Life has been looking pretty peachy for Days of our Lives' Bonnie Lockhart (Judi Evans), who is thrilled that she is finally set to marry Justin (Wally Kurth). But her dreams might come crashing down this week with the arrival of her sister-in-law, Calista Lockhart.
Broadway actress Cady Huffman has signed on to play the character, and according to Soap Opera Digest, Calista will be putting quite a damper on Bonnie's big wedding plans! Watch for her to blow into town on Friday, August 27, and threaten to expose Bonnie on Monday, August 30. Will she succeed in wrecking Bonnie's carefully laid out happily ever after?
Cady Huffman is a Tony Award-winning actress whose career has spanned Broadway, film, and television. Her stage credits include The Will Rogers Follies and The Producers, the latter for which she won the 2001 Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical; her film credits include Dare and The Company Men; and her TV credits include Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Kevin Spirtas' (ex-Craig Wesley) Amazon Prime Video series, After Forever. She also previously starred on One Life to Live as a replacement for Kimberlin Brown in the role of Dr. Paige Miller, which she played from 2005 to 2006.
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Days of Our Lives has always had a
rotating cast. But Broadway fans will be delighted to know that a veteran of the Great White Way is coming to daytime television. This veteran’s character will shake things up in Bonnie’s life — and not in a good way. Cady Huffman, a Broadway veteran, will be joining the Days of Our Lives cast. According to
SoapHub, her first episode will air on Aug. 27. According to her official bio on the Broadway Dance Center page, where she serves on the faculty, Huffman has been a member of the acting union for more than 30 years. She debuted
on Broadway in 1985 in La Cage aux Folles. Since then, she has won Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards.Cady Huffman joins the ‘Days of Our Lives’ cast
Huffman also has a storied television career. She had recurring roles on The Good Wife and Blue Bloods and guest-starred on Law & Order: SVU. She also was a judge on Food Network’s Iron Chef America. And Huffman is a veteran of daytime soaps — she played the second Dr. Paige Miller on One Life to Live.
She’ll be playing Bonnie’s sister-in-law Calista Lockhart
Huffman’s larger-than-life personality makes her a perfect addition to the Days of Our Lives cast. And according to Soaps @ SheKnows, Huffman’s character is just as larger-than-life as she is. Huffman is set to play Calista Lockhart, Bonnie’s shady sister-in-law who knows more than a few things about her.
Bonnie is already hiding more than a few secrets from her beloved Justin. And she — perhaps foolishly — thought that she could keep them from her soon-to-be husband. Unfortunately, when someone like Calista Lockhart (not to be confused with the actor Calista Flockhart) comes into town, someone like Bonnie is bound to get nervous.
Calista knows more than a few things about Bonnie’s past — things that Bonnie would rather not make public. But how far is Calista going to go to threaten her sister-in-law — and how far is Bonnie willing to go to keep things on the down-low?
Calista will definitely shake things up in Bonnie’s life
In past Days of Our Lives speculation, it was suggested that Bonnie is really Adrienne Kiriakis. But the truth of her identity is buried somewhere deep in her brain. This might be one of the many things Calista brings up when she comes to Salem.
In Salem, though, no true villain can act in a vacuum. So Calista is going to need some allies — and she just might find them in surprising places. Will she snatch Justin away from Bonnie as a final act of revenge?
But while Bonnie is finally planning her wedding to Justin, Calista may push her to revert to her old ways. And she may do so by threatening to expose “the truth” about her. We’ll have to tune in to Days of Our Lives on Aug. 27 to find out how far Calista will truly push the proverbial envelope.
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