what happened to the other jennifer on days of our lives

Fictional character

Jennifer Horton
Melissa Reeves as Jennifer Horton.png

Melissa Reeves as Jennifer Horton

Days of Our Lives character
Portrayed by
  • Maren Stephenson (1976–1977)
  • Jennifer Peterson (1977–1979)
  • Melissa Reeves (1985–1995, 2000–2020, 2021–present)
  • Stephanie Cameron (1995–1998)
  • Cady McClain (2020–2021)
  • Marci Miller (2021)
Elapsing
  • 1976–1979
  • 1985–1998
  • 2000–2006
  • 2010–present
First appearance February 6, 1976 (1976-02-06)
Created by Pat Falken Smith
Introduced by
  • Betty Corday (1976)
  • Betty Corday and Al Rabin (1985)
  • Ken Corday and Tom Langan (2000)
  • Ken Corday and Gary Tomlin (2010)
  • Ken Corday and Albert Alarr (2020)
Spin-off
appearances
  • Days of Our Lives: One Stormy Night (1992)
  • Days of Our Lives: Dark Sins (1993)
  • Days of Our Lives: Winter Rut (1994)
Classification Present; guest
Profile
Other names Jennifer Alamain
Jennifer Deveraux
Jennifer Blake
Jennifer Rose Horton
Occupation Co-owner and editor-in-primary of The Salem Spectator
Former Director of Communications for Salem U Hospital
Former Publicist for Abe Carver'southward mayoral campaign
Former Public relations officer at Salem U Hospital
One-time Reporter
Former Talk show host
Erstwhile Waitress in Republic of ireland
Old Jail guard (with Promise Brady'south credentials)
Former Knife thrower'south assistant
Erstwhile Newspaper columnist
Residence Salem, Illinois
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Stephanie Cameron as Jennifer Horton

Jennifer Horton is a fictional character from Days of Our Lives, an American lather opera on the NBC network, currently played past actress Melissa Reeves. Jennifer was created by scriptwriter Pat Falken Smith, and executive producer Betty Corday. Reeves played the function of Jennifer on and off for over 30 years, premiering on October 9, 1985.[1] [2] The role has besides been portrayed by Maren Stephenson, Jennifer Peterson, Stephanie Cameron, Cady McClain and Marci Miller.

Jennifer'southward storylines ofttimes focus on dear and romance. The daughter of Nib and Laura Horton, she is a member of the original core family unit, the Hortons. Despite outset as a rebellious teenager, she has transformed into a truthful soap heroine. Jennifer is known for her popular pairing with Jack Deveraux, most notably portrayed by Matthew Ashford. The pairing of Jack and Jennifer, known as "J&J" to soap fans, has become i of the soaps' near infamous supercouples.[iii] [4] [5]

McClain's performance in the role earned her the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2021.

Development [edit]

Background [edit]

Jennifer Horton is one of the earliest characters to be invented past executive producer Betty Corday,[6] and scriptwriter Pat Falken Smith.[7] The character was brought on equally part of the soap'southward cadre family, the Hortons. She is the daughter of established characters Beak and Laura Horton, and the female parent of Abigail and JJ Deveraux[8]

Casting [edit]

As Jennifer is introduced on February 9, 1976, the role was originated by child extra Maren Stephenson until Baronial viii, 1977. For storyline purposes, the function is briefly taken over by Jennifer Peterson from December 1, 1977, to July 4, 1979, until the character was written out of the show when her mother, Laura Horton, was in a psychiatric facility, thus and would non exist able to treat her.

On October 9, 1985, the character was re-introduced with Santa Barbara actress Melissa Reeves in the part. During her time in the role she proved to be a fan favorite, and younger leading heroine. Her relationship with Jack Deveraux prompted the couple to be pronounced a supercouple for the daytime drama.[5] Reeves stayed with the serial until she abruptly quit on December 15, 1995, at the insistence of her hubby, Scott Reeves. To supercede Reeves, the show brought on Stephanie Cameron equally Jennifer on December eighteen, 1995. Cameron portrayed the character until she was written off the show on June 5, 1998.[ix]

