Annie Lavery
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Annie Novak, more commonly known as Annie Lavery (formerly McDermott and Chandler), is a fictional character
on ABC
's daytime drama All My Children
. She has been portrayed by Melissa Claire Egan
since July 10, 2006. On January 20, 2011, Egan announced that she had just taped her last episode at AMC a few days earlier on her Facebook
page with Annie last airing on March 21, 2011. Annie returned on July 28, 2011 in scenes at Oak Haven with Erica Kane
, Marian Chandler and Janet Dillon
.
virgin girls. Fearing what Terry will do to their daughter, Emma
, when she reaches puberty, Annie sue
s for custody, but loses thanks to Terry's impeccable record. Desperate, Annie kidnaps Emma and takes her on the run. With help from Erin Lavery
and Jamal Cudahy, Annie hides out from Terry and the authorities until September 2006 when Terry is killed by Jonathan Lavery
. Prior to Terry's death, Annie mistook Jonathan's brother, Ryan
, for Terry and shot him. Ryan survived the shooting.
Annie's ex-husband, Terry, as it turns out, is not Emma's biological father because Annie had been artificially inseminated (a DNA
test had been done during her divorce from Terry and custody proceedings showed that Annie is not Emma's biological parent either). David Hayward
tells Dixie Cooney that he has run a DNA test on Emma, and, lying to Dixie (in order to get her hopes up and to see him as a savior), finds out that Emma is actually Tad Martin
and Dixie's lost daughter, Kate. Annie becomes angry at Dixie's belief that Emma is Kate, but refuses to take a DNA test because she already knows the results of the earlier DNA test done during her divorce from Terry, but does not tell anyone else of this. She later relents and another DNA test is done (without David's involvement, and which uses samples from Tad, Dixie, and Annie), which proves that Emma is not Kate. Relieved at the result, Annie then learns from Ryan Lavery (who has become her friend) that she may possess a DNA condition called chimera
, which means that she has two sets of DNA. More DNA tests are run at various labs. Finally, one lab proves that Annie is actually the biological mother of Emma. In the process, Ryan and Annie become closer and go out on their first date. Annie confides to Kendall Hart Slater that she is falling in love with Ryan. Kendall is somewhat perturbed, because, before leaving, David tells her that Emma is actually Ryan's daughter as well. Kendall then sees Annie as a rival for Ryan's affections, even though Kendall is married to Zach Slater
and has a son, Spike
(conceived through artificial insemination with Ryan as well). Kendall asks her half-brother, Dr. Josh Madden
, to run a DNA test to see if Ryan truly is Emma's biological father.
On December 28, 2006, Kendall learns that Ryan is indeed Emma's biological father, and faces a choice on whether or not to tell Ryan. Ryan, however, discovers that he is Emma's biological father, when he and Josh Madden drug Zach with truth serum
. Ryan hesitates to tell Annie that he is the father of her daughter, but finally tells her the truth. He and Annie soon become closer.
Annie and Ryan consummate their relationship, and begin dating. She helps care for Spike while his mother, Kendall, is being stalked by the Satin Slayer
, a serial killer
. Ryan proposes marriage to Annie, and after some thinking, Annie gladly accepts.
On May 10, 2007, Ryan and Annie are married, but their reception is soon brought to a halt by the police, who arrest Ryan on charges of bigamy
. Unknowingly, he had wed Annie when he was still technically married to his estranged wife, Greenlee Smythe
. But Annie has her own secret — one that if she tells anyone, she fears that she will be as hated as Greenlee is.
On August 15, 2007, Annie visits her estranged father, Walter, for help with Spike. He sends Annie to her mother's grave. When she gets to her mother's grave, she breaks down in tears, telling her mother that she is sorry. Annie later reveals her secret to Ryan — that she had her brother, Richie Novak
, sent to prison in order to protect her family. Her parents would not believe her that he was a danger, and she had to act fast. This act of having Richie imprisoned is what caused the rift between her and her father. It is not long after telling Ryan this secret, that Annie hears of her brother being in town and that he has held up
Babe Carey
and a new guy in town named Wes at a bar called The Comeback. When "Richie" later turns up dead, and Annie has to identify the body, she informs all in the room with her that he is not Richie; that the dead man before her is not her brother. After seeing that the man has a fresh tattoo
on his neck identical to that of the signature tattoo in which Annie described her brother having, and he stayed only three cells down from the real Richie while in prison, Chief Of Police Derek Frye
comes to the conclusion that the real Richie Novak had a man imitate his appearance in order to taunt Annie. Ryan decides to get Annie out of Pine Valley for her own safety, fearing that her brother is out for revenge against her. They leave Emma in Zach and Kendall's care. While away, Ryan fiddles with a computer-generated
image of Richie; the image depicts Richie with long hair and a beard. Ryan slowly chips away at the hair and the beard. By the time that he is done, Annie has appeared at his side and exclaims, "Oh, my God... That's Richie. That's my brother." Once back in town, the two do all they can to battle Richie and his schemes, which one after another are targeted at Annie.
