Alison Sweeney will return to Days Of Our Lives as Sami when the soap resumes production next month
Days Of Our Lives favorite Alison Sweeney will return as Sami when soap resumes production next month
The troublemaker Sami is returning to Salem.
Actress Alison Sweeney, most known for playing the explosive daughter of classic character Marlena on NBC’s long-running soap opera Days Of Our Lives, will reprise her role of Sami Brady when the sudser resumes production in September, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Sweeney, 43, is set to rejoin the cast next week on August 31st in Burbank, California when filming starts up again after a prolonged hiatus due to COVID-19.
She’s back: Actress Alison Sweeney, most known for playing the explosive Sami on NBC’s Days Of Our Lives, will reprise her role of when the sudser resumes production; seen in 2019
‘It is always a beautiful day in Salem when we get to welcome Alison Sweeney back to the canvas,’ DOOL executive producer Ken Corday said in a statement.
‘Sami Brady is an integral part of our show’s history, and we are elated that she’s coming home again.’
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Unlike other daytime soaps which resumed production last month, Days had already filmed enough episodes before the pandemic hit that the series had enough fresh content to last through October.
More to come: Sweeney is set to rejoin the cast next week on August 31st in Burbank when filming starts up again after a hiatus due to COVID-19; seen with Galen Gering on the show
Alison, whose been on the daytime drama on-and-off since 1993, had already shot episodes for this year, first reappearing as Sami in mid-July.
The actress, who was part of former DOOL power-couple Sami and EJ, took a hiatus from the show in 2014, returning in 2017.
She remained on the show through 2018, and appeared in a handful of episodes last year.
On and off character: Alison, who was part of former DOOL power-couple Sami and EJ, took a hiatus from the show in 2014, returning in 2017; seen here in 2013
The episodes already in the can for Sweeney will see Sami on the show through September, with the next shoot to continue into October.
Her upcoming storyline ‘will center around family and her recently SORASed daughter Allie Horton [Lindsay Arnold],’ according to show representatives.
SORAS refers to ‘Soap opera rapid aging syndrome’.
Outside of Days Of Our Lives, Alison also portrays Alex McPherson in Hallmark Channel’s TV Movies The Chronicle Mysteries.
Outside of Days Of Our Lives: Alison also portrays Alex McPherson in Hallmark Channel’s TV Movies The Chronicle Mysteries
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