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General Hospital's Kelly Monaco, who plays Sam McCall, is reportedly leaving the soap. The estimated timeline of Kelly's exit is fall 2024, with Soap Opera Network reporting that her character will be killed off. The outlet also reports that Kelly Monaco was "blindsided" by this decision.
Kelly Monaco's reported departure will end her 21-year run at General Hospital. The actor first appeared on the General Hospital spin-off Port Charles, where she played Livvie Locke from 2000 to 2003. After Port Charles was canceled, Kelly transferred to the main series as Sam McCall.
Kelly Monaco will likely leave General Hospital in the fall of 2024
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Kelly Monaco is reported to leave the soap in the fall of this year. The exact date and manner of her departure have not been officially confirmed, but Soap Opera Network reports that her character, Sam McCall, will be killed off.
If reports are confirmed, then Kelly Monaco will leave the soap after around 24 years of being a part of its universe. She started out as Livvie Locke in the spin-off Port Charles before joining General Hospital as Sam McCall in 2003.
In addition to General Hospital, Kelly Monaco competed in ABC's Dancing with the Stars, where she was the first-season winner. In April 1997, she was also named Playboy's Playmate of the Month.
Her first television role was as a rookie lifeguard named Susan on Baywatch, in addition to two roles as an extra and as the bodydouble of Carmen Elektra, who couldn't swim.
Other projects Kelly Monaco has undertaken include roles in movies such as Idle Hands and Mumford, a guest spot in Spin City, and an appearance as herself on the E! reality show Dirty Soap.
Kelly Monaco played Sam McCall in General Hospital
Sam was introduced as the daughter of mobster Julian Jerome and lawyer Alexis Davis. The two had her when they were teenagers. Feeling unprepared for parenthood, they put her up for adoption.
Sam McCall was raised by Cody McCall and Evelyn Bass, with the two choosing adoption since their biological son, Danny, had developmental issues. Evelyn eventually left Cody due to his con artist ways. Cody ended up raising Sam on his own, and she eventually visited Evelyn upon turning 17.
There, she found Danny locked in the basement. While rescuing him, he knocked over a candle, unwittingly burning down the house with Evelyn still inside.
A fugitive from the law and burdened with taking care of Danny, Sam became a full-fledged con artist to make a living. By the time she entered Port Charles, Sam was searching for the "Dead Man's Hand" and having an affair with Jasper Jacks, which broke off after Jasper's father's death.
Sam also had affairs with Jason Morgan and Drew Quartermaine. When Jason got engaged to Carly Spencer, Sam was conflicted because of her lingering feelings for Jason and had a momentary breakdown upon overhearing the two might have married for business. Eventually, however, she gave Jason and Carly her blessing while leaving an open invitation for Carly to contact her if she needed anything.
General Hospital airs on ABC and Hulu
