Finola Hughes is an English actress, television host, entrepreneur, author,
dancer, director and producer, best known for role as Anna Devane on the ABC
soap operas General Hospital and All My Children, and her portrayal of Laura in
the 1983 film Staying Alive, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever.
Hughes is also known for her portrayal of Anna Devane's identical twin, Dr.
Alexandra Devane Marick, on All My Children, and Patty Halliwell on the
supernatural series, Charmed. She also portrayed Carol in the final seasons of
the NBC sitcom Blossom. Hughes has also appeared in the films Aspen Extreme,
Above Suspicion and Like Crazy. Career
Hughes trained in dance and performing arts at the Arts Educational Schools
London. In 1981, she originated the role of Victoria the White Cat in the London
production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats. In 1983, Hughes starred
with John Travolta in the musical film Staying Alive, a sequel to Saturday
Night Fever. She played the role of Laura, an English dancer who is the
romantic interest of Travolta's character Tony Manero. Hughes also
appeared on the sitcom Blossom, and as the X-Men character Emma Frost in the
television movie Generation X. In 1997, Hughes starred in Aaron Spelling's
short-lived primetime soap opera Pacific Palisades. She was also a frequent
guest-star on the television series Charmed, playing the mother of the
Halliwell girls, Patricia "Patty" Halliwell. She provided the voice of
Lara, Kal-El's biological mother in Superman: The Animated Series. Another
voice-over role she had was Miss Robertson on an episode of Fox's
animated comedy series Life with Louie. From 1985 to 1992, she played Anna
Devane on General Hospital. Hughes won a Daytime Emmy in 1991, for Outstanding
Lead Actress on General Hospital. She was nominated for the same category in
1990 for Anna, in 2000 for AMC as Alex, and, in 2002, as Anna. After
establishing herself as a daytime television star, Hughes shot a feature
film cameo as a soap opera actress who loses an award to Sally Field in the
satirical film Soapdish. Two years later, she played a leading role in the
film Aspen Extreme. It was announced in April 2006 that
Hughes would be returning to GH. In May 2006, as part of the May Sweeps period,
three GH veterans would return. Finola Hughes would be reunited with Tristan
Rogers and Emma Samms. Following a rise in ratings from her sweeps return,
Hughes returned to General Hospital for a limited run through August 2006.
Finola would return the following year on 13 July 2007 and once again on 15
April 2008. In September 2008, Hughes guest-starred
in the General Hospital spinoff series General Hospital: Night Shift. It has
been said that Hughes will return to GH in early 2012 as character Anna Devane
to be with her daughter, Robin, and help her through her toughest year. She will
be a recurring character but Anna Devane will be front and center and staying in
Port Charles awhile. Finola's onscreen ex-husband Tristan Rogers is rumored
also to be returning as Robert Scorpio, his character Colin on the CBS soap The
Young and the Restless exiled from Genoa City a few months back. Ex-GH co-star
Genie Francis, who played Colin's ex will still remain on the soap and will
not be returning to GH. In 2010, Finola also appeared in the CSI: NY, Make It or
Break It and Melissa & Joey. Finola made a permanent return to General Hospital
in March 2012. Her character, Anna Devane, moved in with Luke Spencer.
In 2013, Hughes made her feature-film directing debut with indie comedy-drama
The Bet. She later starred with Kathryn McCormick in the dance movie Platinum
the Dance Movie. In 2015, Hughes directed her second film, Byrd and the
Bees a romantic comedy starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Tracy Spiridakos.
Personal life Hughes was born in London, England. She
married Russell Young in 1992. They welcomed their first child, son Dylan
Joseph Young, on 9 November 2000. Later, they adopted a boy named Cash Justice
Young and a girl named Sadie Beatrice Young.
Filmography = Film=
= Television= Awards and nominations
References External links
Official Website Finola Hughes at the Internet Movie
Database Finola Hughes at the TCM Movie Database
Finola Hughes at AllMovie Finola Hughes at TVGuide.com
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