User:Livelikemusic/Serena
| Serena Mason | |||||
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| Days of Our Lives character | |||||
| Portrayed by | Melissa Archer | ||||
| Duration | 2014–15 | ||||
| First appearance | December 5, 2014 | ||||
| Last appearance | September 28, 2015 | ||||
| Classification | Formert; regular | ||||
| Created by | Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell | ||||
| Introduced by | Ken Corday, Lisa de Cazotte and Greg Meng | ||||
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Serena Mason is a fictional character on the NBC daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives. The role is portrayed by actress Melissa Archer, who made her first appearance on December 5, 2014, and last appeared on August 2015. Archer appeared in additional flashback scenes on September 28, 2015.
Serena is introduced as a friend of Melanie Jonas (Molly Burnett) and a former lover of Eric Brady (Greg Vaughan), during the pair's time in South Africa, prior to Eric's joining of the priesthood.
Casting and creation
[edit]In August 2014, Soap Opera Digest announced that former One Life to Live actress, Melissa Archer had been hired by the soap, to portray an unknown contract role; later revealed to be the role of Serena.[1] Soap Opera Digest learned of Archer's casting at the 41st Daytime Emmy Awards in June 2014. She made her first appearance on December 5, 2014. In April 2015, Soap Opera Digest confirmed Archer had completed her time as Serena Mason, and given the soaps' advanced taping schedule, would continue to air through September 2015.[2]
Character development
[edit]In December 2014, the series cast Adam Mayfield in a then-unknown role, described as someone from Serena's past, for a "short arc".[3] Mayfield began his story arc as Ted on January 12, 2015.
Relationship with Eric Brady
[edit]Murder
[edit]Storyline
[edit]Reception
[edit]Jamey Giddens of Daytime Confidential had been pushing for Archer's hiring as the series, in the role of Sarah Horton for some time.[1] Michael Fairman remarked "Yes!" with the announcement of Archer's casting.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c All reports regarding the casting of Melissa Archer in the role of Serena:
- SOD (August 26, 2014). "EXCLUSIVE! MELISSA ARCHER JOINS DAYS". Soap Opera Digest. United States: soapoperadigest.com. American Media, Inc. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- Fairman, Michael (August 26, 2014). "Melissa Archer Joins The Cast Of Days of our Lives!". United States: Michaelfairmansoaps.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- Lewis, Errol (August 26, 2014). "Melissa Archer Joins 'DAYS'". United States: Soapoperanetwork.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- Giddens, Jamey (August 26, 2014). "Kassie DePaiva Welcomes Fellow OLTL Alum Melissa Archer to Days of Our Lives!". United States: daytimeconfidential.com (Confidential Media). (Say Media). Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- Kroll, Dan J. (August 26, 2014). "OLTL's Melissa Archer joins Days of our Lives". United States: Soapcentral.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- Simms, Richard M. (August 27, 2014). "Another OLTL Star To DAYS". ABC Soaps In Depth. United States: Soapsindepth.com. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- White-Nobles, Omar (August 27, 2014). "'ONE LIFE TO LIVE' ALUM MELISSA ARCHER CAST ON 'DAYS OF OUR LIVES'". United States: tvsourcemagazine.com (SoSource Media LLC). Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- Webb Mitovich, Matt (August 28, 2014). "One Life to Live's Melissa Archer Joins Days of Our Lives — Exclusive Details". TVLine. United States: Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ All reports regarding the exit of Melissa Archer in the role of Serena:
- Giddens, Jamey (March 21, 2015). "Rumor Report: Melissa Archer OUT at DAYS?". Daytime Confidential. United States: Confidential Media (in partnership with SAY Media). Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- Kroll, Dan J. (March 22, 2015). "Report: Melissa Archer out at Days of our Lives". Soap Central. United States. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- Fairman, Michael (April 2, 2015). "Melissa Archer Confirmed OUT At Days of our Lives!". On-Air On-Soaps. United States: Michael Fairman Soaps, Inc. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- Lewis, Errol (April 5, 2015). "Days of our Lives Cast Exodus Begins". Soap Opera Network. United States: Manti, Inc. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ All reports regarding the cast of Adam Mayfield:
- Newcomb, Roger (December 11, 2014). "'All My Children' Actor Adam Mayfield Returns to Daytime in 'Days of our Lives' Recurring Role". United States: Welovesoaps.net (Blogger). Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- Fairman, Michael (December 12, 2014). "All My Children's Adam Mayfield Returning To Daytime On Days of our Lives!". United States: Michaelfairmansoaps.com. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- Lewis, Errol (December 12, 2014). "'AMC' Alum Adam Mayfield Set to Stir Up Trouble on 'DAYS' Read more: UPDATE: 'AMC' Alum Adam Mayfield Set to Stir Up Trouble on 'DAYS'". United States: Soapoperanetwork.com. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
External links
[edit]Category:Days of Our Lives characters Category:Fictional characters introduced in 2014