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Maxie Jones
General Hospital character
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Kirsten Storms as Maxie Jones
Portrayed by
Duration1990–
First appearanceNovember 5, 1990
ClassificationPresent; regular
Created byGene Palumbo
Introduced by
Book appearancesRobin's Diary
The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli
Spin-off
appearances		Port Charles
General Hospital: Night Shift

Robyn Richards as Maxie Jones
In-universe information
Other namesMaxie Hunter
Occupation
FamilyScorpio/Jones family
Parents
StepfatherMac Scorpio
SistersGeorgie Jones
Spouse
DaughtersGeorgie Spinelli
GrandparentsPeter Cummings
Andrew Jones Sr.
Bertha Ramirez
Cindy Jones
Aunts and unclesTony Jones
Robert Scorpio (step)
First cousinsB. J. Jones
Lucas Jones (adoptive)
Robin Scorpio (step)

Maxie Jones is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera General Hospital. She is the eldest daughter of supercouple Frisco and Felicia Jones. The role was first portrayed by Robyn Richards for eleven years, from 1993 to 2004. The role was then recast with Kirsten Storms. In 2011, Storms took an extended medical leave, resulting in the temporary recasting of the character with Jen Lilley. Storms has since returned to the role. In 2009, Storms was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her portrayal of Maxie Jones.[1]

Casting

Actress Jen Lilley was cast as Maxie in 2011, portraying the role for 11 months, while Kirsten Storms was out on extended medical leave.

The character was initially portrayed by child actors Chelsey and Kahley Cuff from 1990 to 1991, Ashley and Jessica Clark in 1992, and Elaine and Melanie Silver from December 1992 to 1993. Robyn Richards then assumed the role in 1993. In March 2002, after nine years as the character, ABC announced their decision to release Richards from her contract in order to rapidly age the character, with plans to have actress Danica Stewart take over.[2] However, within months, it was announced that the network had chosen to have Richards stay after Stewart was negatively received by viewers.[3]

In March 2005, after Richards had made her final appearance in July 2004, it was announced that the role had been recast with Kirsten Storms, who made her debut in May 2005.[4] In September 2011, Storms took an extended medical leave for an unspecified amount of time, resulting in the temporary recasting of the character with actress Jen Lilley.[5] Storms briefly departed on September 27, 2011, with Lilley debuting on September 28, 2011. Four months later, Storms was said to be returning,[6] however, her return was delayed and Lilley announced that she would be remaining in the role for the foreseeable future.[7][8][9] In June 2012, Storms was rumored to be in potential talks to rejoin the cast.[10] The following month, Lilley announced that she had completed her stint as the character. In a personal YouTube video, Lilley tearfully thanked her fans, stating: "Thank you for making my departure from GH easier. [...] And even though I'm crying, they are happy tears."[11] She made her last appearance on August 10, 2012.[12][13] Storms later returned on September 5.[14]

During an interview with Dan J. Kroll of Soap Central Live, Lilley spoke about how she had no idea about her being a recast for Storms or the character of Maxie.[11] She stated:

I was absolutely terrified, because I didn't know that I was auditioning for the role of Maxie the day before, and they kind of came out of the room after the audition and they're like, 'OK, by the way, it's the role of Maxie - you have a two-hour orientation, it starts right now. [...] And then I just remember sitting in my dressing room the next morning, having memorized 30 pages but being freaked out, and I remember thinking, 'There were two other girls at the callback, and I bet that they would want to do this role, and I don't know if I can do it, and I'm so scared.' I'm sitting in my dressing room sweating, and I remember thinking, 'I should go up to casting and just tell them to give it to one of the other girls, because I don't know if I can do this.' And then I Googled it, and it was all over Google that I was the replacement, and I was like, 'Oh God, I'm stuck! I'm stuck! I'm stuck!'