In early 2000, rumors started swirling that Melissa Reeves would be returning to the evidence, due to the serial crumbling to fill the void left by the departures of front-burner cast members Vivian Alamain, played past Louise Sorel and Eric Brady, played past Jensen Ackles. Her return was officially announced in April 2000. Reeves returned to work and began ambulation shortly after on October 6.[1] Subsequently six years on the serial, Reeves departed once again on September 21, 2006 to spend fourth dimension with her family unit. The show'southward matriarch, Frances Reid who played Alice Horton died of onetime age on February iii, 2010.[10] [11] Reeves was invited back for her onscreen tribute on June 10 of that same year.[12] Reeves remained in a recurring guest star role until July half-dozen. It was announced later that month that Reeves would render permanently in the role starting time on November 12.[12]

In September 2020, it was appear Cady McClain had been temporarily cast in the function, replacing Reeves—who opted non to commute from Tennessee to California—due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[thirteen] Reeves last appeared on October 13, with McClain debuting on October twenty.[14] [15] On February two, 2021, Marci Miller briefly portrayed Jennifer in newly-created flashbacks. McClain exited the role on February 17.[16] She briefly reappeared on April 30 of that year. Later that in year, it was announced that Reeves would be returning, and she returned on December 24, 2021.

Storylines [edit]

Backstory [edit]

Jennifer Rose Horton is born during a snowstorm in 1976.[eight] In 1979, her mother's mental state deteriorates and she puts little Jennifer Rose in danger by putting her on a bus lonely. In 1985, Jennifer returns to Salem as a teenager in deep trouble who dressed in a style like to Madonna at the time. She has go a rebellious delinquent, is a compulsive liar, and is beingness stalked by a rapist. Her brother Mike Horton comes to her rescue. Past the following yr she gives upward on her delinquent lifestyle and moves back in with her grandparents, Tom and Alice Horton. During the summer of 1986, she begins a non-intimate romance with a high school classmate Glenn Gallagher. However, Jennifer inadvertently exposes Glenn's plan to uncover his motorbus'due south drug dealing. Jennifer trails Glenn to the park and finds the coach holding a gun to Glenn's head. Jennifer then enlists the aid of classmate Frankie Brady.[8] Later, when on a class trip, Jennifer and Frankie find they take feelings for one another. Jennifer rejects Glenn's force per unit area to have sex and turns to Frankie. Together, Jennifer and Frankie foil a robbery try and help bosom a prostitution ring. In 1987, Jennifer'southward male parent Beak returns to Salem and tries running Jennifer'south life. Jennifer rebels by condign engaged to Frankie; withal, she breaks the engagement when she learns of her mother and grandmother's mental bug, thinking she'd develop the same issues and laissez passer them on to her own children. They reunite briefly, but Eve Donovan (who has a crush on Frankie) spills the beans about an affair Frankie had while separated from Jennifer.[viii]

1989–2006 [edit]

In 1989, Jennifer becomes an intern reporter at the Salem Spectator, working under the tutelage of publisher Jack Deveraux.[8] She befriends Sally, a pregnant homeless girl who gets herself arrested so she won't take her infant on the streets. Just the officials won't let Sally keep her baby once it was built-in. Jack pretends to be Jennifer's husband, and they offer the child Hannah a foster home. Jack presently falls in love with Jennifer, merely Emilio presently comes to town. Although Emilio pulls away from Jennifer when she is threatened past the gang Emilio one time belonged to,[8] Jennifer soon finds herself torn between Emilio and Jack. When Jack hides his feelings for Jennifer, she and then becomes engaged to Emilio. Desperate to proceed Jennifer from marrying Emilio, Jack kidnaps her on her hymeneals day. When Jennifer escapes, she falls off a cliff and was knocked unconscious. Jack finally pours his eye out to her. Later, Jack becomes insecure virtually his feelings for Jennifer, so she returns to Emilio. During the Cruise Of Charade, nevertheless, Jack saves Jennifer'southward life, and they make dearest for the first time.[17] Later, Lawrence Alamain comes to town. Jennifer believes that Lawrence thinks she is Katerina, the heiress to the Von Leuschner fortune, due to a confusion going back to when the real heiress (Carly Manning) and Jennifer were teenagers and they had switched dates.[8] Afterward a hurried wedding, Lawrence rapes Jennifer, admitting that he knew her existent identity all along. Jack arrives to rescue Jennifer. Jack and Jennifer became engaged, just he calls off the wedding because he feels alienated from her. Jennifer is yet unable to handle intimacy and is too aback to tell Jack that Lawrence raped her. Jack then marries Eve to assistance her get her hands on her $10 meg inheritance. After Jennifer finally tells Jack the truth, she presses rape charges against Lawrence. Kimberly and Jack are able to record him confessing to the rape, and Lawrence is then sent to jail. Eve reluctantly grants Jack a divorce, and Jack and Jennifer are married. Soon after, a swindler named Hawk soon cheats them out of their coin. He is caught, just the couple remains penniless. Jennifer then learns she is pregnant, but Jack's joy is not cracking. He thinks he is suffering a relapse of Hodgkin's affliction. Though he is not ill, Jennifer goes to New York to practice a TV show with Calliope. Jennifer gives birth later on that year to a girl, Abigail Johanna.[17]

