List of Days of Our Lives characters introduced in the 2010s
A list of notable characters from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2019.
Madeline Peterson Woods
Madeline Peterson Woods, portrayed by Jessica Tuck, is the mother of Chad DiMera. Madeline died after falling down a flight of stairs during an argument with Chad.Jane Smith
Jane Smith is the warden of the Salem County Correctional Facility, the prison where Hope Brady serves time in 2010. She works with an inmate, Lee Michaels, to kill inmates during routine medical procedures in order to harvest their organs in an operation run by Stefano DiMera. Jane first appeared on September 21, 2010. Stacy Haiduk had been hired to portray the role but was not able to fulfill the commitment so the role was recast with Gina Gallego.Ben Walters
Ben Walters was portrayed by Ty Treadway from September 17, 2010, to February 2, 2011.Ben is a specialist brought in by Stefano DiMera on to handle EJ DiMera's injury after he was shot in the head by Sami Brady. While at the hospital he briefly dated Jennifer Horton.
Ben was later revealed to be part of a human organ trafficking scheme organized by Stefano. His accomplice was Jane Smith, the warden at the women's prison where Hope Brady was being incarcerated. After Jennifer's heart
is harvested, Daniel Jonas exposes the scheme and saves Jennifer. Ben is arrested for his part in the crime and Jane fingers him as the mastermind out of fear of being killed by Stefano.
Lee Michaels
Lee Michaels is a trustee in the prison where Hope Brady serves time in 2010. She is a doctor who was imprisoned for illegally prescribing pain killers to her patients. She is assigned to the prison's infirmary, where she works with Warden Jane Smith to kill inmates during routine medical procedures in order to harvest their organs. Lee is played by Robin Mattson and first appeared on October 5, 2010, to 2011.Parker Jonas
Parker Daniel Jonas is the son of Daniel Jonas and Chloe Lane, although Philip Kiriakis was long thought to be his father. He was born on November 11, 2010, in the Horton cabin after his mother Chloe Lane goes into premature labor. There are complications with the birth, and Chloe is assisted by Parker's assumed older sister Melanie. Philip and Daniel later show up just as Parker is born. Chloe and Daniel go to the hospital and name him Parker Jonas, after Daniel's mother. While Daniel was initially assumed to be the baby's father, it was later revealed that Parker was conceived during a one-night stand between Chloe and Philip. When Chloe takes a paternity test, the results are changed by Caroline Brady to make her believe that Daniel is the father. When the assumed truth about Parker's paternity is revealed, Daniel leaves Chloe. On March 2, 2011, Philip becomes Parker's legal father and Parker's last name is changed to Kiriakis. On January 7, 2013, Chloe returns to Salem and informs Daniel that he is in fact Parker's biological father.Dario Hernandez
Dario Hernandez is a fictional character on the NBC daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives. The role was played by Francisco San Martín, who originated the role, from March to September 2011, and by Jordi Vilasuso from February 2016 to September 2017.In December 2010, it was reported that Francisco San Martin would play the role of Dario, Rafe and Gabi Hernandez's brother as a way to fill the void left following their sister Arianna's death. San Martin previously played Javier Rodriguez, a patient of Nathan Horton for one episode on November 16, 2010. San Martin's first air date was March 9, 2011. Three months later in June 2011, following the departure of head writer Dena Higley and the appointments of new writers Marlene Clark Poulter and Darrell Ray Thomas Jr., it was reported that San Martin was among the list of actors let go from the show. San Martin's last air date was on September 19, 2011.
In August 2015, nearly four years after San Martin's exit, it was reported that former Guiding Light and All My Children actor Jordi Vilasuso would take over the role of Dario. Vilasuso made his debut on February 19, 2016. In July 2017, it was reported that Vilasuso would be departing the show with his last air date on July 31, 2017. Vilasuso made a further appearance on September 26, 2017.
Quinn Hudson
Quinn Hudson, played by Australian actor Bren Foster, is the son of Vivian Alamain. He surfaces in Salem in 2011, and is part of a plot by Kate Roberts to bring down Chloe Lane. Quinn blackmails Chloe into being a call girl like Kate used to be. Quinn changes for Taylor Walker and tells Chloe to stop. Quinn leaves Salem with his mother, Ivan and Taylor. He returns for a short while before departing again.Anne Milbauer
Anne Milbauer has been portrayed by Meredith Scott Lynn since September 7, 2012. She last appeared July 11, 2017.Anne was the head of HR at University Hospital. She became enraged when Jennifer Horton was hired as Director of Communications over her. When Chloe returned to Salem in 2013, she teamed up with her to break up Jennifer and Daniel Jonas.