In May 2016, it was reported that Storms would again take temporary leave from the role; actress Molly Burnett was cast in the role.[15][16] Burnett assumed the role on July 5, 2016, and departed nearly a month later on July 29, 2016.[17][18][19] Storms returned in the role on August 3, 2016.[20][21]

In March 2017, it was reported that Storms would take a third temporary leave from the role; with the role not being recast during this latest absence. Storms began her hiatus on February 16, 2017.[22] In June 2017, it was reported that Storms would be returning to the role as Maxie following her hiatus with the show, airing on July 24, 2017.[23][24][25]

Storylines

1990–2005

Mariah Maximilliana Jones is born on Halloween night in 1990 and named after her maternal great-grandparents Maximilian and Mariah Ramirez. Her Godparents are named as Sean Donely (John Reilly) and Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) at her Christening. In 1994, she suffers from Kawasaki disease and requires a heart transplant. Meanwhile, her cousin B. J. Jones (Brighton Hertford) is in a car accident, leaving her brain dead. Test results prove B.J.'s heart to be a match for Maxie. B.J.'s parents, Bobbie (Jacklyn Zeman) and Tony Jones (Brad Maule), agree to take B.J. off life support and donate her heart to Maxie. During this time, Maxie's sister Georgie is conceived, but their father Frisco Jones (Jack Wagner) leaves town again soon after. Maxie and her younger sister are raised by their stepfather Mac Scorpio (John J. York) for most of their lives.

Maxie's first crush is on Lucky Spencer (Jonathan Jackson). In 2003, she dates her crush, Kyle Ratcliffe (Andrew St. John).[26] Kyle coerces Maxie to steal pills from the hospital. While she loses her virginity to him, he tapes them having sex and later posts the video on the internet.[26] Maxie is furious when she finds out, but forgives Kyle. Later on, Maxie plans to sleep with her adoptive cousin Lucas Jones (Ryan Carnes) to prevent her sister Georgie (Lindze Letherman) from sleeping with him. Maxie also flirts with Zander Smith (Chad Brannon) and helps him avoid the law. She briefly has a crush on Nikolas Cassadine (Tyler Christopher).

In 2005, Kirsten Storms assumes the role of Maxie as the character faces complications with her heart transplant. While in the hospital, Maxie meets Jesse Beaudry (Matt Marraccini), who claims to be an undercover cop blamed for a murder he didn't commit. Maxie helps Jesse and they go on the run. By the time they arrive home, they have fallen in love with each other, much to Mac's dismay.

2006–08

After Jesse dies in the line of duty, Maxie is devastated, and falls into a dark place, partying all the time. She turns to Jesse's partner Lucky for comfort, resulting in an affair. Lucky is married to Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst), but Maxie is still determined to win him over. When Maxie finds out he has a pain pill addiction, she provides him pills in exchange for sex. When Lucky decides to go to rehab and win Elizabeth back, Maxie pretends to be pregnant to hold onto Lucky. She fakes a miscarriage, and Lucky later finds out the truth. During the Metro Court hostage crisis, Maxie ends up trapped with one of the gunmen, later revealed to be Cooper Barrett (Jason Gerhardt). Maxie covers for him afterwards, and they eventually start a relationship. When Maxie suspects Cooper has taken interest in Maxie's enemy Lulu Spencer (Julie Marie Berman), she propositions Cooper's former Army buddy Logan Hayes (Josh Duhon), saying that if he can get Lulu to sleep with him, then she will sleep with Logan. Maxie eventually tries to call off the bet after Cooper admits how much he cares for her. However, unable to help herself after realizing Logan is in love with Lulu, she blackmails Logan and sleeps with him.

