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Another week, another casting change on General Hospital.

Lindsay Hartley on Tuesday filled in as Sam McCall while Gh mainstay Kelly Monaco took some personal time. But her absence will be brief; she’s back on Friday.

Hartley has filled in for Monaco before on the ABC sudser.

News of Monaco’s absence comes after it was revealed last week that Nicole Paggi will be taking over for Kirsten Storms as Maxie Jones in Port Charles. Storms will be out for a few days.

And a day after the Daytime Emmys aired in December, fans discovered that first-time Emmy winner Eden McCoy was Mia as character Josslyn Jacks; someone else was appearing in her place.

Turns out it is actress Courtney Fulk filling in for McCoy — a surprise development since Gh didn’t give viewers a heads up that a temporary change was in the works. But a spokesperson for...

Another week, another General Hospital recast.

As viewers of the ABC soap learned on Tuesday, Lindsay Hartley has been tapped to once again temporarily replace Kelly Monaco in the role of Sam McCall. (Soap vet Hartley previously — and briefly — stepped in for Monaco in 2020 and 2022.)

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A Gh rep declined to comment on the reason for Monaco’s absence, but sources confirm to TVLine that the actress was simply under the weather.

There is another face change in Port Charles as actress Nicole Paggi has temporarily replaced Kirsten Storms as Maxie Jones on General Hospital, beginning with the December 27 episode. As first reported by Soap Opera Digest, Paggi will take over the role of Maxie, the eldest daughter of Frisco Jones (Jack Wagner) and Felicia Cummings (Kristina Wagner), who has been a part of the long-running daytime drama since 1993. Storms, who was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2009, has portrayed the character since 2005. This isn’t the first time the character of Maxie has changed faces. Robyn Richards first portrayed the role from 1993 to 2004 before Storms took over in 2005. In 2011, Storms took extended medical leave, with Jen Lilley temporarily taking on the role. Storms also had temporary absences in 2016, 2017, and 2018, with Molly Burnett frequently stepping in in her place. Paggi is perhaps best known for playing Jennie Bradbury on Mike White‘s critically acclaimed Fox series Pasadena.

Kirsten Storms is taking a temporary leave of absence from the soap opera series General Hospital and her replacement has been revealed.

The 39-year-old actress has been starring as Maxie on the ABC soap drama since 2005 after previously starring on Days of Our Lives before that.

This isn’t the first time that Kirsten has taken a break from the show. Jen Lilley replaced her briefly in 2011 while Molly Burnett filled in frequently for various lengths of time from 2016 through 2018.

So, who is playing the role now?

Keep reading to find out more…

Soap Opera Digest has revealed that actress Nicole Paggi is going to “temporarily” play the role during Kirsten‘s break.

TVLine reports that the break is “just a couple days.” It’s unclear why she is out from the show. She previously needed to leave the show for skin issues in 2016 and brain surgery in 2021.

See a photo of Nicole Paggi below…...

Nicole Paggi has agreed to temporarily become Maxie Jones on General Hospital. She takes over the role from Kirsten Storms, who will be out for a few days.

Soap Opera Digest first broke the news of the casting switch.

Paggi — who played Kelly Ripa’s niece/Faith Ford’s daughter Sydney in the ABC comedy Hope & Faith — debuted today on the ABC daytime soap.

Days of Our Lives vet Storms joined General Hospital in 2005 after playing Isabella “Belle” Black on the NBC drama from 1999 to 2004.

This is the second such switch of this character. Storms’ Maxie was temporarily recast in 2011, with Jen Lilley taking over the part until Storms returned in 2012. Storm also took temporary leaves from the show in 2016, 2017 and 2018, ranging from a couple days to a several-months hiatus, with Molly Burnett frequently filling in.

In addition to her General Hospital character, which she also portrayed on the offshoot General Hospital: Night Shift,...

General Hospital has tapped Nicole Paggi to temporarily step in for Kirsten Storms as Maxie Jones, Soap Opera Digest reports.

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Paggi — who played Kelly Ripa’s niece/Faith Ford’s daughter Sydney in the ABC comedy Hope & Faith — made her debut on the ABC daytime soap on Wednesday, Dec. 27. TVLine has learned that Paggi will fill in for Storms for just a couple days.

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