The following year, Abigail is diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia. Jennifer teams upward with Austin Reed to discover the environmental cause of Abigail's illness. It is presently revealed that Jack was the one who had allowed the toxic waste material dumping and was responsible for Abigail'due south illness. Overwhelmed with guilt, Jack leaves Salem and Jennifer backside. Jennifer begins dating Peter Blake after Jack is gone. Peter is involved with drug trafficking at the time. Jennifer's mother Laura sees Peter with a lowlife by the name of Leo as the 2 of them scheme to get in announced as if Laura is having a mental relapse. Jack returns to Salem and spies on his ex-married woman and her current love.[17] Jennifer begins to try to observe a man named Clark, who her mom had feelings for.[8] It turns out that Clark is actually Jack. Jennifer is devastated and goes through with her marriage to Peter. Jack tries continuously to prove that Peter is devious but to no avail. A twelvemonth later on, Jennifer and Peter split when she finds out he lied to her. Jack catches Peter with a syringe meant for Jennifer so that Peter can drug her and so take her and Abigail out of the country. Jack ends up shooting Peter, and it looks like Peter has died. (Stefano switches Peter's alive torso with the dead body of an old associate wearing a Peter mask.)

Jack is sentenced to serving life in prison for the death of Peter, and Jennifer vows her eternal love for Jack every solar day. Jack breaks out of jail and takes Jen with him to evade constabulary. They all are on the run for a while, until they join up with a circus. Jack becomes a laborer and Jen the assistant with Abby, their daughter. Abby strikes up a expert friendship with the ringmaster's son. Eventually, Jack and Jennifer abscond for Africa. While in Africa, Jennifer and Jack experience some issues with their relationship, especially when Jennifer falls for a fellow named Colin Spud...whom she does not realize is Shawn Brady's nephew! She flees to Ireland with Abby, where she ends up getting herself in trouble, and then has to come up back to Salem with Bo. Jack soon follows her, and the ii motility in together so they tin look later on Abigail. Jennifer initially pushes Jack away and concentrates on relationships, start with Brandon then Colin, but she and Jack tin can't resist that certain something that has always been between them. They are remarried, much to the delight of their daughter Abby.

Jack and Jennifer are just first to bask their married life together again and hosting "In the Business firm," a prove that was a hymeneals gifts from Jennifer's male parent Bill to her and Jack. Jennifer is then dealt the harshest blow of her life when Jack is struck down in an alley behind Salem Place past the Salem Stalker, and Jennifer is forced to brand the choice of taking him off life back up and donating his organs. Abby is unable to forgive her mother until Jennifer realizes she is pregnant, but tragedy strikes again when Jennifer learns that her babe volition have serious mental and physical deformities, and Lexie advises her to terminate.

Ty Treadway has played a office in Jennifer's return storyline in 2010.

