Arianna Hernandez
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Arianna Marie Hernandez is a fictional character
from the American NBC
soap opera
Days of our Lives
, played by Lindsay Hartley
. Arianna made her first on-screen appearance on 15 April 2009. In July 2009, it was announced that original actress Felisha Terrell
had been axed from the soap and would be replaced by Lindsay Hartley
. Hartley made her first on-screen appearance on 28 August 2009. In July 2010, it was announced that Hartley would be departing Days of our Lives and Arianna made her final appearance on 8 November 2010.
). Despite Terrell signing a three-year contract, it was announced in July 2009 that she had been axed from the soap and would be replaced by former Passions
actress Lindsay Hartley. Hartley began filming her scenes on the 23 July. She and Gering previously played siblings Theresa
and Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald
in Passions.
In July 2010, it was announced that Hartley had been axed from the soap, but would continue to appear throughout the summer months. In November 2010, Hartley told TV Guide
magazine that she found the axing "tough" saying: "There was a period where I wasn't being used very much, where they had opportunities to go certain directions with my character and didn't, and it just wasn't happening. So I kind of had an idea that something was gonna go down." Hartley was told in a storyline meeting that Arianna would be killed off, a decision that left her "completely shocked, devastated".
(Peggy McCay
) hires her as a waitress at the Brady pub. She then moves to Salem. Soon after starting her job, Arianna reconnects with her older brother, Rafe Hernandez, who she has been estranged from. She meets Rafe's girlfriend, Sami Brady
(Alison Sweeney
), and takes an instant dislike to her after she learns that Rafe resigned from the FBI for her. Arianna meets recovering drug addict Brady Black
(Eric Martsolf
) and takes a liking to him, but refuses his offer of a date. She explains that she has been in relationships with drug addicts in the past and does not want to again. Arianna later agrees to a date with Brady and they have a picnic in the park. They then begin a relationship. Arianna uses the pub as a front to receive drugs and then sell them. Arianna meets Roman Brady
(Josh Taylor
) and is revealed to be working undercover for Salem Police Department to find the root of drug distribution in Salem. Victor Kiriakis
(John Aniston
) learns that Arianna is one of his dealers and forces her to end her relationship with his grandson Brady. She asks Roman if she can leave the investigation, but he does not. As time goes by EJ finds out that Arianna is working for him and he soon begins to favor Arianna over Troy due to her selling more drugs then Troy. Jealous of Arianna moving up the ladder in the drug cartel and EJ warning Troy, Arianna would take his spot, Troy his a hitman to kill Arinanna. Due to Mickey Horton's death, one day the Pub is closed but Arianna decides to inventory that day. Troy who had been watching the pub calls the hitman to take out Arianna. The hitman sneaks into the pub while Arianna is doing inventory and tries to rob and kill Arianna, but Brady who chases him off. After the hit fails Troy (Erik Fellows) decides to take matters into his own hands and to kill Arianna himself. Troy breaks into the pub when she is alone and sneaks into her room to kill her, however EJ who had come by to thank Arianna for her kind words of encouragement earlier that day arrives saves her from Troy. Troy is arrested for attempted murder and Arianna is taken off the investigation but not before Troy notices Arianna speaking to Roman and realizes she is working undercover, he warns EJ that Arianna is a snitch.Brady who is also at the police station asks EJ what Troy is talking about and EJ pretends to have no idea what Troy is talking about and denies he has ever met Troy. After this the drug cartel storyline is dropped.
Brady proposes marriage and Arianna accepts. They travel to the Dominican Republic to marry, but Brady's ex-girlfriend Nicole Walker
(Arianne Zucker) follows them and attempts to reconcile with Brady. However, he refuses as he loves Arianna. A tropical storm stops the ceremony from taking place and they return to Salem. Nicole discovers that Dr. Richard Baker (John Callahan) is an associate of the Salem Mugger, who has been mugging several high profile men. She makes him plant Arianna's hair at the crime scene. Arianna is then arrested and charged with multiple crimes. As she protests her innocence, Brady does not believe her and she ends their relationship. Lawyer EJ takes over Arianna's case and looks for evidence that Nicole framed her. Hope Brady (Kristian Alfonso
) later confesses to the crimes after being under the influence of sleeping pills. Arianna overhears Sami confessing to shooting EJ and decides to tell him. She tells Rafe, who reveals that he already knows and supports Sami. Arianna agrees to meet with Sami to hear her side of the story. Sami explains why and when she shot EJ and Arianna video tapes her confession. After Arianna tells Sami that she is going to the police, Sami attacks her but she escapes. Sami calls her son Will Horton
(Chandler Massey
) and Rafe, telling them to stop Arianna. Will finds her at the pub and stops her telling EJ. Arianna runs away from Will onto the road, where she is hit by a car. Days later she dies in hospital from complications of the accident. After her death, Arianna's ghost haunts Sami with the truth about EJ's shooting.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
from the American NBC
NBC
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soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
, played by Lindsay Hartley
Lindsay Hartley
Lindsay Nicole Hartley is an American singer and actress. She is known for her role as Theresa Winthrop aka Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald on Passions, Carolyn "Cara" Martin on All My Children and for her role as Arianna Hernandez on Days of our Lives.- Early life :Born in Palm Springs, California,...