Annie seemingly becomes desperate to regain Ryan's love. After suffering a fall at home, she then lies to Ryan, claiming that someone broke into her house. She does this after realizing through past experiences with Terry, Richie and Greenlee, that Ryan is closest to her when she is going through a crisis. Recently, Ryan has started to remember part of his past with her.
Annie goes on to ask her brother, Richie, to get rid of Greenlee since she still believes that Greenlee is going after Ryan. Richie instead kidnaps Babe, with whom he has long been obsessed. With the help of Kendall and Greenlee, Babe is freed. Later that evening, tired of all the damage that her brother has inflicted, Annie murders Richie by striking him in the head with a tire iron
. She tries to cover it up, and tells police chief Jesse Hubbard
that Zach Slater
wanted to kill Richie anyway. This puts a further strain between her and Kendall & Greenlee, whom to she is still making threats to stay away from Ryan. After becoming stressed by Zach from asking questions about Richie's death, she collapses and is taken to the hospital where Ryan finds out he never had his vasectomy, and she is pregnant. When she overhears, Colby Chandler
, Cassandra Foster
, Dre Woods, and Peter Cortlandt talking about running over Richie, Annie realizes that they did this after she killed him, and she begins to plot to frame them for the murder.
Soon Annie finds that Ryan is still in love with Greenlee and gets a restraining order against Ryan and begins to plot to kill Greenlee. Later Annie sneaks out the window of her bedroom and gets her gun and attempts so kill her. But before she can she gets a stomach cramp and is rushed to the hospital later to find she has miscarried her child.
If Annie confesses to Richie's murder and goes to jail, the custody of Emma will be given to Ryan. She agrees to see a psychiatrist in order to get full custody of Emma, thanks to Zach. During a meeting with him, she blurts out that she killed her brother. After realizing what she had said, she took it back. However, during the custody hearing, she asks that Ryan gets custody. Annie is angry at Greenlee for taking her husband and now her daughter. Zach knows that Annie killed Richie and sets her up in a new place.
Annie and Aidan Devane
plan the kidnapping of Emma Lavery
to get their husband/wife back. Annie has Di take Emma so that Ryan and Annie can "work" on their marriage. Di soon discovers that Annie has actually reported Emma missing. Figuring she was intended to take the blame, Di pulls a gun on Annie. The two struggle for the gun and it goes off, fatally wounding Di. With the help of Jesse, Ryan and Annie find Emma and save her from a burning church. When they return home, Ryan tells Annie that he knows that she was behind the whole kidnapping. Annie pulls a gun on Ryan and tells him that he will lose everything. After being talked to, Annie gives up the gun only to have it turned on her by Greenlee. She moves away from both of them and jumps from the balcony. She then appears at Wildwind where she sits at a table and imagines that Ryan, their friends, and her are all eating Thanksgiving dinner and are happy. David Hayward comes and is knocked out only to be found by Ryan and Jesse.
Her next appearance is made at ConFusion. She dresses up in a blood spotted wedding dress and walks into a room with all of the Pine Valley residents. Annie believes that she is marrying Ryan again but holds a bloody knife. Ryan asks Annie who she hurt and the camera flashes to Erica. She is committed to Oak Haven. She believes herself to be Emma and escapes from Oak Haven and returns to Ryan's home. She is still sick and picks up a weapon to attack Greenlee. Ryan intervenes and he is knocked out. She is then taken back to Oak Haven by Jesse and police officers.
As time goes on, Aidan takes notice of Annie's psychiatrist's, Dr. Sinclair, suspicious behavior. She seems determined to see Annie locked up for her crimes. Soon, Ryan realizes this and has Tad dig up information on her past. It turns out she was Richie's psychiatrist in prison for a time period and had developed a romantic relationship with him, this being the reason she was terminated. After finding out Annie murdered the love of her life, Dr. Sinclair becomes hellbent on revenge. She even tries to manipulate Annie into confessing to Richie's murder. However, once her true intentions are revealed and she realizes she has blown her cover, a desperate Dr. Sinclair attacks Annie with a syringe filled with poison. Aidan comes to Annie's rescue and Sinclair herself gets stabbed with the needle instead, and is taken into custody. Dr. Sinclair confesses to everything, exonerating Annie. Annie is grateful for Aidan's act of nobility.
Once Annie finds out that Ryan and Greenlee are getting married in Connecticut
, a hurt Annie escapes Oakhaven and follows them. There, she confronts Ryan with a gun, determined to hold on to him. However, Aidan shows up and convinces Annie to put the gun down and to finally let go of Ryan. He tells her if she comes back to Oakhaven, he will continue to help her through her recovery. Annie makes some progress in her mental recovery, thanks to Aidan. As she and Aidan grow closer, it comes clear to Aidan that he has romantic feelings for Annie, but it is uncertain on how Annie feels. Annie and Aidan end up being together, despite Annie being a mental patient.
