Alexis Davis
Actor History
Nancy Lee Grahn (1996 to Present)
Susan Diol (November 2001; March 13th and 14th, 2002 [temporary recast])
Other Names
Natasha Bergman (birth name)
Alexis Davidovitch (name she was raised with)
Dobson ('male' name)
Lifeline
Alexis was sixteen years old in May of 1980 and attended Briarton Griggs Academy.
Occupation
High-Powered Attorney
Former butler for the Quartermaine family (as "Dobson")
Resides At
A new apartment
Formerly at 122 Harbor View Drive, Port Charles, New York (Harbor View Towers, Penthouse 2)
Marital Status
Single/Divorced Ric Lansing [Married: Nov 3rd, 2004; Divorced: Fall 2006]
Past Marriages
Jasper Jacks (divorced)
Relatives
Mikkos Cassadine (father; deceased)
Kristin Nilsson (mother; deceased)
Kristina Cassadine (sister; deceased)
Stavros Cassadine (half-brother; deceased)
Stefan Cassadine (half-brother; deceased)
Anthony Cassadine (uncle; deceased)
Victor Cassadine (uncle; deceased)
Nikolas Cassadine (nephew)
Spencer Cassadine (great-nephew)
Petros Cassadine (first cousin once removed)
Children
Samantha McCall (daughter; father unknown; given up for adoption)
Kristina Adela Corinthos Davis (daughter; with Sonny)
Molly Lansing (daughter; with Ric)
Baby Girl McCall (granddaughter)
Flings & Affairs
Ned Ashton (engaged)
Sonny Corinthos (lovers)
Cameron Lewis (kissed; deceased)
Judge Farmer (flirtatious) [as "Dobson"]
Alice Gunderson (flirtatious) [as "Dobson"]
Crimes Committed
Altered records to make it appear that Katherine Bell was Stefan's half-sister, Natasha. [1996]
Attempted murder; helped Luke loosen the railing on a parapet at the Wyndemere, hoping that Helena Cassadine would fall. [May 1998]
Pushed Luis Alcazar off his penthouse balcony, effectively killing him. [22 November 2002]
Faked the alternate personality of her late sister, Kristina, to get by on an insanity defense. [winter- to spring-2003]
Using her "Kristina" personality, threatened Cameron Lewis with a knife. [17 February 2003]
Attempted to stab Scott Baldwin, but accidentally stabbed Cameron instead. [14 March 2003]
Posed as a butler named Dobson to get access to Kristina. [spring - July 2003]
Violated restraining order by holding Kristina during a hospital visit. [30 July 2003]
Broke into Ric's apartment and stole files that incriminated Sonny. [November 2004]
Took Kristina to London, violating the custody order. [2005]
Brief Character History
Alexis originally came to Port Charles in 1996 to defend Kevin Collins for stalking Felicia Jones. She then defended Monica Quartermaine in the sexual harassment case that Dr. Dorman brought against her.
Perceiving Katherine Bell and her relationship with Stefan as a threat to her family, Alexis worked to convince Stefan that Katherine was his half-sister Natasha, who had been believed to be dead. However, Stefan discovered her plan and wanted nothing more to do with her. To make matters worse, she then found out that she was the real Natasha.
Helena had murdered Alexis' mother, and threatened Alexis with the same fate should she not do Helena's bidding. Helena forced her to defend Tony Jones for kidnapping, which cost Alexis her relationship with Ned Ashton as well as her job at ELQ.
Desperate to get rid of Helena, Alexis teamed up with Luke Spencer and the two devised a plan to murder her. They set a trap for Helena but Katherine Bell ended up stepping into it, and fell to her "death." Alexis defended Stefan when he was accused of killing Katherine, and the fact that she was his sister not his cousin was brought to light. Alexis then told Ned who she was and why she defended Tony and Ned was upset that Alexis had not come to him with the truth sooner, but he understood and the two began to see each other again.
