Finola Hughes

Finola Hughes
Hughes in October 2013
Born	29 October 1960 London, England, U.K.
Occupation	Actress, author
Years active	1980–present
Spouse(s)	Russell Young (m. 1992–present; 3 children)
Children	2 sons, 1 daughter
Website	www.finolahughes.com

Finola Hughes (born 29 October 1960^[1]) is an English actress, television host, entrepreneur, author, and dancer, best known for role as Anna Devane on the ABC soap operas General Hospital and All My Children, and her portrayal of Laura in the 1983 film Staying Alive, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever.

Hughes is also known for her portrayal of Anna Devane's identical twin, Dr. Alexandra Devane Marick, on All My Children, and Patty Halliwell on the supernatural series, Charmed. She also portrayed Carol in the final seasons of the NBC sitcom Blossom. Hughes has also appeared in the films Aspen Extreme, Above Suspicion and Like Crazy.

Career

Hughes trained in dance and performing arts at the Arts Educational Schools London. In 1981, she originated the role of Victoria the White Cat in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats.^[1] In 1983, Hughes starred with John Travolta in the musical film Staying Alive, a sequel to Saturday Night Fever.^[2] She played the role of Laura, an English dancer who is the romantic interest of Travolta's character Tony Manero. Hughes also appeared on the sitcom Blossom, and as the X-Men character Emma Frost in the television movie Generation X (1996). In 1997, Hughes starred in Aaron Spelling's short-lived primetime soap opera Pacific Palisades.^[1] She was also a frequent guest star on the television series Charmed, playing the mother of the Halliwell girls, Patricia "Patty" Halliwell. She provided the voice of Lara, Kal-El's biological mother in Superman: The Animated Series. Another voice-over role she had was Miss Robertson on an episode of Fox's animated comedy series Life with Louie.

Hughes at the premiere for Earth in April 2009

From 1985 to 1992, she played Anna Devane on General Hospital. Hughes won a Daytime Emmy in 1991, for Outstanding Lead Actress on General Hospital. She was nominated for the same category in 1990 for Anna, in 2000 for AMC as Alex, and, in 2002, as Anna. After establishing herself as a daytime television star, Hughes shot a feature film cameo as a soap opera actress who loses an award to Sally Field in the satirical film Soapdish (1991).^[1] Two years later, she played a leading role in the film Aspen Extreme (1993).

It was announced in April 2006 that Hughes would be returning to GH. In May 2006, as part of the May Sweeps period, three GH veterans would return. Finola Hughes would be reunited with Tristan Rogers (Robert Scorpio) and Emma Samms (Holly Sutton). Following a rise in ratings from her sweeps return, Hughes returned to General Hospital for a limited run through August 2006. Finola would return the following year on 13 July 2007 and once again on 15 April 2008.

In September 2008, Hughes guest-starred in the General Hospital spinoff series General Hospital: Night Shift. It has been said^[3] that Hughes will return to GH in early 2012 as character Anna Devane to be with her daughter, Robin, and help her through her toughest year. She will be a recurring character but Anna Devane will be front and center and staying in Port Charles awhile. Finola's onscreen ex-husband Tristan Rogers is rumored also to be returning as Robert Scorpio, his character Colin on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless exiled from Genoa City a few months back. Ex-GH co-star Genie Francis, who played Colin's ex will still remain on the soap and will not be returning to GH. In 2010, Finola also appeared in the CSI: NY, Make It or Break It and Melissa & Joey. Finola made a permanent return to General Hospital in March 2012. Her character, Anna Devane, moved in with Luke Spencer.

In 2013, Hughes made her feature-film directing debut with indie comedy-drama The Bet.^[4] She later starred with Kathryn McCormick in the dance movie Platinum the Dance Movie.^[5] In 2015, Hughes directed her second film, Byrd and the Bees a romantic comedy starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Tracy Spiridakos.^[6][7]

Personal life

Hughes was born in London, England. She married Russell Young in 1992. They welcomed their first child, son Dylan Joseph Young, on 9 November 2000. Later, they adopted a boy named Cash Justice Young (born 2005) and a girl named Sadie Beatrice Young (born December 2007).^[2]