Annie now has a new doctor named Dr. Burke. Annie has been seeing a girl, named Tori come into her room, and talk to her. Aidan cannot see her, so he begins to worry about Annie. Tori talks to Annie about birthday parties, and Richie, and other things, things about Annie. Annie has been having nightmares about her 7th birthday party, and Aidan is becoming more worried. Aidan does some digging into Annie's past, and finds that a little girl, named Tori, was murdered by Richie. Annie also figures this out, and has made an amazing breakthrough.
Upon being transported to a new psychiatric facility, with the help of Aidan, Annie escapes. With a fake ID and passport, she and Aidan plan on leaving the country. However, Ryan happens upon them at a motel and manages to catch Aidan, while Annie gets away. For a certain amount of time, Annie hides in the Maldives. Unable to live without her daughter, she returns to Pine Valley, with no one, not even Aidan, knowing of her return.
at his mansion, Annie is also there after discovering that Emma is spending the night there. With a gun in hand, she shows up at the Chandler mansion, looking for Emma, at the time that Stuart Chandler, Adam's twin, is mistakenly shot. It is soon discovered that, after finding Emma, Annie ran into Adam, who was delirious and very ill, and took him up to the attic, where she helped him get better. Then she turned herself in.
While in prison, Annie is stabbed by a fellow inmate. She is rushed to Pine Valley Hospital where Adam, having remembered bits and pieces of that night, finds her and offers to help her, in exchange for saving his life. Seeing this as an opportunity to fight all the charges against her and see her daughter again, she agrees and lets go of Aidan. She goes to court and Adam offers for her to live with him. The judge agrees and she moves in under house arrest.
After Adam and Annie get engaged, Annie learns that she is free of her house arrest. Annie and Adam are married on November 9, 2009 before Adam collapses from seeing his brother.
On November 12, 2009, it is discovered, by Dr. Jake Martin, that Annie is pregnant with Adam's child. However, on November 20, she loses the child after Adam finds out about her and Scott's kisses. But, as Erica informs Adam, "that is not all." Annie goes into a coma and later wakes up and is arrested because Adam confessed to the murder. Annie decides to represent herself in court after she fires Liza Colby as her attorney and begins to have doubts in Adam's love. During her court case, Annie questions herself on the stand and Adam admits to killing and covering up the murder of his brother. Since he was already found innocent, the charges against Annie are dropped and Adam is protected under double jeopardy
.
On February 14, 2010, Annie crashes the (Hayward/Smythe) now non-wedding and is stunned to see Greenlee. She tells Adam and swears that seeing her archenemy does not evoke any old angers or insecurities, but we see she may be lying.
On May 26, 2010, Scott Chandler and Annie share a kiss. JR sees them and appears to be jealous despite his marriage to Marissa. During the summer, Annie finds herself attracted to both JR and Scott. She struggles with her feelings for both men.
On July 20, 2010, Annie and JR almost kiss but are interrupted by Colby. Also on July 20, 2010 Annie asked Scott to marry her so that she would not be tempted by JR. Scott was not able to accept Annie's proposal because he had to take care of business. When Scott returned, he avoided Annie's proposal until later at the Yacht Club when Scott proposed to Annie in front of JR and Marissa.Although she had feelings for JR, Annie accepts Scott's marriage proposal on July 21, 2010.
On August 25, 2010, Annie and Scott get married. Before tying the knot, Annie finds out from JR that Scott slept with Marissa. Despite being angry and hurt by Scott's betrayal, Annie makes her way down the aisle.
While on their honeymoon, Annie finds out about the murder of David Hayward and shares the news with Scott. After, she talks Scott into returning to Pine Valley for "Emma's sake".
On September 29, 2010, Annie had a dream about JR telling her he loved her only to be awakened by Scott. That same day, Scott suggested that he and Annie move out of the Chandler Mansion only for Annie to decline.
On October 6, 2010, Annie had sex again with JR. After Scott caught them he revealed to Caleb that he stole the Nanotech project from Palmer Cortlandt. Upon his confession, Scott got arrested. Scott is now in prison and divorcing Annie.
On November 30, 2010, Emma Lavery was supposed to be staying with Ryan but David Hayward was shot. Ryan sent Emma with Opal Cortlandt so she could take Emma to Annie. When Annie did not answer her cellphone, Opal took Emma went to the Chandler Mansion only to find Annie was not there. JR took Emma and AJ to Krystal's restaurant and found Annie there. Annie was surprised and happy to see her daughter.
On December 20, 2010, Annie reveals to JR that she loves him but he does not reciprocate.
