Hope Williams Brady
| Hope Brady | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Days of our Lives character | |||||||||||||||||||||
| File:Hopebradywilliams.jpg Kristian Alfonso as Hope Brady | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Kimberly Weber (1974–1975) Natasha Ryan (1975–1980) Tammy Taylor (1981-1982) Mila Kunis[1] (1994) Kristian Alfonso (1983–1987, 1990, 1994–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1974-1982, 1983-1987, 1990, 1994–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | January 10, 1974 (birth) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | William J. Bell | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hope Alice Brady (née Williams; previously Welch) is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives. Created by writer William J. Bell, she is portrayed by Kristian Alfonso since she was SORASed to an adult in April 1983.[2] Hope is a member of the Horton family, a very prominent fixture in Salem. She is the mother of Shawn-Douglas Brady, Zack Brady (deceased), and Ciara Brady. She is one half of the super couple Bope the signature supercouple of the daytime drama.[3] She is also the stepmother of Chelsea Brady. She is a detective for the Salem, P.D.
Alfonso was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Ingenue in 1985.[2] She has also been nominated for eight Soap Opera Digest Awards and won four — two with co-star Peter Reckell (Bo) for Favorite Couple (2001, 2003), Hottest Female Star (1999) and Favorite Newcomer (1984). She was also nominated for three Young Artist Awards (1984-'86).[2] In 2002 she and Reckell won a Special Fan Award (voted online) at the Daytime Emmys as Favorite Couple.[2]
Character history
Hope Williams Brady, the mother of Shawn-Douglas Brady, Zack Brady, and Ciara Brady is born on screen on December 24, 1974. She is the daughter of Addie Horton, and Doug Williams. She is the granddaughter of Tom Horton and his wife, Alice. Soon after Hope's birth, while crossing the street, an oncoming car threatens both Hope and Addie, but Addie pushes Hope's carriage out of the way, just in time to save her youngest daughter, but not herself. Addie dies, and Hope stays with her maternal grandparents until Doug is able to get back on his feet. Addie, who was wealthy from her first marriage to Ben Olson, left Doug and Hope with financial security. Soon after Addie's death, Doug marries Hope's half-sister Julie Olson. Hope is sent off to boarding school and not seen again until the eighties.[4] She returned in the spring of 1983 as Roman Brady rescued Hope after she ran away from boarding school and later fell from a car driven by a drunken friend. She later developed a crush on Roman.
Roman wasn't interested in Hope's advances, even after Hope attempted to seduce him. The whole situation just made his brother, local bad boy Bo Brady jealous. Bo and Hope started to fall in love whilst working together in various dangerous situations. On Hope's 18th birthday she and Bo decide to make love, Hope's father Doug tries to stop them and has a heart attack, Hope agrees never to see Bo again. Bo is hiding the fact that his brother Roman is alive and to protect Hope pushes her away. Hope spends time with Larry Welch, (a local politician) and thinking Bo no longer loves her, agrees to marry him. As Hope and Larry were getting married, Bo rode in and kidnapped her before the wedding could be completed. Hope is kidnapped again, this time from a barn where Bo has taken her, the kidnappers force her to marry Larry. Bo is devastated, but later discovers the true reason Hope married Larry and the two vow never to be apart and work together to find out who is behind Larry.
They are married in 1985, but Bo and Hope endured early marital problems when Hope disapproved of Bo's sudden change of character to please HIS father. Hope, who was pregnant, miscarries her child. They try again and have a son Shawn-Douglas who is born in 1987. Bo, Hope, and Shawn leave Salem in 1987, and sail the world on their ship, Fancy Face.[4]
They return to Salem in 1990, but Hope is "killed" by a vat of toxic waste.[4] Meanwhile Bo begins a new relationship with Billie Reid, and Bo proposes. Minutes later John Black finds a woman's body, it's Hope. Although she does not know she is Hope, she thinks she is a woman named Gina. After Alice finds a puzzle box that only Hope could open, did they learn that it truly was Hope.[4] Bo later breaks it off with Billie, and the two reconcile.
Bo & Hope become pregnant with their second child, Zack, in 2000, but the babies are switched, and Hope believes her son is J.T Reiber when it is really Zack Brady. The switch is revealed, and they get Zack back. In 2003 a mass of serial killings begin, to occur known as the Salem Stalker Murders. Bo & Hope are the ones to catch the "murderer" Marlena Evans, although it is later revealed to be André DiMera. All the victims are found alive, on Melaswen island. Bo & Billie learn that their daughter is actually alive, and is Chelsea Brady.[4] On New Year's Eve in 2006, Hope's son Zack is killed by a hit and run. The killer is revealed to be Bo & Billie's daughter, Chelsea.[4] Bo learns that Chelsea is the one who was driving the car that hit Zack, but agrees to keep it a secret from everyone - including Hope - so his daughter wouldn't go to jail.
When Hope finds out she kicks Bo out of the house and asks for a divorce by email. Meddling Chelsea responds to the email, pretending to be Bo, and agrees to the divorce.[4] Hope is devastated and begins a relationship with Patrick Lockhart.
Hope learns she is pregnant, and thinks the father is Patrick, but she learns that Patrick paid the doctor to change the DNA tests, and that Bo is actually the father.[4] The two later reconcile. Bo & Hope are in a plane crash in 2008, after traveling to Ireland to meet Colleen Brady after revealing the Brady-DiMera feud. Grandpa Shawn Brady is killed, and everyone else is injured.[4] Bo is briefly diagnosed with mystery illness affecting his pancreas, he requires a partial pancreas transplant and makes a full recovery.[4] Bo & Hope's daughter Ciara Brady is kidnapped in the summer of 2009, and Hope struggles with her memories of losing their son Zach. She moves out of their house, taking Ciara with her. Bo is devastated.
Bo's old flame Carly Manning comes back to Salem, and pursues her ex-love Bo driving a wedge even farther between Bo & Hope.
After her separation with Bo, and the fact that Bo began a relationship with Carly Manning, Hope was unable to sleep and took prescribed medication to which she had adverse effects causing her to become an alter ego which mugged men on the street. Hope was sent to jail shortly after this for her crimes. During her prison time she uncovered an illegal organ ring and Bo rescued her from prison. Whilst on the run, the two realized their relationship was far from over and Bo ended his relationship with Carly. In 2011, Bo and Hope renewed their love for each other.
See also
References
- ^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800281432/bio
- ^ a b c d "Kristian Alfonso". SoapOperaDigest.com. Retrieved January 21, 2010. Cite error: The named reference "SOD stats Alfonso" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ West, Abby. "17 Great Soap Supercouples: Bo and Hope". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Hope Brady Bio". NBC.com. Retrieved January 21, 2010.