Finola Hughes

Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Finola Hughes (born 29 October 1959<ref name=yahoo>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) is a British actress, best known for her 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.

She is also known for her portrayal of Anna Devane's identical twin, Alexandra "Alex" Devane on All My Children and Patty Halliwell on the supernatural series, Charmed. She also portrayed Carol on the final season 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.<ref name=yahoo/> In 1983, Hughes starred with John Travolta in the musical film Staying Alive, a sequel to Saturday Night Fever.<ref name=tvg>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref> 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).Template:Citation needed

In 1997, Hughes starred in Aaron Spelling's short-lived primetime soap opera Pacific Palisades.<ref name=yahoo/> She was 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.Template:Citation needed

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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 All My Children 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).<ref name=yahoo/> 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. She returned the following year on 13 July 2007 and once again on 15 April 2008.Template:Citation needed

In September 2008, Hughes guest-starred in the General Hospital spinoff series General Hospital: Night Shift. It has been said<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> that Hughes would return to GH in early 2012 as character Anna Devane to be with her daughter, Robin Scorpio, and help her through her toughest year. She is a recurring character but Anna Devane is front and center and staying in Port Charles awhile. 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 2012.

In 2013, Hughes made her feature-film directing debut with indie comedy-drama The Bet.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She later starred with Kathryn McCormick in the dance movie Platinum the Dance Movie.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2015, Hughes directed her second film, Byrd and the Bees a romantic comedy starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Tracy Spiridakos.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	The Apple	Dancer
1981	Clash of the Titans
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 / White Queen
	The Crying Child	Jo Parker
1997	Prison of Secrets	Angie
	The Corporate Ladder	Dr. Woodward	Voice
1998	Jekyll Island	Ronnie Fredericks
	Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World	Queen Anne	Voice
	12 Bucks	Classy
1999	Rockin' Good Times	Ginger
2000	Intrepid	Katherine Jessel
	Tycus	Amy Lowe
2009	Killer Hair	Josette Radford
2010	Disarmed	Lilian
2011	Driving by Braille	Beth Allen
	Like Crazy	Liz
	All-Star Superman	Lilo	Voice<ref name="btva">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
	Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur	Professor Svankmajer
2013	The Bet		Director and executive producer
2014	Dance-Off	JoAnn	Original title: Platinum the Dance Movie
2017	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 / Alex Devane	1985–92, 1995, 2006–08, 2012–present (Anna); 2013 (Liesl); 2017, 2019 (Alex)
1992–93	Jack's Place	Chelsea Duffy	18 episodes
1994	Burke's Law	Rhonda Bentley	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 Lor-Van	Voice, episode: "The Last Son of Krypton"<ref name="btva" />
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	1999–2001 (Alex); 2001–03 (Anna)
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"
2013–2014	Beware The Batman	Lady Shiva	Voice, 7 episodes<ref name="btva" />
2014–2015	Granite Flats	Avon Lady / Zelda	3 episodes
2020	Good Trouble		Director; episode: "Daylight"

Awards and nominations

List of acting awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result	Template:Abbr
1984 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Golden Raspberry Award	Worst Supporting Actress	Staying Alive	Template:Nom	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
1984 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Golden Raspberry Award	Worst New Star	Staying Alive	Template:Nom	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
1986 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Lead Actress: Daytime	General Hospital	Template:Nom
1986 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Soap Opera Digest Award	Favorite Super Couple: Daytime (shared with Ian Buchanan)	General Hospital	Template:Nom
1989 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Soap Opera Digest Award	Favorite Super Couple: Daytime (shared with Ian Buchanan)	General Hospital	Template:Nom
1989 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Heroine: Daytime	General Hospital	Template:Nom
1990 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital	Template:Nom	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
1990 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Heroine: Daytime	General Hospital	Template:Won	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
1991 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital	Template:Won	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
1991 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Lead Actress: Daytime	General Hospital	Template:Won	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
1992 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Soap Opera Digest Award	Best Wedding (shared with Tristan Rogers)	General Hospital	Template:Nom
1992 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Lead Actress: Daytime	General Hospital	Template:Nom
2000 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	All My Children	Template:Nom	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
2000 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Soap Opera Digest Award	Favorite Return	All My Children	Template:Won	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
2002 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	All My Children	Template:Nom	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
2013 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	LA Femme Filmmaker Award	Best Feature Template:Small	The Bet	Template:Won	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
2015 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital	Template:Nom	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
2016 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital	Template:Nom	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
2017 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital	Template:Nom	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
2020 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital	Template:Nom	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
2021 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital	Template:Nom	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
2023 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital	Template:Nom	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}

See also

• List of dancers

External links

• Official website (archived)
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