Days of our Lives alum Julie Dove recently received a Webby Awards nomination for one of her projects. Soap Hub caught up with the actress recently.
Webby Awards Nomination
Bryan: I hear you have some big news as it relates to one of your projects!
Julie: Yes, I’m very excited. My podcast True Texas Crime, The Significant Life of Angela Stevens, has been nominated for [two] Webby Awards — Best Indie Podcast in the Limited Run category and in the 29th Annual Webby Award People’s Voice category, so we’ve got two chances to win something. But it’s not about winning. This story [is] about Angela Stevens, who was a girl that was brutally murdered in my hometown the summer after my senior year. It is nice for her family to continue to know that her life mattered and that people have listened. It’s nice for me, because I feel blessed to have a lot of friends and fans from the soap world that have listened and said, ‘Oh, it’s really good’, but when people outside of your circle, that you don’t even know say, ‘wow, this is worth recognition’, [makes it] very special.
Bryan: Will there by additional cases you cover?
Julie: We want to tell stories about victims in Texas, who we [and also the victim’s]family feels like their story wasn’t really heard. There are so many people that lose their life [due to] crime and murder, and I feel like we want to try to help give families closure by being able to feel like they’ve been heard and someone’s listening to them.
Bryan: That must be extremely gratifying.
Julie: It really is. I listen to a lot of true crime, and I feel like a lot of it is focused on the killer and how crazy the killer is and their story, and I feel like that is a road to go down, and people are interested in those stories, but we’re trying to focus on the victims and their families and the impact it has on them.
Bryan: Speaking of killers…..what was it like to wind down playing Connie, who was, shall we say, Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs?
Julie: Oh, I like that, Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. I really enjoyed [playing Connie]. I think what’s great is when a character has layers and it’s not one-dimensional. Connie could have just been a killer, but we got to see her constantly struggle on-screen and question what she was doing in her conversations with Lee (Remington Hoffman). Her mind was still there, but it was great to be able to do comedy, which is usually what I’m cast as. But for someone to entrust me with such a serious storyline was really touching. I really enjoyed the very last scenes that Connie had in the police station, saying goodbye to Lee.
She was just this kooky, offbeat person, which I find myself to be too, but the rejection from Lee is what made her snap. Connie gave that speech about being on 500 first dates, and she can count the second dates on one hand, and she thought Lee was different. She tried so hard and thought she was such a nice, fun person who could not take the rejection anymore. I don’t think she was always crazy. I think that the rejection from Lee made her snap.
Vote Now
From now until April 17th, fans can cast their votes at vote.webbyawards.com. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, and honored in a star-studded show at Cipriani Wall Street.
To listen to True Texas Crime: The Significant Life of Angela Stevens, visit Visit Julie’s website at juliedove.com/ and you can find The Webby Awards Online: webbyawards.com
