Jessica Leccia to OLTL

Jessica Leccia, One Life to LiveFans of the dearly departed Guiding Light will have reasons to celebrate, as Jessica Leccia -- also known around Springfield as Natalia -- has signed on to the recurring role of Inez. Inez is the mother of Nate, Danielle's maybe/kinda/they-sure-do-like-making-out boyfriend.

 

Jessica played GL's Natalia Rivera Aitoro from 2007 until 2009, and was part of the celebrated "Otalia" pairing, along with Crystal Chappell's Olivia. After Guiding Light aired its last episode, Crystal moved on to Days of our Lives to reprise the role of Carly Manning (and has been getting yelled at onscreen ever since). Now, we'll get Otalia's other half on TV.

 

Look for Jessica to debut as Inez on June 18th.

 

Photo Source: ABC

Comments

Fri, May 28 - 6:51 pm

The whole musical thing was for only like a week! I don't really know why they did it, what whatever. And teens do watch soaps! I'm 16 and just started getting into them which is shocking because I always talked about how stupid they were, but I LOVE OLTL and I'm liking General Hospital but that's it. And teenagers= Drama! And More exciting drama!! I don't care about a bunch of drama with old people like most of the other soaps. 16 to like 20's are where the most exciting good stuff happens.

Alyssa

Mon, May 17 - 10:50 pm

I have to agree and disagree with how above oltl fans feel about the teen drama. I love the star and cole story and I can't wait for that trampy Hannah gets booted for being a LIAR!!! I agree that we need to move on with all this musical stuff though. MY husband usually watches the stories with me and now that oltl has gone musical crazy I can't het him to watch!!! Hello producers get back to the adult stuff, how many teens really watch stories????

Fri, May 14 - 3:57 pm

I agree with the people who say OLTL is too much about teenagers. Who really cares about Starr, Cole, the trampy Langston, etc. Teenagers don't watch soaps anyway. Get off the summer stuff and the stupid musical and get back to the good stories you used to tell.

Wed, May 12 - 9:37 am

I'm not happy about the noms this year AT ALL!!! AMC was nominated for outstanding show??? Are you serious people!! It just started back getting good this year. Last year was the worst year ever of AMC...i wanna know what tapes they sent in that got them nominated over OLTL! Jon Lindstrom, Michael Park, Maura West I'm very happy with. But is it an age issue that Bree Williamson was put in Supporting again. Becauce clearly she has lead story on OLTL for a while now. Even though I'm not digging her story now, but last year she was awsome! I just can't understand how they judge these shows and actors from 2 tapes. Y not judge from the entire body of work. If they did that clearly AMC wouldn't bee in the running for outstanding show. In the words of Mr. Brown from Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns..."What the what" is going on here??

Tue, May 11 - 7:50 am

Great news - love, love Jessica!

Tue, May 11 - 5:39 am

who cares, we dont even see the actors and actress we want to see. I am not tuning in to watch 90210.

Mon, May 10 - 5:36 pm

As a huge Jessica Leccia/GL fan, this is incredibly welcome news! I know OLTLers have had some hard times of late with storyline direction, but I can't help but feel JL's casting can be anything but great. I hope the fandom cuts her some slack - the s/l is obviously just a way to get her in, and I for one am so looking forward to her working her magic once she hits OLTL. I haven't watched One Life since college, but I think JL will be a fantastic addition and I'm back, ready to catch up!

Mon, May 10 - 1:43 pm

OMG I was hoping Nate was in the show temporarly !! Now they are bringing his mother ?? She may be a good actress but gosh this means those kids are never leaving to college !!!
I don't get it why the writers think people like to watch teens soap ???
They really need to do something about it !!!

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