Abby Deveraux
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Abigail "Abby" Johanna Deveraux (born onscreen October 19, 1992) is a fictional character
on the NBC daytime drama Days of our Lives
. Abby was created by scriptwriter Sheri Anderson
and executive producer Ken Corday
. The role was originated by Meghan and Michael Nelson on October 19, 1992. Paige and Ryanne Kettner took over the role in 1994. Megan Corletto
played Abigail from 2001 to 2003, followed by Jillian Clare
from 2003 to 2004. The role was again recast in 2004 to represent an older Abby. Fifteen-year-old actress Ashley Benson
was cast as Abby and remained with the show until her departure from the soap in 2007. In 2010, it was reported that the character of Abby would be brought back to the canvas now played by newcomer actress Kate Mansi. She aired in March
Abby's storylines often focused on young love and budding romances. She is a member of the high class-core family, the Hortons. She is the daughter of popular super couple Jack Deveraux and Jennifer Horton. Abby was often titularized as the show's younger leading heroine during her time on the show. She is known for her popular pairing with Max Brady
, which spanned from 2005 to 2007. Max was a race car driver, and the two would often flirt in his car garage. Abby is very close friends with Chelsea Brady
.
Ashley Benson decided to depart the role in 2007. The entire Deveraux clan (Jennifer Horton
, Jack Deveraux
, and Jack Jr.) all departed for London. Abby's parents, Jack and Jennifer, received a high-rank job at the London Spectator (newspaper company). However, Jennifer's portrayer, Melissa Reeves
, returned to the show in 2010.
's mother Abigail Johanna.
When Abby is 8 months old, she comes down with aplastic anemia
as the result of polluted well water. A bone marrow
donation from Austin Reed
saves her life. Her father then discovers that he is responsible for the toxic dumping which had happened years earlier, when his own father used him to sign papers. Jack is traumatized with guilt and leaves town because he thought Jennifer and Abby would be better off without him. Years later, he returns and the entire Deveraux family goes to live in Africa
for a few years.
, where she and her mother live before returning to Salem in 2000. When her father returns to town, Abby hopes her estranged parents will reunite, but her mom has other ideas. Eventually her parents make their way back to each other and remarry. When Jack was hit on the head by the Salem Stalker, he was rendered brain dead. Jennifer made the heart-renching decision to turn off his life support. It was a decision that Abby couldn't forgive her for.
After Jack's death, Jennifer finds out she was pregnant. Months later, she starts receiving messages from Jack via her cell phone. This leads her to the island Melaswen where all the presumed dead victims of the Salem Stalker are. While on the island, Jennifer gives birth to Jack, Jr., Abby's brother. Jack, Jennifer and their newborn son are briefly reunited until Jack is presumed dead once again by drowning while trying to escape. In reality, he has been kidnapped again.
. Abby begins dating a guy named Josh. Jack gets trapped behind a door and has to watch them kissing.
Sadly, Jack becomes terminally ill shortly after his return but dies when his car crashes into a river and his body is never found. Jennifer and Frankie Brady
begin seeing each other which upsets Abby, especially when she walks in on them making love in her parents room. Abby even begins considering sleeping with Josh, even though she had always planned to wait until marriage. At a Pier Party with Chelsea and Max, Josh asks Abby to be exclusive and Abby tells Chelsea she is going to sleep with him first and then decide, but when things started to get hot, Abby gets a phone call and has to go. Little did both girls know that pictures of them kissing their boyfriends were taken by website owners and posted online which Frankie and Jennifer ended up finding. Josh goes off screen later when Abby develops feelings for Max and his disappearance is never explained.
In 2006, during Abby's mother, Jennifer's wedding to Frankie, Jack returns from being presumed dead with his presumed-dead amnesiac brother, Steve Johnson. After receiving a successful experimental treatment for his illness, Jack is finally cured and able to return to his life. Jack, Jennifer and Jack, Jr. soon leave for London to run the Spectator newspaper office. Abigail remained in Salem at the university studying business.
