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Days of our Lives Comings and Goings: Star Tackles Double Duty

A prominent star is tackling double duty on Days of our Lives.

By Janet Di Lauro
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Are there any moves on the casting front at Days of our Lives? Find out if any newcomers or popular stars from yesteryear are joining the show this week or in the near future in contract, recurring, or day-player roles and if any of your favorite actors or actresses are leaving the Peacock soap. 

The Week of December 23, 2024

Deidre Hall, best known for her role as Dr. Marlena Evans, is pulling double duty again. The actress turns up as the good doc’s lookalike, Hattie Adams, on Monday, December 23.  She’ll share scenes with Galen Gering’s Rafe, Greg Rikaart’s Leo, and Martha Madison’s Belle. 

Sal Stowers and Lamon Archey continue their holiday visit as Lani and Eli Grant. The pair appear on Thursday, December 26, in scenes with Jackée Harry’s Paulina and James Reynolds’ Abe, and their adorable onscreen twins join them. Namely, Dion and Raegen Yancy, who share the role of young Jules Grant, and Zyair and Zamir Ashford, who portray Carver Grant.

Finley Rose Slater pops in as Rachel Black on Thursday, December 26. The young actress shares screen time with Stacy Haiduk, who plays her TV mom, Kristen, and Sal Stowers.

Xander (Paul Telfer) and Sarah’s (Linsey Godfrey) daughter finally makes another appearance. The Kerr twins, who debuted back in May, air in Christmas scenes on Wednesday, December 25.

Madelyn Kientz resurfaces as Sophia Choi on Friday, December 27, 2024. She interacts with  Leo Howard’s Tate and Ashley Puzemis’s Holly. 
Janet Di Lauro
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Janet Di Lauro is a contributing editor at Soap Opera Digest and a writer at Cynopsis.com and Soap Hub.com.
She has been writing about daytime and primetime television for over 30 years.
Prior to her current gigs, Janet ran ThoughtCo.com’s Days of our Lives website. She has built a career in daytime television coverage that has spanned over 30 years and includes a stint as the West Coast editor of Soap Opera Weekly magazine from the publication’s debut in 1989 through 2010. In addition, she was the features editor of Daytime TV magazine and editor of Soap Opera Stars magazine during her publishing years working in New York.
Based in California, Janet has interviewed daytime’s biggest stars, past and present, from Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo and Hope, Days of Our Lives”) to Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children) to Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) to Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless). In addition to her daytime work, she served as a contributing editor on the tween publication Pixie and was a feature editor on Reality Check magazine.

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