Soap Opera It Girls

[Soapfan8]

Who would you say have been each the 4 soaps it girl aka the star for the majority of the current soaps runs, and the it girl as of today. Basically the actress who has carried the show, and received strong audience feedback with not only their characters but pairings for a prominent majority or the current duration of the show. T

i would say:

Bold- Susan, Joanna(80s), KKL Present: Jacqui 

YR- past: Jeanne Cooper, Brenda Dickson, Melody Thomas Scott. Present: Courtney Hope

Gh- Genie Francis, Vannesa Marcil. Present: idk maybe Laura Wright.

days- past: Dedire hall, Alison Sweeney, present: idk

[Franko]

I feel confident in saying that GH's first It Girl is Emily McLaughlin. She would be followed by Denise Alexander, Genie Francis, Emma Samms, Finola Hughes (with Kristina Wagner as the girl-in-waiting), Vanessa Marcil, Sarah Joy Brown and Laura Wright.

As for Days, and of course, subject to opinion, it's Maree Cheatham, Susan Seaforth Hayes (with Denise Alexander as the girl-in-waiting), Deidre Hall, Kristian Alfonso, Mary Beth Evans (with Patsy Pease as the girl-in-waiting), Melissa Reeves, Deidre again (sometimes alongside Eileen Davidson), Allison Sweeney, Arianne Zucker for a while there and I dunno, Victoria Konefal? Linsey Godfrey? Deidre yet again for nostalgia's sake?

Edited November 13, 2022 by Franko

[Paul Raven]

 Susan Flannery definitely deserves credit here. 

Jaime Lyn Bauer, Eileen Davidson, Lauralee Bell

[Franko]

I KNEW I was missing somebody.

[dragonflies]

BOLD's IT girl has definitely been Steffy

[Joseph]

I guess Days It Girl is Ari Zucker, She has been nominated for lead actress A few times lately and Nicole's Slutting Around seems pretty relevant on the show, But Marci, O'Brien, And Lindsay Godfrey also have been kinda important 

[carolineg]

Obviously, MyGirl Vanessa owns this thread, but she was a moment/icon/legend......that GH cares nothing about these days lol.  Carly definitely has been the it girl for longer, but GH is weird.  Sam, Courtney, Kate/Connie, Emily, etc.  all were it girls for awhile but then went away.  

I would argue as long as Dee's been on Days (post-1980) she was always the "it girl" even now.  Except for 1992, I can't remember a moment she was truly backburned.  I also considered Kim more important that Kayla.  She had all the drama.   I would also say Christie Clark's Carrie, Lisa Rinna's Billie, CC's Carly, and KS's Belle were very much it girls in their time, but didn't last.

[SteelCity]

Lol. So everyone who's slept with Sonny?

[carolineg]

Well, Courtney didn't lol.  But she was his sister.  Sonny/Jason pairings do equate airtime, but they seem to disappear once they break up with them.

[dragonflies]

None of them were "IT" girls at all, Brenda was for the 90s and that's about it lol 

 

I think people need to look up what an "IT" girl is lol 

[NiqueAlexis2020]

See Sam once they broke up Jasam for good 

[carolineg]

Well, Sam got a lot of airtime, but she never really developed a personality outside being Jason's appendage.  But her and Dante barely appear anymore.   I still can't believe how little the show uses Dante and a decade ago you couldn't get a day off from him.

[Franko]

There's a lot of overlapping. You almost have to go year-by-year. 1993, for example, had Marlena, but also Carly, Billie and Kristen.

[Soapfan8]

I think Victoria Konefal was before she left 

[carolineg]

Definitely.  Days had several leading ladies in the 90's that could be considered.  I haven't even mentioned MR's Jen, who was certainly an it girl as well in that time period.  

That's a great one!  Absolutely.