Annie is currently friends with Amanda Martin.
On January 12, 2011, Annie becomes very paranoid about losing JR to Marissa. Annie follows Marissa to the Chandler Mansion and accidentally knocks her out cold with the door. Annie is able to convince people that it was a burglar who knocked her out, but JR eventually discovers the truth when he finds the "stolen" items in Annie's room. Colby eventually finds out the truth, which results in Annie handcuffing her to a table at the cottage. Asher is able to rescue Colby and after telling JR of the latest events, JR decides to try and check Annie into rehab.
Despite this, Annie continues to unravel and begins to hallucinate
a sneering, taunting Marissa everywhere she looks. Eventually, her continued delusions cause her to accidentally run the ambulance carrying a critically ill Kendall off the road. Finally, Annie crashes Ryan and Greenlee's wedding and kidnaps Emma.
After taking Emma on the run for awhile she returns to Pine Valley to try and get money. Ryan eventually finds Annie and JR is able to convince her that she needs to go back into the mental institution. It is discovered later on that during the trip Annie constantly said bad things about Greenlee during their time on the run to get Emma to turn against her.
Annie returned in July 2011 with Janet Dillon
, Marian Chandler, Dixie Cooney
, and Erica Kane
in scenes at Oak Haven. She returned for the series finale.
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on ABC
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's daytime drama All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
. She has been portrayed by Melissa Claire Egan
Melissa Claire Egan
Melissa Claire Egan is an American actress. Egan graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in Dramatic Art. She has guest-starred on such television series as Dawson's Creek and One Tree Hill. Her debut film role was as Ali Court in the 2005 movie, Wrestling...
since July 10, 2006. On January 20, 2011, Egan announced that she had just taped her last episode at AMC a few days earlier on her Facebook
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page with Annie last airing on March 21, 2011. Annie returned on July 28, 2011 in scenes at Oak Haven with Erica Kane
Erica Kane
Erica Kane is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children.The character has been portrayed by actress Susan Lucci since the show first aired in January 1970, until the last broadcast television episode aired in September 2011. Erica is considered to be the most popular...
, Marian Chandler and Janet Dillon
Janet Dillon
Janet Dillon is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera All My Children...
.
Character history
She divorces her ex-husband, Terry McDermott, when she learns that he has a penchant for seducing young teenageAdolescence
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virgin girls. Fearing what Terry will do to their daughter, Emma
Emma Lavery
Emma Lavery is a fictional character on the soap opera All My Children. Emma was originally portrayed by Lucy Merriam, later by Emily Alyn Lind. Emma is currently being played by Danielle Parker since August 17, 2010...
, when she reaches puberty, Annie sue
Filing (legal)
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s for custody, but loses thanks to Terry's impeccable record. Desperate, Annie kidnaps Emma and takes her on the run. With help from Erin Lavery
Erin Lavery
Erin Lavery was a fictional character on the long-running soap opera All My Children, as portrayed by Connie Fletcher from August 8, 2005 to December 12, 2006.- Brief character history :...
and Jamal Cudahy, Annie hides out from Terry and the authorities until September 2006 when Terry is killed by Jonathan Lavery
Jonathan Lavery
Jonathan Lavery is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama All My Children. He has been portrayed by actor Jeff Branson from June 15, 2004 to December 18, 2007....
. Prior to Terry's death, Annie mistook Jonathan's brother, Ryan
Ryan Lavery
Ryan Aloysius Lavery is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children, as portrayed by Cameron Mathison from January 12, 1998 to 2002 and from 2003 to 2011. The character is set to come back in January 2012 when the series returns online...
, for Terry and shot him. Ryan survived the shooting.
Annie's ex-husband, Terry, as it turns out, is not Emma's biological father because Annie had been artificially inseminated (a DNA
DNA
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test had been done during her divorce from Terry and custody proceedings showed that Annie is not Emma's biological parent either). David Hayward
David Hayward
Dr. David Hayward is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama All My Children, as portrayed by Vincent Irizarry from: November 27, 1997 - March 2, 1998, July 8, 1998 - November 28, 2006, October 23, 2008 - September 13, 2010, and returned on November 22, 2010.The character has been a top...
tells Dixie Cooney that he has run a DNA test on Emma, and, lying to Dixie (in order to get her hopes up and to see him as a savior), finds out that Emma is actually Tad Martin
Tad Martin
Thaddeus James "Tad" Martin is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. Tad is portrayed by actor Michael E. Knight. Knight has portrayed the role on and off from 1982 until the series finale in 2011. Tad represents the good on the show All My Children, often butting...
and Dixie's lost daughter, Kate. Annie becomes angry at Dixie's belief that Emma is Kate, but refuses to take a DNA test because she already knows the results of the earlier DNA test done during her divorce from Terry, but does not tell anyone else of this. She later relents and another DNA test is done (without David's involvement, and which uses samples from Tad, Dixie, and Annie), which proves that Emma is not Kate. Relieved at the result, Annie then learns from Ryan Lavery (who has become her friend) that she may possess a DNA condition called chimera
Chimera (genetics)
A chimera or chimaera is a single organism that is composed of two or more different populations of genetically distinct cells that originated from different zygotes involved in sexual reproduction. If the different cells have emerged from the same zygote, the organism is called a mosaic...