When Alexis learned that Nikolas was not the prince she felt betrayed that Stefan had kept the truth from her for so long. With the Cassadine fortune up for grabs, Alexis decided to go after it with the help of Jasper "Jax" Jacks. But when she almost ended up dying in a plane crash that Helena caused, she decided that the risk was not worth it. She then decided to concentrate on building a life away from the Cassadines, focusing of her profession and her relationship with Ned.
When Chloe Morgan came to town, she immediately be came friends with Alexis and Ned, as well as Jax. So when Chloe was in danger of losing her company if she did not get married within the next month, her new friends stepped in to help. Ned and Alexis decided that the best solution would be for Chloe to marry Ned. After much deliberation Chloe decided to go along with the plan. Alexis, Ned, Chloe, Jax flew to Las Vegas, the perfect place for a quick marriage. The only problem was that Chloe's Aunt Gertrude showed up, and claimed that the Vegas wedding did not comply with the legal definition of "happily married", as it was stated in the will. So in order to cover up the real plan, Jax and Alexis got married instead. To make it appear that Ned and Chloe's impending marriage was real, Jax and Alexis needed to make it appear as though their marriage was also real. They even went so far as to move Alexis into Jax's penthouse. Jax and Alexis became good friends while married, as did Ned and Chloe. The four finally divorced when Chloe's Aunt Gertrude caught Chloe and Jax together, allowing her to take the company. Alexis immediately, at Ned's request, removed the elegant promise ring he had given her from her right hand to her left, making them officially engaged.
With Ned and Alexis happily and publicly together again, Ned decided to restart his music career as Eddie Maine. One night while on tour in Detroit, Ned returned to his hotel room with an interviewer and camera crew doing a story on "A Day in the Life of Eddie Maine." All was going well, that is until Ned opened the door to find Alexis waiting on the bed for him wearing nothing but a teddy and holding a rose in her teeth. Affectionately nicknamed "Eddie's Angel", Alexis could do nothing to escape the press, fan letters, Internet sites, and emails. Attempting to end the fiasco, Ned proposed to Alexis thinking that if they were married, the press would leave them alone. Unfortunately, he was proved wrong when their private wedding in Belize was discovered.
Ned then decided that the best way to get rid of the press was to give them exactly what they wanted, a publicized wedding. After reluctantly agreeing, Alexis and wedding planner Elton arranged a big public wedding complete with press. After many obstacles, they finally made it to the wedding day. As Nikolas escorted her down the aisle, Alexis began to have nightmares about becoming a Quartermaine wife, and fled. Meanwhile, when Stefan returned home after faking his own death, Nikolas wanted nothing more to do with him and shut him out. He was furious about being lied to, and instead of having Stefan take over as trustee of the Cassadine holdings, Nikolas gave Alexis the job.
When Ned's cousin, Emily Quartermaine became involved with Zander Smith, she arranged for Alexis to be Zander's lawyer, as he was in a lot of trouble with the law and mob boss, Joseph Sorel. Also, in exchange for his testimony against Sorel, Alexis' client, mob boss Sonny Corinthos, would give him protection in the event that Sorel tried to kill him. Sonny also agreed to post Zander's bail of $2 million. On the night that Zander was released from jail, Emily, Zander, Alexis, and Sonny were walking down the steps of the PCPD, when two gunmen dresses as police officers opened fire on them. Sonny jumped in front of Alexis, and he was hit instead of her. At the hospital, Ned was relieved to see that Alexis was not hurt, and although he had not completely forgiven her for leaving him at the altar, they agreed to work on their problems. This didn't last long though, and they continually fought. Ned felt that Alexis was choosing her career over him and Alexis was trying to deal with her fear of commitment and marriage. They decided that the best thing to do was to call it quits to their four year relationship and go their separate ways. After breaking up with Ned, Alexis channeled all her energies into defending client Sonny Corinthos against his various enemies. They lived across the hall from each other, and their similarly dysfunctional childhoods, along with a tendency to shut people out, caused them to bond.
