Ava Peralta
| Ava Peralta | |||||||||
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| Guiding Light character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Michelle Ray Smith | ||||||||
| Duration | 2005–09 | ||||||||
| First appearance | August 24, 2005 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | July 27, 2009 | ||||||||
| Created by |
David Kreizman Donna Swajeski |
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| Introduced by | Ellen Wheeler | ||||||||
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| Parents |
Jeffrey O'Neill (biological father) Olivia Spencer (biological mother) John Sutton (adoptive father, deceased) Donna Sutton Peralta (adoptive mother, deceased) |
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| Spouse | Alexander "Sandy" Foster (divorced; 20??-2005) Harlan Billy "Bill" Lewis III (annulled, 2008) |
| Children | Max Boudreau (son, with Remy, deceased) |
| Other relatives | Marissa Spencer Randall (maternal aunt, deceased) Samuel "Sam" Spencer (maternal uncle) Jonathan Randall (maternal adopted cousin) Sarah Randall (maternal adopted first cousin once removed) |
Ava Peralta is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light. She was played by Michelle Ray Smith from August 24, 2005 to July 27, 2008, reprising her role briefly in December 2008 and July 2009.
Ava was the product of rape. While at a party, her mother, the underaged Olivia Spencer was ended up having sex with her father, Jeffrey O'Neill (before he had plastic surgery to look like the late Richard Winslow—a man Olivia would later fall in love with) who then left soon afterwards, statutory raping her. Olivia found out she was pregnant and her mother refused to let her have an abortion. During a vicious fight, Rebecca Spencer died of a massive stroke and Olivia felt guilty. She gave her baby up for adoption and she was adopted by the Suttons, John and Donna. They named her Ava and when she was young, her adoptive parents divorced and her mother remarried a man with the surname Peralta which Ava took.
When Ava first came to town, she found a job working as a bartender at Jonathan Randall's bar, Outskirts. She later began working at Company and CO2 for the Coopers. She is currently working for the C.E.O of Spaulding Enterprises, Alan-Michael Spaulding.
Ava and her boyfriend Coop's relationship was at first complicated by Coop's ex-girlfriend Lizzie Spaulding, who claimed that her unborn child was Coop's and tricked him into almost marrying her.
After the two enjoyed a brief period of happiness, Ava began to push him away as she learned that she was adopted. She also found out she was the child of two people she already knew in Springfield, Olivia Spencer and Jeffrey O'Neill. Coop also began making decisions for her, specifically about what she should know and what he felt he could handle. Ava took a job working for Alan-Michael which Coop also did not approve of, at least partly due to Alan Michael's apparent interest in Ava.
Ava took the job anyway, and Alan-Michael has been trying to come between Coop and Ava ever since. However, it seems to be Coops own controlling behavior that led Ava to call it quits. Their split is tentative, with Ava telling Coop that she needs more "space" but it certainly opens the door further for Alan-Michael.
Ava is the biological daughter of Olivia Spencer and Jeffrey O'Neill and the biological sister of Emma Spaulding and Colin O'Neill. Was adopted by the Sutton family. Ava's adoptive mother Donna and father John Sutton separated. Ava's adoptive mother Donna remarried a man named Paul and took her stepfathers last name Peralta. Her adoptive mother Donna and stepfather Paul are both deceased. Olivia located her adoptive father John Sutton only to discover he was dying and only had a few months to live.
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