, which means that she has two sets of DNA. More DNA tests are run at various labs. Finally, one lab proves that Annie is actually the biological mother of Emma. In the process, Ryan and Annie become closer and go out on their first date. Annie confides to Kendall Hart Slater that she is falling in love with Ryan. Kendall is somewhat perturbed, because, before leaving, David tells her that Emma is actually Ryan's daughter as well. Kendall then sees Annie as a rival for Ryan's affections, even though Kendall is married to Zach Slater
Zach Slater
Zachary "Zach" Slater is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. He was portrayed by actor Thorsten Kaye from May 20, 2004 to November 19, 2010; Thorsten returned to the role on August 5, 2011 to September 23, 2011...
and has a son, Spike
Spike Lavery
Spike Lavery is a fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. He is the son of Kendall Hart and Ryan Lavery. Spike is the second grandchild of Erica Kane and her first grandson. His siblings are Emma Lavery, Ian Slater and Sara Lavery...
(conceived through artificial insemination with Ryan as well). Kendall asks her half-brother, Dr. Josh Madden
Josh Madden
Joshua "Josh" Madden is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. He first came to Pine Valley on June 17, 2005 and was originally portrayed by actor Scott Kinworthy until September 15, 2005...
, to run a DNA test to see if Ryan truly is Emma's biological father.
On December 28, 2006, Kendall learns that Ryan is indeed Emma's biological father, and faces a choice on whether or not to tell Ryan. Ryan, however, discovers that he is Emma's biological father, when he and Josh Madden drug Zach with truth serum
Truth Serum
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. Ryan hesitates to tell Annie that he is the father of her daughter, but finally tells her the truth. He and Annie soon become closer.
Annie and Ryan consummate their relationship, and begin dating. She helps care for Spike while his mother, Kendall, is being stalked by the Satin Slayer
Alexander Cambias, Sr.
Alexander Cambias, Sr. is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama All My Children, as portrayed by Ronald Guttman, from July 23, 2003 until August 2003. Guttman returned to the role on February 23, 2007 and left April 27, 2007...
, a serial killer
Serial killer
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. Ryan proposes marriage to Annie, and after some thinking, Annie gladly accepts.
On May 10, 2007, Ryan and Annie are married, but their reception is soon brought to a halt by the police, who arrest Ryan on charges of bigamy
Bigamy
In cultures that practice marital monogamy, bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another. Bigamy is a crime in most western countries, and when it occurs in this context often neither the first nor second spouse is aware of the other...
. Unknowingly, he had wed Annie when he was still technically married to his estranged wife, Greenlee Smythe
Greenlee Smythe
Greenlee Smythe is a fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. She was originally portrayed by actress Rebecca Budig from August 11, 1999 to November 30, 2005, and was portrayed by actress Sabine Singh from April 20, 2007 to January 15, 2008...
. But Annie has her own secret — one that if she tells anyone, she fears that she will be as hated as Greenlee is.
On August 15, 2007, Annie visits her estranged father, Walter, for help with Spike. He sends Annie to her mother's grave. When she gets to her mother's grave, she breaks down in tears, telling her mother that she is sorry. Annie later reveals her secret to Ryan — that she had her brother, Richie Novak
Richie Novak
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, sent to prison in order to protect her family. Her parents would not believe her that he was a danger, and she had to act fast. This act of having Richie imprisoned is what caused the rift between her and her father. It is not long after telling Ryan this secret, that Annie hears of her brother being in town and that he has held up
Robbery
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Babe Carey
Babe Carey
Arabella "Babe" Carey Chandler is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. She was originally portrayed by actress Alexa Havins, from October 13, 2003 to October 8, 2007, and then by actress Amanda Baker from October 8, 2007 to October 31, 2008...
and a new guy in town named Wes at a bar called The Comeback. When "Richie" later turns up dead, and Annie has to identify the body, she informs all in the room with her that he is not Richie; that the dead man before her is not her brother. After seeing that the man has a fresh tattoo
Tattoo
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on his neck identical to that of the signature tattoo in which Annie described her brother having, and he stayed only three cells down from the real Richie while in prison, Chief Of Police Derek Frye
Derek Frye
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comes to the conclusion that the real Richie Novak had a man imitate his appearance in order to taunt Annie. Ryan decides to get Annie out of Pine Valley for her own safety, fearing that her brother is out for revenge against her. They leave Emma in Zach and Kendall's care. While away, Ryan fiddles with a computer-generated
Computer-generated
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image of Richie; the image depicts Richie with long hair and a beard. Ryan slowly chips away at the hair and the beard. By the time that he is done, Annie has appeared at his side and exclaims, "Oh, my God... That's Richie. That's my brother." Once back in town, the two do all they can to battle Richie and his schemes, which one after another are targeted at Annie.