In summer 2001, Alexis began searching for her long-lost sister, Kristina. Right before Kristen was murdered, she asked Alexis to go hide with baby Kristina. Alexis put her in the stables and returned to her mother, whom she found dead, her throat cut by Helena. When she went back to the stable, Kristina was gone. With Jax's help, Alexis located her, and they had a joyful reunion, although Kristina soon spent her every waking moment nagging Alexis about her love life.
The main man in that love life was Sonny. Alexis found herself being increasingly goofy and shy in his presence, being hypnotized by his manner and looks, and slowly realized she had fallen in love with him. He played games with her, teasing and flirting, but he had feelings for her as well. Finally, in May 2002, they could no longer contain their emotions and had sex. Unfortunately, Carly saw them and ran out, getting into a car accident which caused her death. Alexis and Sonny were guilt-ridden, and when Carly returned from the dead several days later (she had kept her status quiet for a period of time after recovering, but told no one about this), Sonny reunited with her.
Alexis stepped away from Sonny and his second chance with Carly. Then she realized she was pregnant with Sonny's baby. Making the circle mplete, the next person to find out her secret was Ned. Alexis was confronted by Ned, who found out she was pregnant when her purse fell on the floor at the hospital and pre-natal vitamins fell out. Alexis tells him that the baby is Sonny's. Carly also found out by snooping around Mercy Hospital where Alexis went to get pre-natal care because she knew too many people at GH who may learn her condition and it could leak back to Sonny. Carly found out she was pregnant and confronted her about it. Alexis couldn't deny she was pregnant and Carly figured out that Sonny could be the baby's father since their one-night stand together happened a month or so ago. Alexis tells her eventually but Carly agrees not to tell him since she fears that Sonny would want to be part of the baby's life and since she is not able to really conceive right now, it is a threat to her own happiness. Alexis decides to move out of the penthouse and also resign as Sonny's attorney. Sonny finds out about her pregnancy and confronts her at her new apartment. Ned happens to be there but in another room. Alexis is speechless when Sonny questions her about her pregnancy. Ned surprises Alexis when he comes in the room and announces he is the father. Sonny is a little surprised as well since Ned is involved with Christina but accepts it when Alexis doesn't deny it. Sonny leaves them alone. Alexis decides to continue her pre-natal care at GH now that Sonny knows she is pregnant. Alexis' life takes a tragic turn when after lying to Kristina by telling her that Ned is the father of her baby, and hurting her, Kristina finds a note paper taken from Alexis journal that says that Sonny is the baby's father, and goes to find Sonny at his warehouse. Kristina walks into the warehouse and is trapped inside when it is blown up. Alexis gets there and Kristina dies soon after at the hospital. Alexis finds out that the bomb was set up to kill Sonny at his warehouse but Kristina went there instead. Alexis blames Sonny for her sister's death. She also blames Jason and Roy for being involved with this Alcazar's revenge. Alexis pours all her time into her work to stop thinking about Kristina. She gets all stressed when she tries to help Luke Spencer with murder charges and to run for District Attorney to keep Scott from getting elected. She suffers from cramps and ends up in the hospital after debating with Scott. Scott digs up her one-night stand with Sonny and questions her about it after she makes cleaning up crime in Port Charles starting with mob activities. Sonny has a blood test after he finds out from Carly that Alexis admitted to her that Sonny was the father. He goes to confront Alexis at the hospital about her lie but the blood test shows that the baby isn't his. Alexis learns that Ned took precautions and paid a lab person to switch the results. Sonny accepts the test results and leaves her alone. Alexis continues to try and bring Alcazar down as well for the death of her sister. When Alcazar is exonerated of all charges, Alexis is devastated and later confronts him when she sees him in the park. Alcazar refuses to accept guilt for her sister's death and tells her that it is her fault for sleeping with Ned and making her sister go to Sonny for answers. Alexis starts to get strong contractions and asks for Alcazar's help. Alcazar refuses to help her and leaves her in the park alone. Alexis can't find her cell phone so she can call for an ambulance. Cameron Lewis finds her and brings her to GH. She starts to go into pre-mature labor and calls for Ned. Cameron gets Bobbie to get in touch with Ned. Cameron stays with her until Ned arrives. The doctor tells her she has to give birth now. Alexis panics since it is too soon but Ned convinces her that she needs to give birth now. Alexis gives birth to a baby girl, which she already knew. She names the baby Kristina after her sister. The baby has to be put in neonatal intensive care under in incubator and life support. Alexis refuses to leave the baby's side and pushes Ned away in the process. Psychiatrist Cameron Lewis tries to help her with her emotional well-being and allows her to hold the baby at Christmas time. Alexis had already pulled out of the D.A.'s race and decided to get back into some work. She hired Felicia Jones to investigate a witness who was testifying against Brenda for Alcazar's murder after agreeing to defend Brenda at Jax's request. When the trial doesn't go well for Brenda and Jason, she decides to bow out of the trial and take Kristina to John Hopkins for surgery. She was also in a custody disagreement with Ned who she didn't want in her child's life after she caught him kissing a mobster's widow on the docks. Alexis reluctantly agreed to allow Ned to be part of Kristina's life when he threatened to take her to court and reveal s Kristina's true paternity.
