Who was Ashley Benson on Days of Our Lives? Everything you need to know

Ashley Benson is an American actress who featured on Days of Our Lives as Abigail Devereaux. She played the character from 2004 to 2007 when Abigail rapidly grew from a child to a teenager.

Benson took on the role of a fifteen-year-old Abby and played the character for three years before her exit from the soap. After this, actress Kate Mansi was cast in the role of Abigail. The character has been essayed by many actresses apart from Benson and Mansi.

As a character, Abigail was introduced on the soap as the daughter of Jack and Jennifer Devereaux, and the sister of JJ Devereaux. Later, she became one half of a supercouple with Chad DiMera and had two children named Thomas and Charlotte with him.

Disclaimer: The article contains spoilers for the show.

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Ashley Benson as Abigail Devereaux: Storylines on Days of Our Lives

Abigail was born on-screen on Days of Our Lives in 1992, delivered by her father Jack Devereaux in the Horton cabin. As a baby, the character struggled with aplastic anemia, which was cured after a bone marrow transplant from Austin Reed.

Abby grew up in Africa and Ireland when her parents moved away from Salem. The constant moving made her parents estranged from each other, though they eventually got back together and remarried. The whole Devereaux family finally managed to reunite in Salem at Abby's sweet sixteen party. This is when the character was rapidly aged up and Ashley Benson stepped into the role.

Abby began to become part of a social circle involving Jennifer, Frankie, Max and Chelsea. Chelsea started dating Max and Jennifer got together with Frankie, leaving Abby upset. Due to this, she started seeing someone named Josh and wanted to become exclusive with him. However, Josh moved away later and the reason for the same was never explored on the soap.

Abby started studying business at college in Salem while her family left town once more. She started working as an assistant in Max's garage to help around with the tasks there. She even briefly dated Max but the relationship did not work out. At this point, Abby left for London to be with her family and did not return to screen for quite a few years. This marked Ashley Benson's exit from Days of Our Lives too.

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Ashley Benson actress profile and filmography explored

Ashley Benson is an actress and singer, who made her debut in the 2004 comedy film 13 Going on 30. The same year, she was also cast as Abigail Devereaux on Days of Our Lives, making her entry into the soap world as well. Some of Benson's most prominent film and television roles have been listed here:

• The District (2002) as Melissa Howell
• 7th Heaven (2005) as Margot
• Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal (2008) as Brooke Tippit
• Supernatural (2008) as Tracy Davis
• Eastwick (2009) as Mia Torcoletti
• Pretty Little Liars (2010-2017) as Hanna Marin
• Spring Breakers (2012) as Brit
• How I Met Your Mother (2013) as Carly Whittaker
• Family Guy (2014) as Dakota in a voice acting role
• Ratter (2015) as Emma Taylor
• Chronically Metropolitan (2016) as Jessie
• The Birthday Cake (2021) as Tracey
• The Loneliest Boy in the World (2022) as Margot
• Wilderness (2023) as Cara Parker
• McVeigh (2024) as Cindy

Ashley Benson is also trained in competitive dance including ballet, jazz, and hip-hop. She also has songwriting credits for the 2020 song Every Night of the Year and has an extensive music discography to her name.

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