Veteran actress, Kelly Monaco, who acted the character of Sam McCall on ABC’s General Hospital since October 2003, has been sacked by the network.
According to Soap Opera Network, which broke this unexpected development, Monaco was blindsided by the firing.
Prior to coming on board General Hospital over two decades ago, Monaco was best known for her role as Livvie Locke on Port Charles, a half-hour spinoff of this same series.
Taking on this role from 2000 through 2003, Monaco segued to the long running program following the cancellation of Port Charles.
Since that time, the star has been nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards, first in 2003 for outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and again in 2006 for outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Monaco competed in the very first season of Dancing with the Stars 19 years ago and actually won the inaugural Mirror Ball trophy.
In 2012, she was a contestant on the show’s All Stars edition, in which Monaco and her professional partner, Val Chmerkovshiy finished in third place.
In 2017, Monaco returned to Dancing With the Stars once more to perform the Rumba with Terrell Owens and Cheryl Burke.
The actress reunited with Chmerkovshiy for General Hospital’s 60th Anniversary primetime special in January. At that time, no one would have imagined Monaco would be dismissed few months later.
Her final air date on the soap opera is still unknown at the time of this publication.
