General Hospital: Kirsten Storms’ Maxie Temporarily Recast
General Hospital has tapped Nicole Paggi to temporarily step in for Kirsten Storms as Maxie Jones, Soap Opera Digest reports.
Paggi — who played Kelly Ripa’s niece/Faith Ford’s daughter Sydney in the ABC comedy Hope & Faith — made her debut on the ABC daytime soap on Wednesday, Dec. 27. TVLine has learned that Paggi will fill in for Storms for just a couple days.
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Days of Our Lives vet Storms transitioned to General Hospital in 2005 after playing Isabella “Belle” Black on the aforementioned NBC sudser from 1999 to 2004. Her GH character Maxie was temporarily recast in 2011, with Jen Lilley taking over the part until Storms returned in 2012. Storm also took temporary leaves from the show in 2016, 2017 and 2018, ranging from a couple days to a several-months hiatus, with Molly Burnett frequently filling in as Maxie.
In addition to her General Hospital character, which she also portrayed on the offshoot General Hospital: Night Shift, Storms is known for her starring role in Disney Channel’s Zenon TV movies and her voice work on Kim Possible (as Bonnie Rockwaller).
Paggi’s recent TV credits include episodes of The Rookie: Feds and 9-1-1. She previously co-starred on the UPN sitcom One and One.
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