What is General Hospital fame Kelly Monaco’s net worth? Everything you need to know

Kelly Monaco is an American actress on General Hospital, who prominently featured as Sam McCall on the soap for 21 years. Recently, news of Monaco's character exiting the storyline has made headlines.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Kelly Monaco's net worth is an estimated 4 million US Dollars. The actress has also been known for her extensive charity work. In 2009, she and many daytime celebrities joined the Feed the Children program. As part of the program, Monaco paid a visit to Kenya, Africa, to deliver food and supplies to orphanages.

During her childhood, Monaco lived with her parents and siblings in Poconos and took acting lessons at Pocono Mountain High School. It was there that she met her former partner, Mike Gonzalez. They dated for 18 years, went to Northampton Community College together, and also worked as lifeguards at a local resort. However, the couple broke up in 2009.

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Kelly Monaco's actress profile and filmography explored

Kelly Monaco is an American actress and model who won the first season of Dancing with the Stars. She is best known for her role as Sam McCall on General Hospital. Apart from the soap, some of her most prominent works and roles have been listed here:

• BASEketball (1998 - debut) as Sharon
• Baywatch (1998) as lifeguard Susan
• Welcome to Hollywood (1998) as Baywatch Guard
• Idle Hands (1999) as Tiffany
• Mumford (1999) as Landlady's daughter
• Port Charles (2000-2003) as Livvie Locke
• Dirty Soap (2011) as herself
• Edge of the Garden (2011) as Julie

Monaco has also been nominated twice for a Daytime Emmy Award, once in 2003 and another time in 2005. Her first nomination was in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category, and her second nomination was for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

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Which character did Kelly Monaco play on General Hospital?

Kelly Monaco plays the role of Sam McCall on General Hospital. She took on the role in 2003 and has been playing the character for 21 years. However, Monaco is now poised to make her exit from her longtime role on the soap.

In an interview for Soap Opera Network, it was revealed that Monaco's character Sam would be killed off in the storyline, sometime in late 2024. The actress mentioned being blindsided by the decision to write her character off. Many soap fans have also been disappointed at the news.

Monaco's co-stars have also spoken about her exit from the soap. During an episode of the Daily Drama podcast actors Steve Burton and Bradford Anderson discussed the exit of their co-star. Anderson said:

"We’re on a break from the show, we heard about [the exit] last night just like you did. We do not have any information. I wish we had information we could tell you."

Burton went on to elaborate that the cast is hoping for a reason for the character's exit from the showrunners' side. As of now, General Hospital writers have released no information about why Kelly Monaco is leaving the soap.

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