Downturn to murderer
Ryan and Annie's marriage becomes strained when Ryan loses his memory, exactly four years of his life and does not remember Annie or Emma, or his son Spike. He believes that he is in love with Kendall, and starts connecting with Greenlee again as well, which makes Annie jealous.Annie seemingly becomes desperate to regain Ryan's love. After suffering a fall at home, she then lies to Ryan, claiming that someone broke into her house. She does this after realizing through past experiences with Terry, Richie and Greenlee, that Ryan is closest to her when she is going through a crisis. Recently, Ryan has started to remember part of his past with her.
Annie goes on to ask her brother, Richie, to get rid of Greenlee since she still believes that Greenlee is going after Ryan. Richie instead kidnaps Babe, with whom he has long been obsessed. With the help of Kendall and Greenlee, Babe is freed. Later that evening, tired of all the damage that her brother has inflicted, Annie murders Richie by striking him in the head with a tire iron
Tire iron
A tire iron is a specialized metal tool used in working with tires that have inner tubes.Tire irons have not been in common use for automobile tires since the shift to the use of tubeless tires in the late 1950s...
. She tries to cover it up, and tells police chief Jesse Hubbard
Jesse Hubbard
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that Zach Slater
Zach Slater
Zachary "Zach" Slater is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. He was portrayed by actor Thorsten Kaye from May 20, 2004 to November 19, 2010; Thorsten returned to the role on August 5, 2011 to September 23, 2011...
wanted to kill Richie anyway. This puts a further strain between her and Kendall & Greenlee, whom to she is still making threats to stay away from Ryan. After becoming stressed by Zach from asking questions about Richie's death, she collapses and is taken to the hospital where Ryan finds out he never had his vasectomy, and she is pregnant. When she overhears, Colby Chandler
Colby Chandler (All My Children)
Colby Marian Chandler is a fictional character on the American soap opera All My Children. She was portrayed by various child actresses during her childhood, and as a teenager notably portrayed actresses Ambyr Childers from July 3, 2006 to May 6, 2008, Brianne Moncrief from May 7, 2008 to November...
, Cassandra Foster
Cassandra Foster
Cassandra Foster is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera All My Children. The character originated in March 1997 as an infant on the now-defunct series The City, in its final days before cancellation. On April 25, 2008, Yaya DaCosta began portraying the character as a teenager on All My...
, Dre Woods, and Peter Cortlandt talking about running over Richie, Annie realizes that they did this after she killed him, and she begins to plot to frame them for the murder.
Soon Annie finds that Ryan is still in love with Greenlee and gets a restraining order against Ryan and begins to plot to kill Greenlee. Later Annie sneaks out the window of her bedroom and gets her gun and attempts so kill her. But before she can she gets a stomach cramp and is rushed to the hospital later to find she has miscarried her child.
If Annie confesses to Richie's murder and goes to jail, the custody of Emma will be given to Ryan. She agrees to see a psychiatrist in order to get full custody of Emma, thanks to Zach. During a meeting with him, she blurts out that she killed her brother. After realizing what she had said, she took it back. However, during the custody hearing, she asks that Ryan gets custody. Annie is angry at Greenlee for taking her husband and now her daughter. Zach knows that Annie killed Richie and sets her up in a new place.
Annie and Aidan Devane
Aidan Devane
Aidan Devane is a resident of the fictional town of Pine Valley from the ABC soap opera All My Children. He has been portrayed by Aiden Turner, from June 6, 2002 to December 21, 2009...
plan the kidnapping of Emma Lavery
Emma Lavery
Emma Lavery is a fictional character on the soap opera All My Children. Emma was originally portrayed by Lucy Merriam, later by Emily Alyn Lind. Emma is currently being played by Danielle Parker since August 17, 2010...
to get their husband/wife back. Annie has Di take Emma so that Ryan and Annie can "work" on their marriage. Di soon discovers that Annie has actually reported Emma missing. Figuring she was intended to take the blame, Di pulls a gun on Annie. The two struggle for the gun and it goes off, fatally wounding Di. With the help of Jesse, Ryan and Annie find Emma and save her from a burning church. When they return home, Ryan tells Annie that he knows that she was behind the whole kidnapping. Annie pulls a gun on Ryan and tells him that he will lose everything. After being talked to, Annie gives up the gun only to have it turned on her by Greenlee. She moves away from both of them and jumps from the balcony. She then appears at Wildwind where she sits at a table and imagines that Ryan, their friends, and her are all eating Thanksgiving dinner and are happy. David Hayward comes and is knocked out only to be found by Ryan and Jesse.
