ALL: Soap Stars - Where are they now?

[Darn]

MBJ posted about Chadwick Boseman's death, specifically mentions his time on AMC.

 

 

[Faulkner]

Anne Heche, Chrishell Stause, and Jesse Metcalfe have all been announced as part of this season’s Tyra Banks-hosted DWTS:

 

 

[Vee]

Amanda Seyfried (AMC, ATWT) plays Marion Davies in David Fincher's upcoming Netflix film Mank, about Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz.

 

 

[j swift]

I follow Alec Musser (AMC- Del Henry #2) on Instagram for the occasional shirtless pic and it got me thinking.  He hasn't had a credit worthy of IMDB since 2011.  However, as single man, he travels, he owns a house, and participates in expensive action sports.  How do these guys who seem to never work still manage to maintain these lives?  I am old enough to know that much of what is portrayed on social media is fake, but I still wonder how former daytime actors with very few subsequent jobs like Scott Bailey, Kyle Lowder, or Pierson Fode allow them to maintain a life of leisure? 

[Taoboi]

Well in Kyle Lowder's case, he always seem to be hustling whether it was on Broadway, in Vegas, or doing the online/Hallmark movie route. And if I am not mistaken, he has branched out into BTS as well. So he definitely keeps busy enough to maintain I think. If Alec is still doing action sports, perhaps he has sponsors. 

[Chris B]

In the case of Alec Musser and many other former soap stars, perhaps he works in another industry. Just because they don’t post about it doesn’t mean they aren’t working. Hell, Judi Evans sells funeral plots between soap stints. I’m sure more than we know have a side hustle.  

[Taoboi]

@Chris B and isn't Judi also a nurse or was a nurse.

 

But agree.

[j swift]

@Taoboi @Chris B I get the side hustle, but am I the only looking at former daytime actor's social media posts and wondering how they are continuing to make a living (especially during stay-at-home orders)?  Perhaps I worry too much, but nine years without a gig in most professions would put one at risk for poverty.

[DramatistDreamer]

Ming-Na Wen discussed her cameo in the live-action version of Mulan.

[Chris B]

But that’s just is, I don’t think they are truly in the industry. Martha Madison is another who is a bartender and moved to Texas. She’s only back on Days more full time bc so many people quit. With less soaps there’s less opportunity for soap actors because not everybody can crossover to primetime and film. Like you said, they can’t continue making a living with no acting gigs, hence why so many develop different ways to make money. 

[Cheap21]

 

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Did ya'll know Chrishell was on a reality show on Netflix? This is news to me. How was she on it?

[DaytimeFan]

 

Selling Sunset is a sensation - Season 3 premiered this summer and it really caught the zeitgeist. Chrishell is the 'heroine' of the show and comes across well. You see her marriage to Justin Hartley implode in the latest season (he doesn't appear in it).

[Taoboi]

Yeah. I've heard nothing, but good things about her. Now some of her co-workers. lol.

 

I still remember her talking about while she was filming her latest stunt on DAYS pre-time jump. So good to see it is doing well.

Oh, Justin didn't. Ha.

[Jonathan]

 

Cheap you need to come out of your groundhog hole!  HELLO! 

[DramatistDreamer]

Shadow and Act, the Black entertainment blog named a list actresses that they believe to be underrated and deserve "their flowers" and Debbie Morgan and Tamara Tunie are both on the list.

Edited September 24, 2020 by DramatistDreamer
Autocorrect can be so stupid.