Common Hospital giveth, and Common Hospital taketh away. As cleaning soap followers react to the information that Jonathan Jackson is as soon as once more leaving the ABC daytime drama, Kelly Thiebaud is preparing for her comeback.
Thiebaud, final seen on GH greater than two years in the past, will probably be again on the present in July, in response to Deadline.
The actor mentioned in an announcement that it’s “good to be residence,” and government producer Frank Valentini mentioned he’s “thrilled” to have her again.
“We now have some nice twists and turns deliberate for her character,” Valentini added.
However what is that character? As Deadline experiences, it’s unclear whether or not Thiebaud will as soon as once more play Dr. Britt Westbourne — who, so far as GH followers know, is useless — or will play a unique Port Charles denizen.
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Thiebaud made her debut because the antagonistic Britt — daughter of supervillains Cesar Faison (Anders Hove) and Dr. Liesl Obrecht (Kathleen Gati) and brother of Det. Nathan West (Ryan Paevey) — in September 2012.
Enjoying the so-called Depraved Witch of the Westbourne earned Thiebaud a Daytime Emmy in 2022. Britt left the Common Hospital canvas in January 2023 as she succumbed to a poisoned hook wielded by Heather Webber (Alley Mills).
“I wished to be useless useless, as unhappy as that’s to say, as a result of I actually love enjoying Britt. I actually, actually do,” Thiebaud informed Michael Fairman on the time. “I had a lot enjoyable on the present, and I really feel actually fortunate with that character … General, I actually beloved enjoying her, however simply the place I’m in my life now and issues that I need to do, it was mainly like, Frank was like, ‘You need to die, proper?’ And I used to be like, ‘Yeah, I believe we should always kill her.’”
Throughout her first GH run, Thiebaud additionally appeared on ABC’s primetime lineup, enjoying Eva Vasquez on the firefighter drama Station 19.
The information of Thiebaud’s comeback comes quickly after the information of Jackson’s exit. Jackson returned to the function of Fortunate Spencer on Common Hospital in August 2024, however followers realized final week that he’d be leaving the present once more subsequent week.
“We had been so glad Jonathan was capable of reprise the function of Fortunate, even when it was for a restricted time,” Valentini mentioned in an announcement. “We want him nothing however the very best, and the door is at all times open for Jonathan to return.”
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