Filmography

Hughes in 2013

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	The Apple	Dancer
1981	Clash of the Titans	Dancer
1982	Nutcracker	Nadia Gargarin
1983	Staying Alive	Laura
1984	The Master of Ballantrae	Alison Graeme
1987	Haunted by Her Past	Megan McGuire
1990	The Bride in Black	Cybil Cobb
1991	Soapdish	All My Trials Actress
1993	Aspen Extreme	Bryce Kellogg
1994	Dark Side of Genius	Jennifer Cole
1995	Above Suspicion	Iris
1996	Generation X	Emma Frost/The White Queen
1996	The Crying Child	Jo Parker
1996	Superman: The Last Son of Krypton	Lara Lor-Van	voice
1997	Prison of Secrets	Angie
1997	The Corporate Ladder	Dr. Woodward	voice
1998	Jekyll Island	Ronnie Fredericks
1998	Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World	Queen Anne	voice
1998	12 Bucks	Classy
1999	Rockin' Good Times	Ginger
2000	Intrepid	Katherine Jessel
2000	Tycus	Amy Lowe
2009	Killer Hair	Josette Radford
2010	Disarmed	Lilian
2011	Driving by Braille	Beth Allen
2011	Like Crazy	Liz
2011	All-Star Superman	Lilo	voice
2011	Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur	Professor Svankmajer	voice
2013	The Bet		Director and executive producer
2014	Platinum the Dance Movie	JoAnn
2015	Byrd and the Bees		Director and executive producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	The Kenny Everett Television Show	Various
1983	The Hot Shoe Show	Dancer
1987	L.A. Law	Lauren Sevilla	3 episodes
1985–present	General Hospital	Anna Devane / Dr. Liesl Obrecht	Been on and off through the years: 1985–91, 1995, 1999, 2006–2008, 2012–present
1992–93	Jack's Place	Chelsea Duffy	18 episodes
1994	Burke's Law	Rhonda	Episode: Who Killed Romeo?
1994	Dream On	Laura North	Episode: 'Tis Pity She's a Neighbor
1993–95	Blossom	Carol	28 episodes
1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Lara	3 episodes (voice)
1997	Pacific Palisades	Kate Russo	13 episodes
1997	Sunset Beach	Helena Greer	3 episodes
1997	Life with Louie	Miss Robertson	voice
1998	The Love Boat: The Next Wave	Alison Townsend / Hart-Williams	Episode: Affairs to Remember
1999	Tracey Takes On...	Josie	Episode: Obsession
1999–2003	All My Children	Alex Devane Marick and Anna Devane	23 July 1999 to 11 September 2003
2004	Hope & Faith	Herself	2 episodes
1998–2006	Charmed	Patty Halliwell	9 episodes
2008	General Hospital: Night Shift	Anna Devane	4 episodes
2005–08	How Do I Look?	Host
2010	CSI: NY	Mrs. Christensen	Episode: Sanguine Love
2010	Make It or Break It	Viola Pettinger	Episode: What Are You Made Of?
2010	Melissa & Joey	Herself	Episode: Dancing with the Stars of Toledo
2013	Beware The Batman	Lady Shiva	Episode: Safe

Awards and nominations

List of acting awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
1984	Golden Raspberry Award	Worst Supporting Actress	Staying Alive	Nominated	[8]
1984	Golden Raspberry Award	Worst New Star	Staying Alive	Nominated	[8]
1986	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Lead Actress: Daytime	General Hospital	Nominated
1986	Soap Opera Digest Award	Favorite Super Couple: Daytime (shared with Ian Buchanan)	General Hospital	Nominated
1989	Soap Opera Digest Award	Favorite Super Couple: Daytime (shared with Ian Buchanan)	General Hospital	Nominated
1989	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Heroine: Daytime	General Hospital	Nominated
1990	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital	Nominated	[9]
1990	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Heroine: Daytime	General Hospital	Won	[10]
1991	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital	Won	[11]
1991	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Lead Actress: Daytime	General Hospital	Won	[12]
1992	Soap Opera Digest Award	Best Wedding (shared with Tristan Rogers)	General Hospital	Nominated
1992	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Lead Actress: Daytime	General Hospital	Nominated
2000	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	All My Children	Nominated	[13]
2000	Soap Opera Digest Award	Favorite Return	All My Children	Won	[14]
2002	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	All My Children	Nominated	[15]
2013	LA Femme Filmmaker Award	Best Feature (Director)	The Bet	Won	[16]
2015	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital	Nominated	[17]
2016	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital	Nominated	[18]

References

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2. "Finola Hughes Biography". Tvguide.com. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
3. Masters, Megan (14 December 2011). "Finola Hughes Returns to General Hospital". TVLine. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
4. "General Hospital's Finola Hughes Turns Film Director with the Bet – Today's News: Our Take". TVGuide.com. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
5. "Finola Hughes to Star in 'Platinum the Dance Movie' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
6. "General Hospital's Finola Hughes To Direct Byrd And The Bees. - General Hospital News - Soaps.com". Retrieved 15 May 2015.
7. "'Revolution' Star Tracy Spiridakos Joins Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Romantic Comedy (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
8. Wilson, John (23 August 2000). "1984 Golden Raspberry Award Arichive". Los Angeles: Golden Raspberry Award Foundation and John Wilson. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
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13. Havens, Candace (12 May 2000). "Lead actress Emmy race too close to call". The Union Democrat (Sonora: Western Communications). p. 55. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
14. Associated Press (11 March 2000). "'General Hospital' wins 5 honors". The Vindicator. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
15. Offman, Craig (13 March 2002). "Daytime Emmy noms announced". Variety. Los Angeles: Penske Business Media. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
16. "Filmmaker Winners 2013-2005". Los Angeles: lafemme.org/. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
17. "The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations". New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
18. "The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 24, 2016. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.

External links

• Official Website
• Finola Hughes at the Internet Movie Database
• Finola Hughes at the TCM Movie Database
• Finola Hughes at AllMovie
• Finola Hughes at TVGuide.com
• Finola Hughes on Twitter