. Arianna made her first on-screen appearance on 15 April 2009. In July 2009, it was announced that original actress Felisha Terrell
Felisha Terrell
Felisha Terrell is an American film and television actress.-Background:Terrell grew up in Chicago, Illinois, went to college, and entered pharmaceutical sales after graduation. She was born to an African American father and Caucasian mother. In 2007, she relocated to Los Angeles to begin an acting...
had been axed from the soap and would be replaced by Lindsay Hartley
Lindsay Hartley
Lindsay Nicole Hartley is an American singer and actress. She is known for her role as Theresa Winthrop aka Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald on Passions, Carolyn "Cara" Martin on All My Children and for her role as Arianna Hernandez on Days of our Lives.- Early life :Born in Palm Springs, California,...
. Hartley made her first on-screen appearance on 28 August 2009. In July 2010, it was announced that Hartley would be departing Days of our Lives and Arianna made her final appearance on 8 November 2010.
Creation and development
In March 2009, it was announced that television newcomer Felisha Terrell had joined the cast of Days of our Lives as Arianna Hernandez, the sister of established character Rafe Hernandez (Galen GeringGalen Gering
Galen Laius Gering is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald on the NBC daytime soap opera Passions...
). Despite Terrell signing a three-year contract, it was announced in July 2009 that she had been axed from the soap and would be replaced by former Passions
Passions
Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....
actress Lindsay Hartley. Hartley began filming her scenes on the 23 July. She and Gering previously played siblings Theresa
Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane
Theresa Crane Winthrop is a fictional character and the main protagonist on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions. She is portrayed by Lindsay Hartley throughout the program's tenure, with Priscilla Garita temporarily assuming the role from August 30–September 28, 2004, while Hartley was on...
and Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald
Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald
Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions, portrayed from 1999 to 2008 by original cast member Galen Gering. Debuting in the series' premiere episode, Luis is introduced as an honest, hard-working Irish-Mexican police officer who bitterly blames the...
in Passions.
In July 2010, it was announced that Hartley had been axed from the soap, but would continue to appear throughout the summer months. In November 2010, Hartley told TV Guide
TV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
magazine that she found the axing "tough" saying: "There was a period where I wasn't being used very much, where they had opportunities to go certain directions with my character and didn't, and it just wasn't happening. So I kind of had an idea that something was gonna go down." Hartley was told in a storyline meeting that Arianna would be killed off, a decision that left her "completely shocked, devastated".
Storylines
Arianna first appears in Days of our Lives when Caroline BradyCaroline Brady
Caroline Brady is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, a long-running serial drama about working class life in the fictional United States town of Salem. The character still remains a large part of the current storylines. Created by writer Margaret DePriest, the role was...
(Peggy McCay
Peggy McCay
Peggy McCay is a long-time American actress with a career lasting over sixty years in film and television...
) hires her as a waitress at the Brady pub. She then moves to Salem. Soon after starting her job, Arianna reconnects with her older brother, Rafe Hernandez, who she has been estranged from. She meets Rafe's girlfriend, Sami Brady
Sami Brady
Samantha Gene "Sami" Hernandez is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives. She was born onscreen on October 16, 1984, though was later SORASed to October 16, 1977. Created by head writer Margaret DePriest, Sami has been portrayed by Alison Sweeney since January 22, 1993...
(Alison Sweeney
Alison Sweeney
Alison Sweeney is an American dramatic actress and reality show host. Sweeney is best known for her portrayal of Samantha "Sami" Gene Brady on NBC's long running Days of our Lives, a role she has played under contract with the show since January 6, 1993...
), and takes an instant dislike to her after she learns that Rafe resigned from the FBI for her. Arianna meets recovering drug addict Brady Black
Brady Black
Brady Victor Black is a character on the soap opera Days of our Lives. He is the son of John Black and Isabella Toscano and an heir to Greek tycoon Victor Kiriakis. The character was initially played by Alex, Max, and Dash Lucero , and subsequently by Eric and Brandon Billings...
(Eric Martsolf
Eric Martsolf
Eric Martsolf is an American television actor and singer best known for his role as Ethan Winthrop in the NBC soap opera Passions from 2002 to 2008. He is currently playing the role of Brady Black on NBC's Days of our Lives....
) and takes a liking to him, but refuses his offer of a date. She explains that she has been in relationships with drug addicts in the past and does not want to again. Arianna later agrees to a date with Brady and they have a picnic in the park. They then begin a relationship. Arianna uses the pub as a front to receive drugs and then sell them. Arianna meets Roman Brady
Roman Brady
Roman Augustus Brady is a fictional character on the television drama Days of our Lives. Roman was played by Wayne Northrop from 1981 to 1984 and 1991 to 1994, and has been played by Josh Taylor since 1997, with a brief hiatus in early 2004, when he was a victim of the show's now-infamous serial...
