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From Kelly Ripa to Michael B. Jordan: All My Children's A-List Alumni

The popular soap opera premiered on Jan. 5, 1970 

By Andrea Wurzburger
January 05, 2021 11:52 AM
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Kelly Ripa

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Ripa starred as Hayley Vaughan on All My Children from 1990 to 2002, and earned three Daytime Emmy Award nominations for her role.

But she got a whole lot more than awards out of her long-running stint on the show ...

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Mark Consuelos

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... she also met her husband, Mark Consuelos, while he portrayed Mateo Santos Sr. from 1995 to 2002.

The pair played an onscreen couple, which led to them dating and eventually marrying in real life. Ripa and Consuelos now share three children together: sons Michael, 23, and Joaquin, 17, and daughter Lola, 19.

Now, 25 years after the couple first met, Ripa and Consuelos are executive producing a new ABC spin-off series titled Pine Valley, according to a report from Variety. 

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Susan Lucci

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The Queen of Daytime TV, Lucci made her mark as Erica Kane, playing the soap opera's most famous character from its debut in 1970 until its last episode in 2011. In 1999, she finally won a Daytime Emmy Award for her work after a historic 19 nominations. 

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Michael B. Jordan

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Before he was PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive, Michael B. Jordan was acting on All My Children. He played Reggie Montgomery, a young gang member adopted by Erica Kane, in 2003. The young actor even shared a few scenes with Amanda Seyfried. 

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Chadwick Boseman

Fun fact: Before Michael B. Jordan took the role of Reggie, it belonged to the late Chadwick Boseman, who was only on the soap for one week. 

In a joint interview with The Wrap while promoting Black Panter, Boseman told his costar Jordan that he quit the show because he didn't want his role to be reduced to a racial stereotype. He voiced his concerns and then left the series. 

Jordan said of the move, "I’m younger than Chad, and I was coming into All My Children fresh off The Wire — wide open, still learning. I was playing this role not knowing that a lot of the things I was going through were because of what he’d already done for me."

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Melissa Leo

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Before she was Academy Award-winning actress Melissa Leo, she was Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress Melissa Leo. 

Leo made her acting debut on the soap in 1984, playing her character Linda Warner until 1988. 

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Josh Duhamel

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With his classic good looks and amazing hair, is it any wonder that Duhamel played the dashing Leo du Pres on the show from 1999 until 2002? He also returned in 2011 for a few episodes before the series ended. 

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Jesse McCartney

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Before he was making tweenage girls fall in love with his "Beautiful Soul," Jesse McCartney was nominated twice for Daytime Emmys for his role as Adam Chandler Jr. on All My Children. He played the role from 1998 to 2001. 

In 2006, McCartney returned to the soap opera to appear as himself for two episodes! That's quite the flex. 

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Carol Burnett

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Yes, the Carol Burnett! Sure, she had already made a name for herself by the time she appeared on the show as Verla Grubbs in 1983, but that is neither here nor there. Brunett also returned to reprise her roles for a few episodes in 1995, 2005 and 2011.

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Amanda Seyfried

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Seyfried played Joni Stafford on All My Children from 2002 to 2003, following up her stint on the daytime television show with her role in Mean Girls. 

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Seyfried wasn't the only Mean Girl who got her start on All My Children! Chabert was the third actress to play Erica Kane's (Susan Lucci) daughter Bianca Montgomery, in 1993. 

Chabert left All My Children in 1994 for the part that would make her famous: Claudia on Party of Five. The character of Bianca Montgomery, however, would go on to become the first lesbian lead character on a soap. 

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Before she was slaying vampires, Sarah Michelle Gellar played Kendall Hart Lang on the soap opera from 1993 to 1995. She'd get her big break as the titular role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer two years later, in 1997. 

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Michelle Trachtenberg

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From 1993 to 1996, Trachtenberg appeared opposite her future Buffy the Vampire Slayer costar Gellar on All My Children, playing Lily Montgomery. She was the first actress to play the role, with Leven Rambin and Mischa Barton later taking over the troubled character. 

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Mischa Barton

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How else did you think Mischa Barton was so good at nailing that campy, teen drama vibe on The O.C.? She got some practice when she made her screen debut on All My Children in 1996. 

Shortly after her debut, she landed roles in Notting Hill and The Sixth Sense.

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Christian Slater

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Prior to his big break in the campy 1988 cult classic Heathers, Slater had a turn on All My Children as Caleb Thompson in 1986. 

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