Later on, Cooper finds Maxie and Logan making out. He tells Maxie that he cannot watch her self-destruct any longer, and ends their relationship. Maxie and Cooper reconcile right before Georgie is murdered. Maxie is grief-stricken, to the point that she belittles her mother at Georgie's funeral for abandoning them. Cooper is suspected of the murder, but Maxie believes he's innocent. He asks Maxie to go to Canada with him, to which she agrees. However, she finds him hanging in his room, and the police further their belief that Cooper was the killer. Maxie refuses to believe this and teams up with Damian Spinelli (Bradford Anderson) to prove Cooper's innocence. Having once been enemies, Maxie and Spinelli become close, and Spinelli develops a crush on Maxie. They are successful in proving Cooper innocent, and that Diego Alcazar (Ignacio Serricchio) was actually the killer. Maxie gets a job as Kate Howard (Megan Ward)'s assistant. She is soon joined by Lulu, and starts to hit on Lulu's boyfriend Johnny Zacchara (Brandon Barash) to make her jealous. Logan begins stalking Lulu, upset about their breakup. He blames Maxie for what happened, and attacks her at the Crimson office. Lulu witnesses this, and Logan comes after her. Lulu accidentally stabs him to death in self-defense. Johnny takes the blame to protect Lulu. Lulu slowly starts to break down and is admitted to a mental institution. Maxie visits her, and they slowly become friends. After Lulu is released, she and Maxie move into an apartment together.

2009–13

Maxie becomes friends with Spinelli, and starts to slowly fall for him, despite Mac objecting and her own uncertainty. She also flirts with Johnny, but the two never establish a relationship. Maxie eventually starts dating Spinelli. He proposes just as they become exclusive, and Maxie is hesitant to accept. When Mac disapproves, Maxie accepts Spinelli's proposal in defiance of Mac. Afterwards, Maxie regrets her actions, hesitating all the way till the rehearsal dinner. Maxie confesses her hesitation to Spinelli's friend, Jason Morgan (Steve Burton), who tries to get her to admit the truth to Spinelli. Maxie refuses, not wanting to hurt Spinelli. However, Spinelli overhears, and declares he will not marry her at their wedding ceremony. The two agree to take their relationship slowly, calling off the wedding.

Maxie helps set up an art show for the artist Franco (James Franco), on behalf of Crimson. The two end up sleeping together, but Maxie immediately regrets it. She starts avoiding her family and Spinelli, unable to deal with her guilt. Eventually, Spinelli finds out, and says he can forgive Maxie, but their relationship remains strained. Hoping to reignite their romance, Spinelli sets up a fake case for Maxie to help him with, but the plan goes awry, and they end up trapped, with Spinelli injured and Maxie suffering from hypothermia. When they're finally taken to the hospital, Maxie finds out she has pneumonia, and it's putting a strain on her heart. Fortunately, she recovers, but Spinelli remains guilt-ridden. Spinelli becomes dejected when Jason goes to prison, and Maxie feels ignored. Hoping to get his attention back, Maxie stages a kiss with Matt Hunter (Jason Cook) so that Spinelli will fight for her. Instead, he breaks up with Maxie. Matt and Maxie begin to casually date, choosing not to be exclusive.

Spinelli still cares for Maxie, and intentionally gets shot by Lisa Niles (Brianna Brown) when she tries to shoot Maxie. He wakes up with a different personality, and Maxie is frustrated that Spinelli is no longer himself. She starts growing closer to Matt during this time. When Lisa is killed, Maxie is a suspect, along with Matt and several others. When Maxie's cousin, Robin Scorpio (Kimberly McCullough), is killed in a gas explosion, Maxie believes she was responsible for the gas leak, and tries to punish herself by getting arrested for Robin's murder. When this fails, she claims to have killed Lisa, and gets sent to prison. Spinelli, desperate to get Maxie out, tries to prove her innocence. He discovers the real culprit was Matt, but Maxie asks him to keep quiet and let her take the fall. Spinelli refuses, and turns Matt in. Maxie is released, on the condition that she testifies that she saw Matt kill Lisa. Angry, Maxie marries Matt to avoid testifying against him. However, Matt turns himself in, and goes to prison. He tells Maxie he'll annul their marriage, but she refuses.

