Adrienne Kiriakis
| Adrienne Johnson Kiriakis | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Days of our Lives character | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by |
Judi Evans Alison Sweeney (1987; flashbacks) |
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| First appearance | December 26, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Leah Laiman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Betty Corday, Ken Corday and Al Rabin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Present; recurring | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Adrienne Josephine Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Businesswoman Bar owner |
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| Residence | Kiriakis Mansion 13201 Glen Oaks Drive Salem, Illinois |
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| Family | Johnson |
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| Parents | Duke Johnson Josephine "Jo" Johnson |
| Brothers |
Steve Johnson Jack Deveraux |
| Spouse | Justin Kiriakis (1987–2015) |
| Sons | Sonny Kiriakis |
| Adoptive sons |
Joseph Kiriakis Victor Kiriakis II |
| Stepsons | Alexander Kiriakis |
| Uncles | Earl Duke Johnson |
| Nieces and nephews | Tripp Dalton Joey Johnson JJ Deveraux Stephanie Johnson Abigail Deveraux |
Adrienne Johnson Kiriakis is a fictional character on NBC's daytime drama Days of Our Lives. She has been portrayed by Judi Evans from 1986 to February 1991, from May 2007 to January 2008, and again since March 23, 2010.
Judi Evans joined DAYS in 1986 after a widely popular run on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, where she played Beth Raines from 1983-1986. Her run on the NBC soap opera centered on her battles with childhood abuse and her relationship with Justin Kiriakis, played by Wally Kurth. After she left the show in 1991, she joined Another World that year as Paulina Cory Carlino until the show ended in 1999. After a short break from daytime, she returned to DAYS in 2003 as an entirely different character, Bonnie Lockhart and remained in the role until 2007 when she was immediately brought back as Adrienne from 2007-2008 and then since 2010. In between her second and third runs on DAYS, Evans joined the cast of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns as Maeve Stone in 2009. The role lasted for several months and followed her almost-relationship with Holden Snyder, played by Jon Hensley. Evans' casting on ATWT coincided with Kurth's return to DAYS, ending plans for a Justin and Adrienne reunion but she eventually returned a year later.
At the time of her 2010 return, Evans spoke to the Sony Pictures Days of our Lives website about her character's onscreen reunion with Justin and their struggling marriage.
"...The way they wrote the characters...they really matured them, they really caught the gist of what their relationship had been as opposed to what it is now. Wally and I kept marveling at how wonderful the writing is. And true to form, true to life, true to the characters."
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