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Soap Opera Comings and Goings: A Supercouple, Fave, And Guest Return

By Janet Di Lauro
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Who’s coming and who’s going from the soap opera casts of The Bold and the Beautiful (BB), Days of our Lives (DAYS), General Hospital (GH), and The Young and the Restless (YR)?

Soap Opera Casting For The Week Of April 11, 2022

Here’s a list of the top exit and entrance news from all four daytime dramas. Find out if any of your favorite performers from yesteryear are returning to the shows you follow, or if any new actors or actresses have been cast in contract, recurring, or day player roles.

Days of our Lives

Matthew Ashford and Melissa Reeves, who play Days of our Lives soap opera supercouple Jack and Jennifer Deveraux, pop back into Salem this week. The pair are in town to attend Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien) and Xander Cook’s (Paul Telfer) wedding.

Ru Paul’s Drag Race star Jackie Cox is also slated to pay a visit to Salem. Cox, who was previously on Days of our Lives: Beyond Salem in 2021, will be appearing as herself on the soap.

General Hospital

Over at General Hospital Vanessa Mathison, real-life wife of actor Cameron Mathison, who plays Drew Cain, is set to air on the soap. She’ll portray Mia, an executive coach, on Wednesday, April 20 in scenes opposite her husband.

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James Patrick Stuart is back as Valentin Cassadine. The actor had been on a break from the soap opera while filming the Disney+ series, Villains of Valley View.

Meanwhile, Stuart’s recently cast TV daughter, Amelie McLain, is already off the canvas as Charlotte Cassadine. The character has been shipped off to boarding school.

The Bold and the Beautiful

With Steffy Forrester Finnegan (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) still in the hospital Ashley Jones is back for more screen time as Dr. Bridget Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. She appears Monday, April 18 through Friday, April 22.

Meanwhile, Dan Martin returns to the soap opera as Deputy Baker, the detective investigating Dr. John “Finn” Finnegan (Tanner Novlan) and Steffy’s shooting. The actor airs on Friday, April 22.

Please note that air dates may be subject to change.
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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