(Josh Taylor
Josh Taylor
Josh Taylor is a long-time American comedy and dramatic television actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Chris Kositchek and Roman Brady on the long-running American dramatic serial Days of our Lives and as Michael Hogan, the father figure on NBC's long running situation comedy The...
) and is revealed to be working undercover for Salem Police Department to find the root of drug distribution in Salem. Victor Kiriakis
Victor Kiriakis
Victor Kiriakis I is a fictional character on NBC's Days of our Lives. The role has been portrayed by John Aniston since 1985. His time on the show has been 1985 to 1997, 1998 to present with a brief storyline driven absence in 2004 when his character was "killed off" but found alive on the island...
(John Aniston
John Aniston
John Anthony Aniston is a Greek-American actor and the father of actress Jennifer Aniston. He is best known for his role as Victor Kiriakis on the NBC daytime drama Days of our Lives, which he originated in July 1985 and has played continually since then.-Early life:Aniston was born Yannis...
) learns that Arianna is one of his dealers and forces her to end her relationship with his grandson Brady. She asks Roman if she can leave the investigation, but he does not. As time goes by EJ finds out that Arianna is working for him and he soon begins to favor Arianna over Troy due to her selling more drugs then Troy. Jealous of Arianna moving up the ladder in the drug cartel and EJ warning Troy, Arianna would take his spot, Troy his a hitman to kill Arinanna. Due to Mickey Horton's death, one day the Pub is closed but Arianna decides to inventory that day. Troy who had been watching the pub calls the hitman to take out Arianna. The hitman sneaks into the pub while Arianna is doing inventory and tries to rob and kill Arianna, but Brady who chases him off. After the hit fails Troy (Erik Fellows) decides to take matters into his own hands and to kill Arianna himself. Troy breaks into the pub when she is alone and sneaks into her room to kill her, however EJ who had come by to thank Arianna for her kind words of encouragement earlier that day arrives saves her from Troy. Troy is arrested for attempted murder and Arianna is taken off the investigation but not before Troy notices Arianna speaking to Roman and realizes she is working undercover, he warns EJ that Arianna is a snitch.Brady who is also at the police station asks EJ what Troy is talking about and EJ pretends to have no idea what Troy is talking about and denies he has ever met Troy. After this the drug cartel storyline is dropped.
Brady proposes marriage and Arianna accepts. They travel to the Dominican Republic to marry, but Brady's ex-girlfriend Nicole Walker
Nicole Walker
Nicole DiMera is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera, Days of our Lives, a long running series about working-class life in the fictional town of Salem. She was introduced in 1998 by head writer Sally Sussman Morina, and executive producer Ken Corday...
(Arianne Zucker) follows them and attempts to reconcile with Brady. However, he refuses as he loves Arianna. A tropical storm stops the ceremony from taking place and they return to Salem. Nicole discovers that Dr. Richard Baker (John Callahan) is an associate of the Salem Mugger, who has been mugging several high profile men. She makes him plant Arianna's hair at the crime scene. Arianna is then arrested and charged with multiple crimes. As she protests her innocence, Brady does not believe her and she ends their relationship. Lawyer EJ takes over Arianna's case and looks for evidence that Nicole framed her. Hope Brady (Kristian Alfonso
Kristian Alfonso
Kristian-Joy Alfonso is a long-time American dramatic actress, former figure skater and fashion model. She is best known for playing Hope Williams Brady, which she has played since 1983 on the long-running NBC dramatic serial Days of our Lives.- Early career :She began her career as a figure...
) later confesses to the crimes after being under the influence of sleeping pills. Arianna overhears Sami confessing to shooting EJ and decides to tell him. She tells Rafe, who reveals that he already knows and supports Sami. Arianna agrees to meet with Sami to hear her side of the story. Sami explains why and when she shot EJ and Arianna video tapes her confession. After Arianna tells Sami that she is going to the police, Sami attacks her but she escapes. Sami calls her son Will Horton
Will Horton
William "Will" Horton, III is a fictional character on the soap opera Days of our Lives. Will was born on screen November 16, 1995. Created by head writer James E. Reilly, the role is originated by actors Shawn and Taylor Carpenter. Darian Weiss briefly steps into the role from 2002-2003...
(Chandler Massey
Chandler Massey
Chandler Massey is an American actor. Since February 2010 he has played the role of Will Horton on NBC's Days of our Lives....
) and Rafe, telling them to stop Arianna. Will finds her at the pub and stops her telling EJ. Arianna runs away from Will onto the road, where she is hit by a car. Days later she dies in hospital from complications of the accident. After her death, Arianna's ghost haunts Sami with the truth about EJ's shooting.
Reception
With the recast to Hartley, Luke Kerr wrote for Daytime Confidential that she brought a smile to his face. He also commented that Arianna "became a whole lot more interesting".External Links
- Character profile on the NBC website