Her next appearance is made at ConFusion. She dresses up in a blood spotted wedding dress and walks into a room with all of the Pine Valley residents. Annie believes that she is marrying Ryan again but holds a bloody knife. Ryan asks Annie who she hurt and the camera flashes to Erica. She is committed to Oak Haven. She believes herself to be Emma and escapes from Oak Haven and returns to Ryan's home. She is still sick and picks up a weapon to attack Greenlee. Ryan intervenes and he is knocked out. She is then taken back to Oak Haven by Jesse and police officers.
As time goes on, Aidan takes notice of Annie's psychiatrist's, Dr. Sinclair, suspicious behavior. She seems determined to see Annie locked up for her crimes. Soon, Ryan realizes this and has Tad dig up information on her past. It turns out she was Richie's psychiatrist in prison for a time period and had developed a romantic relationship with him, this being the reason she was terminated. After finding out Annie murdered the love of her life, Dr. Sinclair becomes hellbent on revenge. She even tries to manipulate Annie into confessing to Richie's murder. However, once her true intentions are revealed and she realizes she has blown her cover, a desperate Dr. Sinclair attacks Annie with a syringe filled with poison. Aidan comes to Annie's rescue and Sinclair herself gets stabbed with the needle instead, and is taken into custody. Dr. Sinclair confesses to everything, exonerating Annie. Annie is grateful for Aidan's act of nobility.
Once Annie finds out that Ryan and Greenlee are getting married in Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, a hurt Annie escapes Oakhaven and follows them. There, she confronts Ryan with a gun, determined to hold on to him. However, Aidan shows up and convinces Annie to put the gun down and to finally let go of Ryan. He tells her if she comes back to Oakhaven, he will continue to help her through her recovery. Annie makes some progress in her mental recovery, thanks to Aidan. As she and Aidan grow closer, it comes clear to Aidan that he has romantic feelings for Annie, but it is uncertain on how Annie feels. Annie and Aidan end up being together, despite Annie being a mental patient.
Annie now has a new doctor named Dr. Burke. Annie has been seeing a girl, named Tori come into her room, and talk to her. Aidan cannot see her, so he begins to worry about Annie. Tori talks to Annie about birthday parties, and Richie, and other things, things about Annie. Annie has been having nightmares about her 7th birthday party, and Aidan is becoming more worried. Aidan does some digging into Annie's past, and finds that a little girl, named Tori, was murdered by Richie. Annie also figures this out, and has made an amazing breakthrough.
Upon being transported to a new psychiatric facility, with the help of Aidan, Annie escapes. With a fake ID and passport, she and Aidan plan on leaving the country. However, Ryan happens upon them at a motel and manages to catch Aidan, while Annie gets away. For a certain amount of time, Annie hides in the Maldives. Unable to live without her daughter, she returns to Pine Valley, with no one, not even Aidan, knowing of her return.
Stuart Chandler's Murder; Life with Adam Chandler
On the night that everyone in town is gunning for Adam ChandlerAdam Chandler
Adam Chandler, Sr. is a fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children, portrayed by David Canary from December 1983 through his departure on April 23, 2010. Adam Chandler was one of the most devious and powerful individuals within the town of Pine Valley, Pennsylvania...
at his mansion, Annie is also there after discovering that Emma is spending the night there. With a gun in hand, she shows up at the Chandler mansion, looking for Emma, at the time that Stuart Chandler, Adam's twin, is mistakenly shot. It is soon discovered that, after finding Emma, Annie ran into Adam, who was delirious and very ill, and took him up to the attic, where she helped him get better. Then she turned herself in.
While in prison, Annie is stabbed by a fellow inmate. She is rushed to Pine Valley Hospital where Adam, having remembered bits and pieces of that night, finds her and offers to help her, in exchange for saving his life. Seeing this as an opportunity to fight all the charges against her and see her daughter again, she agrees and lets go of Aidan. She goes to court and Adam offers for her to live with him. The judge agrees and she moves in under house arrest.
After Adam and Annie get engaged, Annie learns that she is free of her house arrest. Annie and Adam are married on November 9, 2009 before Adam collapses from seeing his brother.
On November 12, 2009, it is discovered, by Dr. Jake Martin, that Annie is pregnant with Adam's child. However, on November 20, she loses the child after Adam finds out about her and Scott's kisses. But, as Erica informs Adam, "that is not all." Annie goes into a coma and later wakes up and is arrested because Adam confessed to the murder. Annie decides to represent herself in court after she fires Liza Colby as her attorney and begins to have doubts in Adam's love. During her court case, Annie questions herself on the stand and Adam admits to killing and covering up the murder of his brother. Since he was already found innocent, the charges against Annie are dropped and Adam is protected under double jeopardy
Double jeopardy
Double jeopardy is a procedural defense that forbids a defendant from being tried again on the same, or similar charges following a legitimate acquittal or conviction...