Abby soon begins working as an assistant at friend Max Brady
's garage, helping with paperwork and generally keeping the garage in order. Abby soon develops a crush on Max and begins displaying jealous feelings towards Max's relationship with Mimi Lockhart
. When Mimi leaves town, Max is available again. Max soon admits his crush on Abby, and the two start dating, but only briefly. Abby's aunt, Maggie Horton
, and Jack, push her to not go out with Max. When Max tells Abby that he wants to stay friends and not pursue a relationship with her, she gets in a fight with him and leaves Salem to spend the summer with her family in London and didn't return.
returns to Salem after a 4-year absence and explains that Abby is studying her schoolwork in Spain for the semester.
On March 2, 2011, Abby surprises her mom when she returns to Salem and expresses her dismay for Jack's absence. She tries to talk Jennifer into moving on without Jack and tries to push her off on Dr. Daniel Jonas, the surgeon who saved her life. Abby is instantly attracted to Chad DiMera who she learns is Stefano DiMera
's son and realizes she should keep her distance. Chad comforts Abby when she learns that her mother divorcing her father and admits she wishes her parents were still together. They soon begin dating, but Chad's step-mother, Kate starts plotting to break them up, but that plan quickly falls apart when Chad gets shot and 'disowns' his heritage. Now Abby's dealing with the return of Jack.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
on the NBC daytime drama Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
. Abby was created by scriptwriter Sheri Anderson
Sheri Anderson
Sheri Anderson is an American television writer and producer who is the author of the new fiction novel series, Salem's Secrets, Scandals and Lies, based on the television series Days of our Lives and being released in conjunction with their 45th Anniversary. She previously worked primarily on...
and executive producer Ken Corday
Ken Corday
Ken Corday is an American television soap opera producer and music composer. He is the son of the late Ted and Betty Corday...
. The role was originated by Meghan and Michael Nelson on October 19, 1992. Paige and Ryanne Kettner took over the role in 1994. Megan Corletto
Megan Corletto
Megan Naomi Corletto is an American actress. She is known for the role as Abby Deveraux #2 on the Days of our Lives .-Career:...
played Abigail from 2001 to 2003, followed by Jillian Clare
Jillian Clare
Jillian Clare is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as pre-teenAbigail "Abby" Deveraux on Days of our Lives and for her lead role as Victoria "Tori" Archer on Miss Behave, a series that the teen actress also produces.-Biography:Born in Portland, Oregon, and named for a...
from 2003 to 2004. The role was again recast in 2004 to represent an older Abby. Fifteen-year-old actress Ashley Benson
Ashley Benson
Ashley Victoria Benson is an American film and television actress, and model. She is known for her role as Abigail Deveraux on Days Of Our Lives , Carson in Bring It On: In It to Win It, and Hanna Marin on Pretty Little Liars.Benson was born and raised in Anaheim Hills, California...
was cast as Abby and remained with the show until her departure from the soap in 2007. In 2010, it was reported that the character of Abby would be brought back to the canvas now played by newcomer actress Kate Mansi. She aired in March
Abby's storylines often focused on young love and budding romances. She is a member of the high class-core family, the Hortons. She is the daughter of popular super couple Jack Deveraux and Jennifer Horton. Abby was often titularized as the show's younger leading heroine during her time on the show. She is known for her popular pairing with Max Brady
Max Brady
Maxwell "Max" Brady is a character on the soap opera Days of our Lives. He was portrayed by Darin Brooks from June 21, 2005 to July 7, 2009 and briefly on March 15 and 16th 2010.-Character's background:...
, which spanned from 2005 to 2007. Max was a race car driver, and the two would often flirt in his car garage. Abby is very close friends with Chelsea Brady
Chelsea Brady
Chelsea Benson Brady is a fictional character on the NBC Soap Opera Days of our Lives. Created by head writer Sally Sussman Morina, the role was originally played by Mandy Musgrave. The role was recast to Rachel Melvin in 2005. Melvin portrayed the character from 2005 to 2009, after the character...
.