As Skye Quartermaine and others began to suspect Alexis killed Alcazar, Alexis became more and more unspooled. Cameron caught her going around town in a long red wig. Soon after, she held him and Scott at knifepoint. She was arrested for Alcazar's murder and claimed she had Multiple Personality Disorder, and that her alter, "Kristina", was responsible. Cameron realized she was faking, but kept quiet because of his feelings for her. Alexis was declared not guilty by reason of mental defect, but paid a heavy price -- Ned was awarded custody and she had to face a long psychiatric treatment. A few weeks later, Edward took custody of the child from Ned, and backstabbed A.J. Quartermaine in the process. AJ and Skye kidnapped Kristina as revenge. Alexis found her one day and re-kidnapped her, hiding out with her and nursing her back to health even though her actions violated the court order. Her friend (and Cameron's son) Zander and his Quartermaine girlfriend Emily stumbled upon her and agreed to take the baby back to the mansion, never admitting she had any part in the situation.
Alexis still ached to be close to Kristina. Ned was spending time with the unstable Skye, who hated Alexis and also desperately wanted a family of her own (due to infertility). Alexis decided she had to keep an eye on her daughter's welfare. When Q butler Reginald was injured, she showed up in full drag, including beard, claiming to be an experienced servant named Dobson. "Dobson" was hired and over the next few months looked out for Kristina, sparred with Skye, tried to convince Ned to give Alexis a chance at parenthood, and bonded with Emily. Cameron once again found out about this ruse because Alexis was missing her critical court-appointed therapy sessions, and once again covered for her because of his feelings for her. Finally, Skye colluded with Alexis' therapist (not Cameron) and DA Scott to expose Alexis during a big dinner party. They announced plans to arrest Cameron for his part in the cover-up. Alexis couldn't let a man who had done so much for her takethe fall. She whipped off her Dobson disguise, admitted her MPD was a sham, and said Cameron had had no knowledge of anything. Scott couldn't get to Alexis because of double jeopardy laws, and Ned blackmailed him into leaving Alexis and Cameron alone. Still, Alexis wanted custody of her daughter and to see her, no matter what anyone said. A restraining order was taken out against her. Kristina was rushed to the hospital and Alexis convinced Bobbie to let her hold the child while Bobbie shut off an alarm. Skye caught her and had her arrested. Alexis felt more isolated than ever, and took a job as Stefan's lawyer in exchange for him helping her get Kristina back. She saw the layers of hate and distrust between him and the boy he had raised (Nikolas) and asked Cameron to treat her - for real this time - so she wouldn't pollute her child the way Stefan had.
