Lindsay Hartley (born Lindsay Nicole Korman; April 17, 1978) is an American actress. She first came to attention with three long-running soap opera roles:
Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald
Theresa Lopez - Fitzgerald Winthrop is a fictional character from the NBC/DirecTV soap opera, ''Passions''. She was portrayed by Lindsay Korman throughout the program's tenure, with Priscilla Garita temporarily assuming the role from August 30– ...
on ''
Passions
''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and pro ...
'',
Cara Castillo
Cara Castillo is a fictional character from the original ABC and The Online Network soap opera, '' All My Children''. Amanda Hall Rogers portrayed the character for two episodes on June 9 and June 10, 2003, before being written off. The character w ...
on ''
All My Children
''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...
'', and
Arianna Hernandez
Arianna Hernandez is a fictional character from the American NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', played by Lindsay Hartley. Arianna made her first appearance on April 15, 2009. In July 2009, it was announced that original actress Felisha Terrel ...
on ''
Days of Our Lives
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''. Since leaving soap operas, Korman has appeared in a number of made for television films on the
Lifetime network.
Early life
Born in
Palm Springs, California
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, Korman is of Jewish,
Greek
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, and Italian origin.
Korman was a national pre-teen talent winner of the Young Miss America Beauty Pageant.
Singing since age eleven, Korman won a role in the Broadway production of ''Grease'' at age eighteen.
Then she was lead vocalist in the Las Vegas Sands Hotel afternoon show ''Viva Las Vegas'' as well as the lead role of Maria in the Civic Light Opera's ''West Side Story'' in Austin, Texas. Additionally, Korman has won several national vocal competitions, including The Los Angeles Philharmonic's Award-Vocal/Opera, The National Date Festival, and America's Showcase Starlet.
Career
In 1999, Korman won the role of
Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald
Theresa Lopez - Fitzgerald Winthrop is a fictional character from the NBC/DirecTV soap opera, ''Passions''. She was portrayed by Lindsay Korman throughout the program's tenure, with Priscilla Garita temporarily assuming the role from August 30– ...
on the
NBC
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soap opera ''
Passions
''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and pro ...
'', for which she was nominated for the
Soap Opera Digest Award
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History
1977 until 1983
The Soapy Awards were an award presen ...
for Outstanding Female Newcomer in 2000. She also made guest appearances on ''
The Weakest Link
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'' and ''
The Other Half'' in 2002.
On April 9, 2009, Hartley made a guest appearance on ''
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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''. In late July of that year, ''
Soap Opera Digest
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'' announced that she would join the cast of ''
Days of Our Lives
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'', another NBC soap opera, in the recast role of
Arianna Hernandez
Arianna Hernandez is a fictional character from the American NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', played by Lindsay Hartley. Arianna made her first appearance on April 15, 2009. In July 2009, it was announced that original actress Felisha Terrel ...
. The role placed her opposite former ''Passions'' co-stars
Galen Gering
Galen Laius Gering (born February 13, 1971) is an American actor most known for his portrayal of characters on daytime soap operas. He currently plays the role of Rafe Hernandez on the long-running NBC soap opera '' Days of Our Lives.'' He also ...
and
Eric Martsolf
Eric Martsolf (born July 27, 1971) is an American television actor. Since November 2008, he has played the role of Brady Black on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' for which he won a Daytime Emmy in 2014. He also played the role of Ethan ...
, who would once again portray her brother and love interest, respectively. Hartley was written off ''Days of Our Lives'' in 2010.
On September 18, 2010, it was announced that Hartley had signed on to play the new character of
Cara Castillo
Cara Castillo is a fictional character from the original ABC and The Online Network soap opera, '' All My Children''. Amanda Hall Rogers portrayed the character for two episodes on June 9 and June 10, 2003, before being written off. The character w ...
on ''
All My Children
''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...
''; she first aired on December 7. She was also cast as
DC Comics
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character
Mad Harriet
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Publica ...
during the tenth and final season of ''
Smallville
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''. In January 2013, it was announced that Hartley signed on to play Cara Castillo on the new ''All My Children'' being revived by
Prospect Park and to begin airing sometime in April 2013.
Hartley has filled in as
Sam McCall
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on
ABC
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's ''
General Hospital
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'' for
Kelly Monaco
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on two occasions in August, 2020 and February, 2022.
Personal life
In 2003, Korman began dating her former ''Passions'' co-star
Justin Hartley
Justin Scott Hartley (born January 29, 1977) is an American actor. He has played Fox Crane on the NBC daytime soap opera ''Passions'' (2002–2006), Oliver Queen/Green Arrow on The CW television series ''Smallville'' (2006–2011), and Adam New ...
(who played
Fox Crane
Fox Crane is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera ''Passions'' and was portrayed by Justin Hartley from December 16, 2002—February 10, 2006, and Midland lead singer Mark Cameron Wystrach from February 14, 2006, to September 7, ...
). After six months, the two became engaged on November 13, 2003. They married in a small ceremony on May 1, 2004. On July 3, 2004, she gave birth to their daughter Isabella Justice Hartley. They lived in Los Angeles. On May 6, 2012, Lindsay filed for divorce from Justin in the Los Angeles County Superior Court citing "irreconcilable differences", asking for joint physical and legal custody of their daughter.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
Lindsay Hartley at NBCLindsay Hartley.net
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1978 births
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from Palm Springs, California
American people of Greek descent
American people of Italian descent
American soap opera actresses
American television actresses
Jewish American actresses
Living people
University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumni