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Is Alexandra Anna? (SID 8/10/99)
"That's what fans have been asking themselves ever since it was announced that Finola Hughes was joining AMC as Alexandra Devane- a mysterious woman who bares a striking resemblance to, not to mention the same last name, as the actress' presumed-dead General Hospital alter ego, Anna Devane. Well, savvy viewers soon may think they've solved the riddle. But have they?
The in depth story:
This week, Alexandra, who first appeared on July 23, makes a covert phone call to someone
named Sean. Could it be Sean Donnelly, the GH spy John Reilly played opposite Hughes'
Anna? And if so, could this be an indication that Alexandra really is Anna?
Soaps in Depth recently spoke with Reilly, who admits that he hasn't been contacted by AMC. '[But] I'd love to work with Finola again. And I like AMC. They're a great group of people.'
Hughes laughed when she read the Sean reference in the script. 'I think they slipped that in to see if I was paying attention,' she says. 'But it's not Sean Donnelly. This is a different Sean.'
ABC prefers to keep viewers guessing- at least for now; 'Watch and find out,' says a network representative. Hughes points out, however, that Alexandra is very different from Anna. 'Alex is much softer,' she notes. 'And she has so much more dignity [than Anna]. Not to say that Anna was undignified, but she certainly was more down and dirty with the way she dealt with things.
But even Hughes can't deny that Anna and Alexandra share a connection. 'I feel that there is a familial bond; there has to be,' she concedes. 'But we don't know what that is yet.'
Hughes Moves In!
Finola Hughes may be on the edge
of her seat when it comes to her current AMC storyline, but the suspense about another
aspect of her new life in New York City finally is over. 'I found an apartment,' laughs
the actress, who after weeks of searching finally has settled on a Manhatten pad. 'My
husband [photographer Russell Young] is driving cross-country as we speak. He set off this
morning with the dog.'"
