Gabrielle Medina
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Gabrielle Medina is a fictional character
from the ABC
soap opera One Life to Live
. She has been portrayed by Fiona Hutchison
from 1987-1991 and again from 2001-2004. She is set to return in 2011.
son. The truth eventually came out and Max began raising him as his son. Gabrielle and Max were passionately in love, but Gabrielle married his brother, Steve. Steve was killed by a bomb in a wedding cake, and after saving her from joining a convent, Max and Gabrielle married.
After Max was presumed dead in a car wreck, Gabrielle fell into an affair with married, devious Michael Grande. During an argument with his pregnant wife, Alicia, their car crashed. Alicia died soon after giving birth. Michael was devastated. Gabrielle went to see Michael's baby in the nursery, and sadly, the child died. To spare Michael even more grief, Gabrielle switched his baby with Brenda Brock's baby. At the culmination of this story, Gabrielle was locked up, and then given community service. Soon after, Max came back with a new face. Gabrielle resumed their relationship, but also seduced a hunky priest, Father Tony Vallone. Local mob boss Carlo Hesser
videotaped their tryst and blackmailed Gabrielle into poisoning Viki Lord. Gabrielle couldn't go through with it. When she was arrested, Gabrielle planned to tell the court of Carlo's plans, but after he threatened to kill Al, Gabrielle stayed silent. She was sent to prison for nearly 7 years, until she was released in 1997. Max sent Al to live with her.
for letting her suffer in prison and for skipping out on paying her any child support for Al. She married Asa Buchanan to help him in his plan to frame Max for murder. Asa asked her to pretend to love Max and have an "affair" with him. As she did, she rediscovered her old feelings for him and Max began to like her again. Gabrielle began to wonder if really killing Asa wasn't such a bad idea after all. Asa, however, beat them to it. After faking his own death, Bo thought Max and Gabrielle had done it. Neither of them did, of course, so they planned on escaping. They went to Saint Blazes Island where they discovered the real live Asa. Asa was arrested and Max and Gabrielle were free. But Max discovered that Gabrielle had planned on framing him for Asa's "murder" originally, and wanted nothing to do with her. They eventually reconciled their friendship before Max left town in fall 2003.
on the docks about giving away Blair's real baby and then bringing it back as an adopted child. Gabby used this to her advantage and blackmailed Todd into giving her a job as style editor at the Sun. Gabrielle tried to use her salary to help pay off Al's hospital bills (he was accidentally pushed off a cliff by Cristian Vega). Asa attempted to manipulate Gabrielle into taking a payoff, but Gabrielle alerted Bo and they busted Asa. Bo made Gabrielle calmer and more loved, while Gabrielle made Bo feel young and excited. They became lovers.
Several months later, Gabrielle found a letter from Sam Rappaport which revealed that Bo was the father of his ex-wife Nora's young son, Matthew Hanen Rappaport
. Gabrielle kept quiet for a few weeks, even stealing another copy of the letter from Nora's house, but finally came clean. Bo forgave her, and they were truly happy until fall 2003, when Al came down with a serious infection. Gabrielle donated a kidney, but nothing could save him. Destroyed, she began drinking and no longer felt worthy of love. Gabrielle was finally starting to enjoy life again as the New Year dawned. She accepted Bo's marriage proposal and put Al's death behind her. Unfortunately, at a party to ring in 2004, Gabrielle was left alone for a few moments. The Music Box Killer snuck up on her. Before she could react, he snapped her neck. Bo found her and held her lifeless body in his arms. He and all of Llanview mourned the loss of a vibrant, passionate, deeply caring woman who died far too young.
Gabrielle is set to return in 2011 before the series finale
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...
from the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
soap opera One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
. She has been portrayed by Fiona Hutchison
Fiona Hutchison
Fiona Hutchison is an English-American actress. Born to two citizens of the United Kingdom, Hutchison grew up in South Miami, Florida, Jamaica, and Columbia, South Carolina. Hutchison is trained in ballet and classical dance, attending the Miami Conservatory as a child...
from 1987-1991 and again from 2001-2004. She is set to return in 2011.
Arrival and Max Holden
Gabrielle Medina, the daughter of a wealthy Argentinean rancher, arrived in Llanview in 1986. She had given her virginity to rascal Max Holden, believing that he wanted to marry her. Instead he dumped her, and she had to pass their love child, Al, off as Tina Roberts'Tina Lord
Tina Lord Roberts is a fictional character on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live, originated and most notably portrayed by Andrea Evans...
son. The truth eventually came out and Max began raising him as his son. Gabrielle and Max were passionately in love, but Gabrielle married his brother, Steve. Steve was killed by a bomb in a wedding cake, and after saving her from joining a convent, Max and Gabrielle married.