Desperate to concord on to the terminal office of Jack she would ever have, Jennifer refuses to terminate her pregnancy.[viii] With the help of her new tenant and friend, Patrick Lockhart, Jennifer begins looking forward to a new life with Abby and the baby. When she is near full term, Jennifer gets a bulletin on her estimator, supposedly from Jack, and takes off to discover him. She is picked upwardly by a pilot who was to take her to the island of Melaswen. Unfortunately, the plane crashes, and Jennifer ends up in the jungle. She is thrilled when she reunited with Jack, and together the two begin planning a hereafter for Jack Patrick Jr. (who is delivered past Patrick), only when they effort to render to Salem, Jack is presumed expressionless on the return voyage. Jennifer tries to motility on with her life, only finds it difficult because Abby tin can't forgive Jennifer for Jack'south decease. Jennifer is almost preparing to motility on when a miracle occurs and Jack is back home for existent. Together, Jack and Jennifer work on rebuilding their family, which is complete at present that Abby are getting along much improve with her mother. The two go a task offering for London, and Jack and Jennifer leave for London with baby Jack.[eight]

2010–present [edit]

In June 2010, Jennifer returns to Salem after receiving the news that her grandmother, Alice Horton, is very ill and does not have much time left. Jennifer gets to say goodbye to her "Gram", but is distraught every bit one of the closest people to her and the woman that raised her died. While in Salem, Jennifer tries to provide guidance to Bo and Promise, inferring that she thinks it is best if they reconcile. She too gets to reunite with her old friend, Carly Manning, who she had non seen in years. Jennifer leaves Salem subsequently Alice's funeral and after an atmospherics with Vivian Alamain, and returns to London to be with her family. She, nonetheless, returns to Salem in November of that same twelvemonth to aid Hope, who was in prison afterward confessing to the Salem Muggings.

Hope refuses to permit Jennifer help her as she is determined to pay for her crimes. The women's prison house that Hope is staying at, nonetheless, is trafficking human organs that came from dead inmates, and the dr. that Jennifer had been seeing at the time is helping Warden Jane and the DiMera family. Later on Bo helps Hope escape for the jail after being nigh beaten to death, Jennifer uses her journalism groundwork to get a job at the prison to try and save Hope and expose the illegal scam at the prison. Warden Jane and Lee, nevertheless, detect Jennifer's truthful motives, and removes Jennifer's middle from her body with the intention of giving it to Dr. Walters to save a patient at the hospital. Melanie Layton and Dr. Daniel Jonas are informed of Jennifer'south condition and blitz to relieve her. Daniel ends upward putting Jennifer's heart dorsum into her breast and saves her life. This begins a flirtatious relationship betwixt the two. Meanwhile, Jennifer's daughter Abigial, returns home to Salem to be with her female parent.[18] Without hearing a word from her hubby Jack, Jennifer decides it is all-time if she divorces Jack and moves on with her life. Afterward the divorce is finalized and afterward flirting for months, Jennifer and Daniel began to date, much to the dismay of Jennifer and Daniel's adept friend, Dr. Carly Manning. In July 2011, Jennifer discovered that Carly had been using drugs and had become fond due to her life falling apart and Jennifer being with Daniel, the homo she feels she wants to love. Jennifer and Daniel end up getting Carly medical help. Carly, forth with her son, Nicholas, leave Salem to go to Europe.