Spinelli tries to apologize and win her back, but Maxie pushes him away. Spinelli finally tells Maxie off, saying that he's done wasting his love on her. Maxie eventually gets a pep talk from both Lulu and her mother that makes her realize how much she hurt Spinelli, and that she loves him. Hoping to win Spinelli back, she annuls her marriage to Matt. However, Spinelli has now fallen for Ellie Trout (Emily Wilson), and Maxie is unable to talk to Spinelli alone. Eventually, she gets him alone, and confesses her feelings. Spinelli admits that though he loved her, he's moved on with Ellie, and cannot hold on to Maxie any longer. Heartbroken, Maxie tries to move on by being a surrogate for Lulu and Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna). Maxie ended up miscarrying as their surrogate, and found Spinelli upset after believing Ellie broke up with him. The two sleep together, but Spinelli later reconciles with Ellie. Maxie discovers she's pregnant with Spinelli's child, and chooses to pass off her child as Dante and Lulu's. As the pregnancy keeps advancing, though, Maxie becomes more attached to her unborn child. She gives birth to a baby girl, whom Dante and Lulu name Connie Falconeri. Spinelli finds out the truth from Ellie, but chooses to keep the secret to save Dante and Lulu from heartbreak.

When the truth about Connie comes out, Maxie insists that Dante are Lulu can keep her. However, both she and Spinelli later decide that they want their daughter back. All four end up going to court when Lulu decides she wants to keep the baby. Lulu and Maxie both attack each other in court. The judge grants Spinelli sole custody of Connie, with Maxie being barred from seeing her daughter for six months. Devastated over losing her daughter, Maxie tries to commit suicide, but she's stopped by Robin, revealed to be alive. When Ellie finds a job in Portland, Spinelli is reluctant to follow because of Maxie and their daughter. However, Maxie gives him her blessing to go and take the baby so she won't violate the court ruling. Before leaving with Ellie, Spinelli reveals he's decided to rename their daughter Georgie, in honor of Maxie's sister. After they leave, Maxie decides to leave town to find a way to move on.

2014—

Maxie returns home with her boyfriend, Levi Dunkleman (Zachary Garred), a self-help guru. At the same time, she starts falling for Nathan West (Ryan Paevey), a detective who sublets her apartment. Levi and Nathan clash frequently over Maxie, differing on how to help her. When Maxie's court hearing comes up regarding custody of Georgie, she throws it away, believing she won't be a good influence to her daughter. Nathan, however, helps her reconsider, then lies to the judge when he threatens to make Maxie lose custody for missing the hearing. Levi, though, intentionally sabotages Maxie's hearing by revealing that Nathan was lying. To protect Nathan, Maxie reveals her guilt, and loses custody of Georgie for another six months. When Levi's visa expires, he is arrested by customs, who claim they got an anonymous tip. Maxie suspects it was Nathan, though he insists it wasn't him. It's revealed that Levi set Nathan up to control Maxie. Maxie plans to marry Levi to prevent his deportation. Unfortunately, on their wedding day, Levi shows his true colors, and kidnaps Maxie and Lulu. Maxie discovers that "Levi" is actually Peter Harrell Jr., the son of con artist Peter Harrell, Felicia's ex-fiancé, and that he was after Felicia's Aztec jewels for his father. Peter brings Maxie to his father, intending to kill her as revenge for his father's downfall. Nathan finds Maxie, and saves her from Peter Sr., but gets attacked by Peter Jr. in revenge. Maxie shoots and kills Peter, saving Nathan. Realizing Nathan has always been there for her, Maxie admits her feelings, and she & Nathan start dating.

Maxie is ordered by the judge to stay away from Nathan, since he lied for her, and he's believed to be a bad influence. She starts seeing Nathan secretly, but the judge finds out and denies her the right to see Georgie. Nathan, though, is able to get the judge to lift the order, and Maxie travels to Portland to spend the holidays with Georgie. She comes back to Port Charles, though, to celebrate New Year's with Nathan.

References

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