After Max was presumed dead in a car wreck, Gabrielle fell into an affair with married, devious Michael Grande. During an argument with his pregnant wife, Alicia, their car crashed. Alicia died soon after giving birth. Michael was devastated. Gabrielle went to see Michael's baby in the nursery, and sadly, the child died. To spare Michael even more grief, Gabrielle switched his baby with Brenda Brock's baby. At the culmination of this story, Gabrielle was locked up, and then given community service. Soon after, Max came back with a new face. Gabrielle resumed their relationship, but also seduced a hunky priest, Father Tony Vallone. Local mob boss Carlo Hesser
Carlo Hesser
Carlo Hesser is a fictional character on ABC's daytime drama One Life to Live. He has been played by Thom Christopher from 1990 to 1992, 1996 to 1997, in 2005 and from July 3, 2008 to September 11, 2008. The character was named after Lisa S...
videotaped their tryst and blackmailed Gabrielle into poisoning Viki Lord. Gabrielle couldn't go through with it. When she was arrested, Gabrielle planned to tell the court of Carlo's plans, but after he threatened to kill Al, Gabrielle stayed silent. She was sent to prison for nearly 7 years, until she was released in 1997. Max sent Al to live with her.
Return
She returned to Llanview in 2001, planning to get revenge on Max HoldenMax Holden (One Life to Live)
Max Holden is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. He was most popularly portrayed by James DePaiva.-Storylines:Max Holden came to Llanview in 1987 and as soon as he got there, he became involved in a love triangle with two women, Tina Lord Roberts and Gabrielle Medina....
for letting her suffer in prison and for skipping out on paying her any child support for Al. She married Asa Buchanan to help him in his plan to frame Max for murder. Asa asked her to pretend to love Max and have an "affair" with him. As she did, she rediscovered her old feelings for him and Max began to like her again. Gabrielle began to wonder if really killing Asa wasn't such a bad idea after all. Asa, however, beat them to it. After faking his own death, Bo thought Max and Gabrielle had done it. Neither of them did, of course, so they planned on escaping. They went to Saint Blazes Island where they discovered the real live Asa. Asa was arrested and Max and Gabrielle were free. But Max discovered that Gabrielle had planned on framing him for Asa's "murder" originally, and wanted nothing to do with her. They eventually reconciled their friendship before Max left town in fall 2003.
Bo Buchanan and Death
After Asa kicked Gabrielle out, Bo let her move into his apartment so he could keep an eye on her. One evening, Gabby overheard Todd Manning talking to David VickersDavid Vickers
David Vickers Buchanan is a fictional character from the daytime soap opera One Life to Live, portrayed by Tuc Watkins.-Appearances:...
on the docks about giving away Blair's real baby and then bringing it back as an adopted child. Gabby used this to her advantage and blackmailed Todd into giving her a job as style editor at the Sun. Gabrielle tried to use her salary to help pay off Al's hospital bills (he was accidentally pushed off a cliff by Cristian Vega). Asa attempted to manipulate Gabrielle into taking a payoff, but Gabrielle alerted Bo and they busted Asa. Bo made Gabrielle calmer and more loved, while Gabrielle made Bo feel young and excited. They became lovers.
Several months later, Gabrielle found a letter from Sam Rappaport which revealed that Bo was the father of his ex-wife Nora's young son, Matthew Hanen Rappaport
Matthew Buchanan
Matthew Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.-Casting:The role was portrayed by child actors Steven and Nicholas Towler from 1999 to June 2000 and Ian Chandler Sheaffer from July 2000 to May 2001...
. Gabrielle kept quiet for a few weeks, even stealing another copy of the letter from Nora's house, but finally came clean. Bo forgave her, and they were truly happy until fall 2003, when Al came down with a serious infection. Gabrielle donated a kidney, but nothing could save him. Destroyed, she began drinking and no longer felt worthy of love. Gabrielle was finally starting to enjoy life again as the New Year dawned. She accepted Bo's marriage proposal and put Al's death behind her. Unfortunately, at a party to ring in 2004, Gabrielle was left alone for a few moments. The Music Box Killer snuck up on her. Before she could react, he snapped her neck. Bo found her and held her lifeless body in his arms. He and all of Llanview mourned the loss of a vibrant, passionate, deeply caring woman who died far too young.
Gabrielle is set to return in 2011 before the series finale