Big changes are coming to Port Charles: Kelly Monaco, who plays Sam McCall on General Hospital, is leaving the show. Deadline confirmed that Monaco, who has been with the show since 2003 and has appeared in over 2,200 episodes, will be leaving this fall. She has been nominated for two Daytime Emmys and won the first season of Dancing with the Stars.
Soap Opera Network was the first to report this news.
Monaco’s departure is similar to what happened on CBS’ The Bold & the Beautiful earlier this year. The show’s Executive Producer, Brad Bell, decided to kill off the character Sheila Carter, played by Kimberlin Brown. Brown said it was a tough decision, but the show later decided to bring her character back.
General Hospital Faces Big Changes: Co-Head Writer Exits, New Writer Joins, and Sawandi Wilson Debuts as New Character(Kelly Monaco)
Big changes are happening at General Hospital. Earlier this month, it was announced that co-head writer Patrick Mulcahey is leaving the show, and Chris Van Etten will be coming back to lead the writing team with Elizabeth Korte.
Last week, Deadline revealed that Sawandi Wilson from Star Trek: Discovery will join the cast as a character named Isaiah, who has a connection to Jonathan Jackson’s Lucky. Wilson’s first episode airs on August 26.