Eventually Alexis gained custody of her daughter again and began focusing on both her career and her daughter. With little time left for romance, Alexis was extremely irritated when she first found herself the focus of Ric Lansing's attentions. Unfortunately for Alexis, serving as Skye's defense attorney (for the murder of Detective Duncan), she was forced to spend some time with Ric, the prosecuting attorney. Ric, already aware that Sonny was truly Kristina's father, made it a point to seek Alexis out and seduce her. Ric learned quickly that suffocating Alexis with kisses was a quick and effective way of silencing her constant ranting. It was also at this time that Alexis was confronted by Carly, who was looking at reconciling with her husband, Sonny. Carly wanted to tell Sonny that Kristina was his daughter so the couple could start over without any secrets, but Alexis begged Carly not to tell, pleading with her from one mother to another. Carly agreed to keep her secret, but had her reservations. Soon after, Skye was convicted, but Ric and Alexis continued to see one another in work settings, as Alexis went on to defend Faith for a short time, and then Nikolas on several occasions. Eventually the two became more than just enemies who enjoyed the occasional kiss, and a friendship formed.
It was that friendship that helped Alexis stay strong while her daughter faced a life-threatening illness. Alexis had taken several trips to GH with Kristina before Dr. Steven Lars Webber diagnosed her as having a form of leukemia. The only cure for Kristina was a bone marrow transplant with the likely matches--family members. It didn't take long for Steven to discover that Ned was not Kristina's biological father, though all the Quartermaines were tested anyway, and he confronted Alexis. She refused to admit that Sonny was the father to Steven, but broke down and told Ric (who did not admit that he already knew). Ric was immediately tested, but was not a match. Even after a confrontation with Carly, Alexis refused to tell Sonny that he was Kristina's father because if that became common knowledge Kristina's life would continue to be at risk; though instead of leukemia, it would be bullets that killed her. Alexis continued to search for other possibilities while her daughter's situation grew grim. It became clear that Sonny had to learn the truth, but Ric had other plans first. Ric proposed to Alexis, hoping that their marriage would give Alexis leverage when it came time for a custody battle with Sonny, which was clearly going to happen. But there was a catch--Ric refused to let the marriage be in name only; if they were going to get married, they had to truly try to make the relationship work. Alexis agreed.
At about the same time, Carly was admitting the truth to Sonny, knowing that her marriage would end with the confession. Sonny rushed to the hospital, where he confronted Alexis and learned of the impending marriage. It changed little in Sonny's mind and after being tested, Sonny continued to visit Kristina on a regular basis in her hospital room. He often told Kristina how she would come live with him when she was well, and was often chased out of the room by a very angry Alexis. While Alexis didn't want to make Sonny angry, she desperately wanted him to stay away from Kristina. So she begged Ric, who deciding Alexis needed rescuing, called in a favor and had a restraining order placed on Sonny, keeping him away from Kristina. Alexis let the restraining order slide on occasion, hoping to soften Sonny up. In the meantime, all of Sonny's family was tested as possible donors. Not even his son, Morgan, was a match, and things looked worse for Kristina. Steven told Alexis and Sonny that there was another option; Sonny's unborn daughter with Sam McCall could be the answer. The treatment involved harvesting the unborn child's stem cells, found in the umbilical cord. But Kristina didn't have time to wait for the child to be born, so Sonny approached Sam and asked that she consider an early delivery (by two weeks). There was a 10 percent risk to the baby, and Sam couldn't justify that risk and refused to help. While Sam understood that Kristina would die, she felt she had to protect her baby first. When Alexis learned that Kristina's only hope had refused to help, she ran to the chapel, where she found Sam praying alone. Alexis pleaded with Sam at first, but she still refused and Alexis lost it, insulting and guilting Sam until finally, in tears, she said she would do it. But just as Sam tried to tell Alexis she would do it, she collapsed in excruciating pain. The placenta had broken away from the wall, and Sam's baby would have to be delivered early. Steven tried to ease the tension by explaining that the emergency was not caused by anyone, not even a screaming Alexis. Ric comforted Alexis as she learned that Sam's baby had died, but then urged her to approach Sonny and ask for the lifesaving stem cells. Thinking of Kristina, Alexis worked up the nerve to ask the grieving father to save his other daughter, Kristina. After a heated discussion, Sonny agreed, and the transplant took place.
