Gigi Morasco
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Farah Fath as Gigi Morasco Balsom
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| One Life to Live character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Farah Fath | ||||||||
| Duration | 2007–12 | ||||||||
| First appearance | October 24, 2007 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | January 12, 2012 | ||||||||
| Created by | Ron Carlivati | ||||||||
| Introduced by | Frank Valentini | ||||||||
| Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||
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| Other names | Gigi Balsom (2011-) | ||||||||
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| Residence | Blackheath, London | ||||||||
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| Siblings | Stacy Morasco |
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| Spouse | Rex Balsom (2011–) |
| Sons | Shane Balsom |
| Nieces and nephews | Sierra Morasco Fish |
Gigi Morasco is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. She was portrayed by Farah Fath since October 24, 2007, to June 29, 2011. She returned as a ghost on August 1, 2011, remaining on contract throughout the break, and began a back-from-the-dead storyline in October that wrapped during the show's final week on air.
Gigi was born in 1982 and was briefly presumed dead from June 2011 to October 2011. When she was around 16, Gigi gave birth to Shane in 1998.
Gigi is first introduced as a waitress at the Bon Jour Café in Paris, Texas, who constantly argues with diner owner Moe Stubbs. She is a single mother having trouble making ends meet, as her son Shane's father was a Navy SEAL who had died in action. Not realizing that co-worker Viki Davidson is wealthy and is only working as a waitress to temporarily escape her life in Llanview, Pennsylvania, Gigi tells Viki her dreams of becoming rich; Viki tells Gigi that rich people have problems too. Gigi is eager to help when she meets fugitive Marcie McBain (using the name "Sally Ann"), who is on the run with adopted son Tommy (whom she calls "Billy"). At first Gigi believes that "Sally" is running from an abusive husband but soon discovers differently when Tommy's father Todd Manning comes to the Bon Jour looking for his son. Todd offers $1 million for information on Marcie's whereabouts; feeling loyalty towards "Sally Ann", Gigi gives Todd false information to lead him astray. Gigi gets Marcie a job at the Bon Jour. More of Gigi's mysterious past comes to light when Rex Balsom shows up at the diner; Gigi and Rex dated during their senior year in high school, but Rex had abruptly disappeared in 2002 when he left for Llanview. Gigi clearly has unresolved issues with Rex but hides them and later refrains from telling him "something" that she feels he needs to know. Rex has come to town searching for Marcie, but Gigi again lies and sends Rex on the wrong trail. Gigi also sells Rex Marcie's engagement ring, which Marcie is anxious to sell for cash. When Marcie's ring is recognized back in Llanview, her husband Dr. Michael McBain and his police detective brother John race back to Paris to confront Gigi. But Todd Manning and renegade FBI agent Lee Ramsey are already there, having taken Gigi and Shane hostage. Ramsey forces Gigi to lure Marcie back to Gigi's apartment before she and Tommy can skip town, and threatens her at gunpoint. Marcie arrives at Gigi's place, but at the last moment Gigi screams for Marcie to run. Ramsey and Todd pursue Marcie, and Gigi and Shane are rescued by the McBain brothers.
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