Arianna Horton
Arianna Grace Horton is the daughter of Gabi Hernandez and Will Horton. She is introduced on May 21, 2013. She is named after her late aunts, Arianna Hernandez and Grace DiMera. From 2019 to 2020, the role was played by Sydney Brower. In 2022, Lane Rosa briefly portrayed the role. In April 2025, it was announced the character had been rapidly aged and recast with Marissa Reyes; she debuted when Arianna returned to Salem on May 20. She will exit the role by April 2026, when another actor will assume the role.Arianna is conceived when her parents have a one-night stand in August 2012. When Gabi finds out that she is pregnant she decides on an abortion, but cannot go through with it. Gabi is in a relationship with Will's cousin, Nick Fallon, and Nick wants to be Arianna's legal father. Will reveals that he is actually Arianna's father at Nick and Gabi's first attempt at a wedding in January 2013. Will signs away his rights after Nick blackmails him in March 2013. Leading up to her birth, Gabi and Nick are held hostage by Jensen, a former prison inmate Nick knows. Sonny and Will arrive and Sonny is able to escape with Gabi, but Will stays to help Nick. Gabi reveals that she has been having small contractions all day and Sonny finds an abandoned shed in which to deliver the baby. Sonny delivers Arianna, and Gabi and Arianna are brought to the hospital and given a clean bill of health. After she is born, Gabi and Nick send back her birth certificate before Gabi signs it in order to have Will's name listed as the father.
Arianna and her mother move in with Will and Sonny, and they raise Arianna as a three-parent family. In 2014, Sonny marries Arianna's father, Will, becoming her step-father. When Gabi is imprisoned for the murder of Nick, Arianna is raised by her two dads. Arianna is reunited with her mother when she is released from prison in September 2015. Her happiness is cut short when Will is apparently murdered, and Sonny, stricken with grief, leaves town, and Gabi is left to raise Arianna on her own. Sonny returns in 2016, and recommences co-parenting her with Gabi. In late 2017, it is revealed that Will is, in fact, alive. He is suffering from amnesia after being strangled and abducted, and has no memory of his life before. As soon as he returns to Salem, Arianna and Gabi come to see him. Despite not remembering them, Will treats Arianna as his daughter, and begins to take part in co-parenting Arianna again. When Will's amnesia leads to Arianna's two dads divorcing, Sonny continues to co-parent her, as does Will.
In 2018, her mother Gabi is wrongfully imprisoned, and Will and Sonny tell Arianna that her mom is working away from home. After Gabi is proved innocent, Will and Sonny tell Ari that her mom is coming home, but Gabi's release is delayed for several more weeks due to a murder at the prison, and when Gabi finally gets out, Arianna, feeling unloved by her mother, is angry and unwelcoming towards her.
Cole Hines
Cole Hines was created by head writers Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell.The character first appeared on June 27, 2013, as Bev Walters' boyfriend. He is in a group of drug dealers and users. He and JJ Deveraux get into a fist fight after he starts damaging his late grandfather's tree. The police apprehend them only to discover that they have shoplifted goods. The woman they stole from appears and wishes to press charges. Cole and his friend JJ get arrested. They are released after the woman decides not to press charges. Bev breaks up with Cole and starts dating JJ, which upsets Cole. He decides to get revenge on JJ for stealing his girlfriend; he calls the police when he catches JJ selling drugs to students and gets him arrested. In January 2014, Cole gets arrested and sent to jail. He receives the maximum sentence for his part in the robbery. In June 2014, he gets out of jail and meets up with Bev at the park. He needs some money, which Bev agrees to give him in return for dropping a few joints in Paige Larson's purse at Club TBD. As he is about to do so, Paige catches him. JJ arrives and gets in a fight with Cole until Paige steps in and Cole gets away. Paige sees Cole and Bev at the park and later confronts Bev. Cole meets JJ and confesses that Bev made him do it. Cole then checks himself into a rehabilitation center. After several months he gets out and starts attending Salem University. He meets Paige there and apologizes for his wrongdoings. She forgives him and they briefly start dating afterwards, but break up when she decides to give JJ another chance. Cole starts scheming with Paige's mother Eve to break the two up. He breaks into JJ's house and plants drugs in his bag. Paige confronts Cole at college. He admits it and tells her she deserves someone better than JJ. Paige asks him to stay away from her and JJ. Cole calls Eve to tell her what happened, but she tells him she is dropping off his money and ends the call, leaving Cole perplexed.