Ashley Benson decided to depart the role in 2007. The entire Deveraux clan (Jennifer Horton
Jennifer Horton
Jennifer Rose Horton is a fictional character on the NBC daytime drama, Days of our Lives, a long running dramatic serial about working class life in the fictional town of Salem. Jennifer was created by scriptwriter Pat Falken Smith, and executive producer Betty Corday...
, Jack Deveraux
Jack Deveraux
Jack Harcourt Deveraux, Sr. is a fictional character on the soap opera Days of our Lives. He is the most prominent member of the Johnson family and is most famously played by Matthew Ashford. After a four-year absence, the character has recently returned to "Salem" to reconnect with his estranged...
, and Jack Jr.) all departed for London. Abby's parents, Jack and Jennifer, received a high-rank job at the London Spectator (newspaper company). However, Jennifer's portrayer, Melissa Reeves
Melissa Reeves
Melissa Reeves is a long-time American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Jennifer Horton, a role she originated in 1985 on the long-running NBC series Days of our Lives -Personal life:She was born in Eatontown, New Jersey.Since March 1990, Reeves has been married to soap opera actor...
, returned to the show in 2010.
Introduction
The eldest child of supercouple Jack Deveraux and Jennifer Horton, Abby is born on screen on October 19, 1992. She is born in the Horton cabin, with her own father delivering her. While her parents' car went off the road Jennifer goes into labor. She is named after Alice HortonAlice Horton
Alice Horton is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, portrayed by Frances Reid from the show's debut on November 8, 1965 until December 26, 2007...
's mother Abigail Johanna.
When Abby is 8 months old, she comes down with aplastic anemia
Aplastic anemia
Aplastic anemia is a condition where bone marrow does not produce sufficient new cells to replenish blood cells. The condition, per its name, involves both aplasia and anemia...
as the result of polluted well water. A bone marrow
Bone marrow
Bone marrow is the flexible tissue found in the interior of bones. In humans, bone marrow in large bones produces new blood cells. On average, bone marrow constitutes 4% of the total body mass of humans; in adults weighing 65 kg , bone marrow accounts for approximately 2.6 kg...
donation from Austin Reed
Austin Reed (fiction)
Austin Reed is a fictional character in the soap opera Days of our Lives portrayed by Patrick Muldoon from July 7, 1992 to April 4, 1995 and September 26, 2011 to present. The role was also portrayed by Austin Peck from April 7, 1995 to May 31, 2002, June 29, 2005 to November 3, 2006...
saves her life. Her father then discovers that he is responsible for the toxic dumping which had happened years earlier, when his own father used him to sign papers. Jack is traumatized with guilt and leaves town because he thought Jennifer and Abby would be better off without him. Years later, he returns and the entire Deveraux family goes to live in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
for a few years.
Younger Years
Abby's international upbringing also includes IrelandIreland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, where she and her mother live before returning to Salem in 2000. When her father returns to town, Abby hopes her estranged parents will reunite, but her mom has other ideas. Eventually her parents make their way back to each other and remarry. When Jack was hit on the head by the Salem Stalker, he was rendered brain dead. Jennifer made the heart-renching decision to turn off his life support. It was a decision that Abby couldn't forgive her for.
After Jack's death, Jennifer finds out she was pregnant. Months later, she starts receiving messages from Jack via her cell phone. This leads her to the island Melaswen where all the presumed dead victims of the Salem Stalker are. While on the island, Jennifer gives birth to Jack, Jr., Abby's brother. Jack, Jennifer and their newborn son are briefly reunited until Jack is presumed dead once again by drowning while trying to escape. In reality, he has been kidnapped again.
Adolescence
Months later, Jack makes his way back to Salem. The Deveraux family are finally reunited on Abby's 16th birthday. Abby has begun spending a lot of time with her best friend Chelsea Benson, who starts dating Max BradyMax Brady
Maxwell "Max" Brady is a character on the soap opera Days of our Lives. He was portrayed by Darin Brooks from June 21, 2005 to July 7, 2009 and briefly on March 15 and 16th 2010.-Character's background:...