As Jennifer and Daniel fall deeper in love, Jack unexpectedly returns to Salem. Although Jennifer and Abby are upset at his absenteeism, he reveals that he was held prisoner in Afghanistan while covering the opium trade there, and that a British friend he had at that place was killed, giving him PTSD. Wanting to back up him, Jennifer gets closer to Jack, and the two realize that they notwithstanding love each other. Unable to make a selection between Daniel and Jack, Daniel breaks up with Jennifer and leaves Salem. Jennifer helps Abe with his campaign for mayor, though they lose to EJ DiMera. Jennifer eventually wins Jack'south eye, and the two become engaged. When Daniel returns, Jennifer asks him if they can be friends, and he tells her they can, while he begins a underground romance with Nicole Walker. When the tunnels explode underneath Salem, Jack saves Abby from existence trapped in a broken elevator. The elevator, with Jack inside, plunges several stories, causing Jack to dice. Distraught, Abby and Jennifer scatter his ashes off the shores of northern California. Broken, Jennifer allows a meaning Nicole to live with her, in society to keep Daniel happy and so that Victor Kiriakis doesn't have to permit her live with him. Nicole reveals her human relationship with Daniel, which makes Jennifer uneasy and argumentative with Nicole. Jennifer tells Nicole that she must go out after she gives nascency. Later Nicole sees a close moment between Daniel and Jennifer and later loses her infant, she gets in a fight with Jennifer, catastrophe with Nicole falling down some stairs and "miscarrying." Nicole blames Jennifer for the fall, only the truth is revealed that Nicole knew her baby died simply was keeping information technology a secret so that Daniel would take her to Hawaii. Knowing that Daniel will dear Jennifer and will never honey Nicole, Nicole apologizes for her wrongdoings and leaves the duo alone. Daniel agrees to still be her friend, and he and Jennifer forgive her, not pressing charges. Daniel saves Jennifer'southward life after, albeit that he loves her, past removing her appendix before it bursts, with Nicole's help. Jennifer admits to Daniel, while the surgery goes on, that she loves him. She forgets afterwards, however, only is glad that Daniel'south mitt tremors are gone cheers to the treatment she found for him. After, she remembers what she told him, and, with Abigail, says good day to her old life with Jack. Daniel and Jennifer reunite with nearly anybody's blessing, simply Jennifer'south half blood brother, Lucas Horton, doesn't corroborate of the reunion due to his bitter past with Daniel. On New Year's Eve, Daniel and Jennifer share a kiss and spend the nighttime together.

Chloe Lane returns to Salem. She had previously given birth to a son, whom she had named Parker Jonas. The supposed truth came out at Parker's baptism in front of family and friends that Philip Kiriakis was Parker's begetter, leading to the end of the union between Chloe and Daniel. Having lost him, Chloe sank into a country of post partum depression and tried to commit suicide. Upon returning to Salem in January 2013, Chloe attempts to reestablish her human relationship with Daniel, revealing to Daniel that Parker actually is his son and that the earlier supposed Deoxyribonucleic acid test results had been fake. Hoping she could become Daniel dorsum, Chloe blackmails Jennifer into rejecting Daniel by threatening to go along Daniel from seeing Parker. Chloe goes so far equally to have her mother Nancy prepare to accept Parker to Brazil without telling Daniel, so Jennifer felt she had to publicly reject Daniel and leave the infirmary to protect Daniel from losing access to his son while never revealing her truthful feelings.

After seeing a passport at Chloe's mother Nancy'south identify, Daniel figured out Chloe's scheme, with assistance from Rafe, and reconciles with Jennifer, who also got her job dorsum at the hospital. Chloe said she repents and leaves town for treatment, leaving Parker with Daniel and Jennifer. Jennifer is delighted when JJ returns to Sale, now a teenager.

Jennifer is devastated by Daniel'south decease in 2016. In late 2017, Jennifer begins a relationship with Eric Brady. The two later get engaged only Eric breaks it off when he learns she's known where Nicole Walker was for a couple of months. Shortly after at a New Years party, Jack returns, merely does non reconcile with Jennifer due to having amnesia and existence manipulated by Eve. Eve and Jack subsequently marry, much to Jennifer'south dismay. Even so, when Jack recovers his memories, he divorces Eve and remarries Jennifer. Before long after, Jennifer is pushed off a balcony by Gina Von Amberg, who is posing equally Hope, so that Jennifer doesn't reveal her true identity. This puts Jennifer into a coma for a whole year, and when she wakes upwards, she clears Eve's name, who had been in prison house for pushing her. Jennifer and Jack after support Abigail when she begins having hallucinations.

Reception [edit]

The graphic symbol of Jennifer has been well received past critics, with Reeves' long-running portrayal regarded as "beingness one of the most beloved" in the serial.[19]

Reeves received several honour nominations and wins for her portrayal of Jennifer. In 1995, she received a Soap Opera Digest award for Hottest Female Star.[20] Reeves'southward operation has been met with critical acclaim, having garnered her Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Serial in 1992 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2016.[21]

At the 48th Daytime Emmy Awards, McClain earned an Emmy win in the category of Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series for the part of Jennifer.[22]

Meet as well [edit]

  • Jack and Jennifer
  • Supercouple

References [edit]

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External links [edit]

  • Jennifer at soapprimal.com¨

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Horton

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