’t been either.
Belle is the daughter of “Days” super-couple Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) and John Black (Best Actor pre-nominee Drake Hogestyn). The character was actually born in 1993, but the show rapidly aged her to her teenage years with the casting of Storms. However, the actress didn’t get on the Emmy radar until she left “Days” and joined “Gh” as Maxie, another legacy character.
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Belle is the daughter of “Days” super-couple Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) and John Black (Best Actor pre-nominee Drake Hogestyn). The character was actually born in 1993, but the show rapidly aged her to her teenage years with the casting of Storms. However, the actress didn’t get on the Emmy radar until she left “Days” and joined “Gh” as Maxie, another legacy character.
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- 2/7/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
1980: Atwt''s Jay tried to calm Carol outside the Wade Bookstore fire.
1986: Dynasty's Krystle battled her look-a-like.
1986: General Hospital's Frisco worked on the Brownstone murder.
1993: Alison Sweeney debuted as Sami Brady on Days of our Lives."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1958: On The Edge of Night, Toni Fescina was kidnapped by one of Sgt. Fitzsimmons' (Frank Sutton) goons.
1975: On The Doctors, Dr. Karen Werner (Laryssa Lauret) fantasized about living with Erich (Keith Blanchard) in Germany.
1973: On Another World, Steve (George Reinholt...
1986: Dynasty's Krystle battled her look-a-like.
1986: General Hospital's Frisco worked on the Brownstone murder.
1993: Alison Sweeney debuted as Sami Brady on Days of our Lives."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1958: On The Edge of Night, Toni Fescina was kidnapped by one of Sgt. Fitzsimmons' (Frank Sutton) goons.
1975: On The Doctors, Dr. Karen Werner (Laryssa Lauret) fantasized about living with Erich (Keith Blanchard) in Germany.
1973: On Another World, Steve (George Reinholt...
- 1/22/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1980: Atwt''s Jay tried to calm Carol outside the Wade Bookstore
fire. 1986: Dynasty's Krystle battled her look-a-like. 1986: Gh's
Frisco worked on the Brownstone murder. 1993: Alison
Sweeney debuted as Sami on Days of our Lives."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1958: On The Edge of Night, Toni Fescina was kidnapped by one of Sgt. Fitzsimmons' (Frank Sutton) goons.
fire. 1986: Dynasty's Krystle battled her look-a-like. 1986: Gh's
Frisco worked on the Brownstone murder. 1993: Alison
Sweeney debuted as Sami on Days of our Lives."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1958: On The Edge of Night, Toni Fescina was kidnapped by one of Sgt. Fitzsimmons' (Frank Sutton) goons.
- 1/23/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
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