Lisa Trusel (born October 25, 1968) is an

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actress. She is best known for her Emmy nominated role as

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on the

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soap opera '' Days of Our Lives''.

Personal life

Trusel married her former ''Days'' co-star, David Wallace, on November 1, 1986.''Soap Opera Digest'' June 3, 2013 issue. Vol. 38, No. 22. Pgs. 55-57. They have four children: Ryan Elizabeth (born December 1989), Benjamin (born c. 1991), Emma (born c. 1993), and Joseph (born c. 1997). As of 2015, they have three grandchildren.

Career

She was a young member of the cast of the hit television show ''

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'' during the early 1980s, playing the character Lizette Winkler. She later became a regular character on the daytime television soap opera, '' Days of Our Lives'', playing the character Melissa Phillips Anderson Horton for which she was Emmy nominated Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 1985.

Filmography

* 1981 - 1983: ''

'' as Lizette Winkler (31 episodes) * 1983: ''The Rousters'' as Darlene * 1983 - 1988: '' Days of Our Lives'' as

(Role since: 1982 - 1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, January 2010, June 17, 2010) * 1989: ''TV 101'' as Jamie Myers (4 episodes)

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Lisa Trusel
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