Susan Lucci

Susan Lucci is an American actress, TV host and author, born on December 23, 1946. She is best known for her role as Erica Kane on ABC’s daytime drama All My Children. Susan has been called “Daytime’s Leading Lady” by TV Guide and New York Times and Los Angeles Times cited her as the highest-paid actor in daytime television. Susan is best known for her role as Eric Kane on All My Children, in which she appeared from January 1970 to 2011. She was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on All My Children also every year since 1978. After 18 failed nominations, she finally won an Emmy in 1999. Susan was also named one of VH1’s 200 Top Icons of All-Time and one of Barbara Walter’s Ten Most Fascinating People. Susan also played roles in made-for-TV movies, hosted many shows and guest starred on TV comedy series. In 1982, she appeared in a cameo appearance in the comedy film Young Doctors in Love. She also played the role of Darya in the Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning TV movie Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986). In 1990-1991, she began a series of guest spots on the nighttime soap opera Dallas. In 1995, Susan appeared in the Lifetime television film Ebbie. In 2004, she appeared as a guest star in two episodes of the ABC comedy series Hope & Faith. In 2010, Susan appeared in Hot in Cleveland five times. She also appeared in Gloria Estefan’s music video “Hotel Nacional” in 2012 and guest starred in Lifetime’s Army Wives. In 2013, she hosted Deadly Affairs and currently starts as Genevieve Delatour in the Lifetime TV series Devious Maids. Susan is notorious in the entertainment world. She has appeared in many daytime TV shows and starred in All My Children for years. She collected numerous awards and will forever be known for her soap stardom.   Follow Susan Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Greg Hernandez