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On February 14, 2010, Annie crashes the (Hayward/Smythe) now non-wedding and is stunned to see Greenlee. She tells Adam and swears that seeing her archenemy does not evoke any old angers or insecurities, but we see she may be lying.
Life with JR and Scott
Annie had cheated on her husband with her stepson JR. She had sex with him on their trip to Washington DC. On April 22, 2010, JR and Annie were caught about to have sex for the second time but Adam walked in and JR told his father the truth. Adam kicked Annie out of the Chandler Mansion and Annie is left out of Adam's will. On April 23, 2010, Adam left town with his ex-wife Brooke English and later filed for divorce. Annie learns that Adam left town from Liza Colby. This left Annie upset about the divorce.On May 26, 2010, Scott Chandler and Annie share a kiss. JR sees them and appears to be jealous despite his marriage to Marissa. During the summer, Annie finds herself attracted to both JR and Scott. She struggles with her feelings for both men.
On July 20, 2010, Annie and JR almost kiss but are interrupted by Colby. Also on July 20, 2010 Annie asked Scott to marry her so that she would not be tempted by JR. Scott was not able to accept Annie's proposal because he had to take care of business. When Scott returned, he avoided Annie's proposal until later at the Yacht Club when Scott proposed to Annie in front of JR and Marissa.Although she had feelings for JR, Annie accepts Scott's marriage proposal on July 21, 2010.
On August 25, 2010, Annie and Scott get married. Before tying the knot, Annie finds out from JR that Scott slept with Marissa. Despite being angry and hurt by Scott's betrayal, Annie makes her way down the aisle.
While on their honeymoon, Annie finds out about the murder of David Hayward and shares the news with Scott. After, she talks Scott into returning to Pine Valley for "Emma's sake".
On September 29, 2010, Annie had a dream about JR telling her he loved her only to be awakened by Scott. That same day, Scott suggested that he and Annie move out of the Chandler Mansion only for Annie to decline.
On October 6, 2010, Annie had sex again with JR. After Scott caught them he revealed to Caleb that he stole the Nanotech project from Palmer Cortlandt. Upon his confession, Scott got arrested. Scott is now in prison and divorcing Annie.
On November 30, 2010, Emma Lavery was supposed to be staying with Ryan but David Hayward was shot. Ryan sent Emma with Opal Cortlandt so she could take Emma to Annie. When Annie did not answer her cellphone, Opal took Emma went to the Chandler Mansion only to find Annie was not there. JR took Emma and AJ to Krystal's restaurant and found Annie there. Annie was surprised and happy to see her daughter.
On December 20, 2010, Annie reveals to JR that she loves him but he does not reciprocate.
Annie is currently friends with Amanda Martin.
On January 12, 2011, Annie becomes very paranoid about losing JR to Marissa. Annie follows Marissa to the Chandler Mansion and accidentally knocks her out cold with the door. Annie is able to convince people that it was a burglar who knocked her out, but JR eventually discovers the truth when he finds the "stolen" items in Annie's room. Colby eventually finds out the truth, which results in Annie handcuffing her to a table at the cottage. Asher is able to rescue Colby and after telling JR of the latest events, JR decides to try and check Annie into rehab.
Despite this, Annie continues to unravel and begins to hallucinate
Hallucination
A hallucination, in the broadest sense of the word, is a perception in the absence of a stimulus. In a stricter sense, hallucinations are defined as perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli which have qualities of real perception, in that they are vivid,...
a sneering, taunting Marissa everywhere she looks. Eventually, her continued delusions cause her to accidentally run the ambulance carrying a critically ill Kendall off the road. Finally, Annie crashes Ryan and Greenlee's wedding and kidnaps Emma.
After taking Emma on the run for awhile she returns to Pine Valley to try and get money. Ryan eventually finds Annie and JR is able to convince her that she needs to go back into the mental institution. It is discovered later on that during the trip Annie constantly said bad things about Greenlee during their time on the run to get Emma to turn against her.
Annie returned in July 2011 with Janet Dillon
Janet Dillon
Janet Dillon is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera All My Children...
, Marian Chandler, Dixie Cooney
Dixie Cooney Martin
Dixie Cooney Martin is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. The character's run lasted from July 1988 to June 1996, again from July 3, 1998 to February 26, 2002, from December 23, 2005 to January 31, 2007 with appearances from May to June 2008 and April 2010 before...
, and Erica Kane
Erica Kane
Erica Kane is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children.The character has been portrayed by actress Susan Lucci since the show first aired in January 1970, until the last broadcast television episode aired in September 2011. Erica is considered to be the most popular...
in scenes at Oak Haven. She returned for the series finale.