Judi Evans


Judi Evans is an American actress.
Evans began her career in daytime in 1983 when she was cast as Becki on Days of Our Lives. She shot to fame shortly after when she was cast as Beth Raines on Guiding Light, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award at the age of 19.
In 1986, she left Guiding Light and immediately joined the cast of Days of Our Lives as Adrienne Johnson Kiriakis. In 1991, she took over the role of Paulina Cory Carlino on Another World, a role she would continue until the show ended in 1999.
She currently recurs as Bonnie Lockhart on ''Days of Our Lives.''

Career

Judi Evans is a professional "soap-hopper" with multiple, successful appearances on four Daytime Soap Operas.
She began her career, in 1983, on Guiding Light as Beth Raines. In 1986, she moved over to Days of Our Lives to take on the role of Adrienne Johnson-Kiriakis. In 1991, she moved to New York to take over the role of Paulina Cory on Another World. After the conclusion of Another World in 1999, Evans moved back to Los Angeles to begin recurring again on Days of Our Lives, this time taking on double duty as Bonnie Lockhart and Adrienne Johnson-Kiriakis. In 2009, she took on the role of Maeve Stone on As The World Turns.
She currently recurs as Bonnie Lockhart-Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives opposite her longtime co-star Wally Kurth.
In addition to her roles in Daytime, Evans has had a very successful television movie career including roles in Getting Away with Murder: The [JonBenet Ramsey Story|Getting Away with Murder: The JonBenet Ramsey Mystery], Love Is on the Air, I Am Not For Sale: The Fight to End Human Trafficking, and Blood Runs Thick.
She guest-starred on the hit CBS show The Mentalist from 2012-2013 and was a series regular on Venice: The Series playing the role of Logan. She also guest-starred on The Bay in the role of Katherine Blackwell.

Personal

Evans was born in Montebello, California. In 1993, she married Michael Luciano. They had one son, named Austin Michael Luciano, who died unexpectedly in late 2019 at age 23.
In 2020, nearly six months after losing her son, Evans contracted COVID-19 while at the hospital recovering from an accidental injury she incurred during horseback riding. Doctors considered amputating both her legs as part of her treatment, but she, luckily, made a full recovery.

Filmography

Awards

Soap Opera Digest Awards