Kristina's health improved, and Alexis and Ric prepared to fight Sonny in court. As they prepared, Ric received an anonymous tip to visit the docks, where a file containing all the evidence he needed to book Sonny for extortion awaited him on a bench. Ric had Sonny arrested, but never made a copy of the file, which he had placed in a locked file cabinet in his apartment. Carly broke into his apartment and started a fire beneath the file cabinet and it appeared the file had been destroyed. Though his apartment had been blocked off to the public, Alexis managed to sneak in and steal the file, which aside from a few burns was in good shape. She used the file to attempt to blackmail Sonny; if Sonny had a change of heart on the stand, she would destroy the file. If he didn't, she would hand the file over to Ric and Sonny would be arrested. Sonny agreed to Alexis' face, but had no intention of following through on the agreement. The court case began, and while things didn't look so good for Alexis, she felt confident that Sonny would follow through and have his change of heart. As the time came, Ric began asking Sonny the questions Alexis told him he would, but instead of a change of heart, Sonny adamantly proclaimed that Kristina belonged with him. As Alexis handed the file to Ric, Jason held the tape of John Durant admitting he stole the file in the first place; making the evidence against Sonny inadmissible in court. Alexis begged Ric to prosecute Sonny anyway, but Ric had nothing without the file, Alexis needed to face the fact that there was a very real possibility that Sonny would get custody of Kristina. Things went very badly for Alexis in court, especially after she tried to kidnap Kristina, but Sonny shocked her by agreeing to share custody.
Alexis and Ric nearly split up after Alexis learned he had known Sonny was Kristina's father from the beginning and she began to believe he was only using her to get to Sonny, but the two reconciled. Kristina was kidnapped not long after, but Ric never wavered in his faith in Alexis, and convinced Sonny that Alexis had nothing to do with the kidnapping. Alexis also learned she was pregnant with Ric's baby, which left her out of the search for Kristina because she needed to rest. Ric and Alexis managed to rescue Kristina from Faith down in Louisiana, but were devastated to learn of Michael's death. Michael's death and Kristina's kidnapping convinced Alexis that her daughter was better off without Sonny in her life but when she tried to fight him on the custody, Ric would not go along with her, and when Ric confronted her about not going to therapy like she promised, Alexis realized Ric didn't fully trust her and wanted to separate. Alexis fled to London with Kristina, only to faces charges courtesy of Sonny when she came back. She joined forces with John Durant to bring down Sonny, and was thrilled to overhear Michael confess to Jason that he knew he murdered A.J., as it gave her leverage. After Ric learned that Alexis was draining the Cassadine accounts to bring down Sonny, he washed his hands of her, and drove the wedge even further between them when he insisted that Sonny didn't murder A.J.
Alexis was shocked to learn that Ric had been so adamant in fighting for Sonny because he knew Michael was the real killer and wanted a chance to try again, but Ric couldn't trust that she was finally over her vendetta with Sonny, so they decided to divorce. Things hit a snag when their lawyers wouldn't help them divorce until after the baby was born, so Alexis began pushing Ric to cheat so they could get the divorce quicker. Their marriage took a turn for the better after Alexis experienced trauma in the hurricane and was barricaded at the Quartermaine mansion, with Ric in attendance. Both wanted to reconcile, but still couldn't trust their feelings. Alexis was shocked to learn at Lucky and Liz' wedding that Ric and Reese had a one night stand while she and Ric were estranged, but in the train accident that followed, Ric and Alexis were able to put all their differences aside as they welcomed their new daughter Molly into the world, and decided to really make a go of their marriage.
Ric and Alexis were both taken ill with the encephalitis plague that hit Port Charles. Alexis received an early dosage of the serum, enabling her to be able to go home with the girls, but Ric remained ill. As Alexis worried that Ric wouldn't make it, she confessed a secret to him that she had never told -- when she was sixteen years old, she had given birth to a baby girl, on May 11, 1980 (Mother's Day). Mikkos had taken her to a private clinic in Chatham, Maine, then forced her to give her daughter up for adoption. With Ric's help, Alexis decided to search for her long-lost daughter.