. Abby begins dating a guy named Josh. Jack gets trapped behind a door and has to watch them kissing.
Sadly, Jack becomes terminally ill shortly after his return but dies when his car crashes into a river and his body is never found. Jennifer and Frankie Brady
Frankie Brady
Frankie Brady is a character on the American soap opera Days of our Lives.The role of Frankie was played by veteran Emmy-Award winning actor Billy Warlock from July 1986 to October 1988, from November 1990 to July 1991 and from June 26, 2005 to November 24, 2006...
begin seeing each other which upsets Abby, especially when she walks in on them making love in her parents room. Abby even begins considering sleeping with Josh, even though she had always planned to wait until marriage. At a Pier Party with Chelsea and Max, Josh asks Abby to be exclusive and Abby tells Chelsea she is going to sleep with him first and then decide, but when things started to get hot, Abby gets a phone call and has to go. Little did both girls know that pictures of them kissing their boyfriends were taken by website owners and posted online which Frankie and Jennifer ended up finding. Josh goes off screen later when Abby develops feelings for Max and his disappearance is never explained.
In 2006, during Abby's mother, Jennifer's wedding to Frankie, Jack returns from being presumed dead with his presumed-dead amnesiac brother, Steve Johnson. After receiving a successful experimental treatment for his illness, Jack is finally cured and able to return to his life. Jack, Jennifer and Jack, Jr. soon leave for London to run the Spectator newspaper office. Abigail remained in Salem at the university studying business.
Abby soon begins working as an assistant at friend Max Brady
Max Brady
Maxwell "Max" Brady is a character on the soap opera Days of our Lives. He was portrayed by Darin Brooks from June 21, 2005 to July 7, 2009 and briefly on March 15 and 16th 2010.-Character's background:...
's garage, helping with paperwork and generally keeping the garage in order. Abby soon develops a crush on Max and begins displaying jealous feelings towards Max's relationship with Mimi Lockhart
Mimi Lockhart
Miriam Elizabeth "Mimi" Lockhart is a fictional character from Days of our Lives. Mimi was originated by by Doren Fein in 1999. She is most recognized by actress Farah Fath from 1999 to March 1, 2007.-Childhood:...
. When Mimi leaves town, Max is available again. Max soon admits his crush on Abby, and the two start dating, but only briefly. Abby's aunt, Maggie Horton
Maggie Horton
Margaret "Maggie" Horton is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, a long-running serial drama about working class life in the fictional town of Salem. She has been portrayed by actress Suzanne Rogers continuously since 1973, though she left the show briefly in 1984 and...
, and Jack, push her to not go out with Max. When Max tells Abby that he wants to stay friends and not pursue a relationship with her, she gets in a fight with him and leaves Salem to spend the summer with her family in London and didn't return.
College Years
In November 2010, Abby's mother JenniferJennifer Horton
Jennifer Rose Horton is a fictional character on the NBC daytime drama, Days of our Lives, a long running dramatic serial about working class life in the fictional town of Salem. Jennifer was created by scriptwriter Pat Falken Smith, and executive producer Betty Corday...
returns to Salem after a 4-year absence and explains that Abby is studying her schoolwork in Spain for the semester.
On March 2, 2011, Abby surprises her mom when she returns to Salem and expresses her dismay for Jack's absence. She tries to talk Jennifer into moving on without Jack and tries to push her off on Dr. Daniel Jonas, the surgeon who saved her life. Abby is instantly attracted to Chad DiMera who she learns is Stefano DiMera
Stefano DiMera
Stefano DiMera is a fictional character, a villain on the American soap opera Days of our Lives. Created by head writer Pat Falken Smith, he is portrayed by Joseph Mascolo...
's son and realizes she should keep her distance. Chad comforts Abby when she learns that her mother divorcing her father and admits she wishes her parents were still together. They soon begin dating, but Chad's step-mother, Kate starts plotting to break them up, but that plan quickly falls apart when Chad gets shot and 'disowns' his heritage. Now Abby's dealing with the return of Jack.