Kendall Hart

Kendall Hart
Alicia Minshew as Kendall Hart
All My Children character
Portrayed by	Sarah Michelle Gellar (1993–95) Alicia Minshew (2002–11, 2013)
Duration	1993–95, 2002–11, 2013
First appearance	March 11, 1993
Last appearance	July 8, 2013
Created by	Megan McTavish
Introduced by	Felicia Minei Behr (1993) Jean Dadario Burke (2002) Ginger Smith (2013)
Crossover appearances	One Life to Live
Classification	Former, recurring
Profile
Other names	Kendall Hart Slater
Occupation	Author of Charm (2008) CEO of Enchantment Cosmetics (2003—) Co-founder and co-owner of Fusion Cosmetics (2003—) Board member of the Miranda Center (2004—)
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Kendall Hart
Family Kane Parents Richard Fields Erica Kane Adoptive parents William Hart Alice Hart Half-brothers Trey Kenyon Josh Madden Half-sisters Bianca Montgomery Spouse Anton Lang (1994–95) Zach Slater (2005, 2006–09, 2009–12) Sons Spike Lavery Ian Slater Grandparents Eric Kane Mona Kane Tyler Aunts and uncles Mark Dalton (half) Silver Kane (half) Nieces Miranda Montgomery (half) Gabrielle Montgomery (half) First cousins Julie Rand Chandler (half)

Kendall Hart is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. The character was portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar from 1993 to 1995, and by Alicia Minshew from 2002 until the show's series finale on September 23, 2011. On March 7, 2013, it was announced that Minshew would guest star on the Prospect Park's continuation of All My Children. She appeared on the second July 8 episode, and exited the same day.

Kendall is the daughter of Erica Kane, a child conceived when Erica was raped on the night of her 14th birthday by movie matinee idol Richard Fields. Emerging as one of daytime television's most popular and layered characters, Kendall was originally written as a complex villain, described as a "complicated bad girl" and "the scheming daughter of the biggest schemer of them all, Erica Kane," but was later reformed. The writers scripted her as a heroine, while keeping devious aspects of the character intact.

Kendall has been the subject of Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome (SORAS), which caused the show's producers to "de-SORAS" her mother, Erica Kane, portrayed by Susan Lucci. Lucci says that Erica was 15 when the show began in 1970. "I love playing her. I enjoyed playing her when she was a 15-year-old high school girl, the naughty girl in town, and I enjoy playing her now, when she's still the naughty girl, but she's broadened her area of operation to include the entire world," said Lucci. Erica being 15 in 1970 placed her birth year at 1955.

When Kendall first appears on the show in 1993, she is 16 years old, portrayed by a then 16-year-old (or 15-year-old) Sarah Michelle Gellar. This was despite the fact that Kendall was conceived when Erica was raped at the age of 14 before the show began in 1970 (23 years earlier). Fans protested the age differences due to the changes making Erica and Kendall too young compared to Erica's original 1955 birth year. In response to this, the show's producers rapidly aged Kendall to 23, which moved Erica's birth year one year forward to 1956.

When Minshew took over the role in 2002, the character's birth year was changed to 1976; Erica's birth year was subsequently pushed even later than where it was before, to 1962. Though Kendall's birthdate was changed to September 25, 1970 in 1993 as a result of SORAS, her birthdate was revised to September 25, 1976 in 2002, closer to her originally intended birthdate when she first appeared as a 16-year-old girl on March 11, 1993.