Since the 1970s, the Daytime Emmy has been recognizing the talented actresses whose characters have long suffered at the hands of vicious villains of the soap operas.

Recognised for ending the 39-year drought in the lead actress category, Eileen Davidson won in 2014 for Days of Our Lives, making it a special win. Susan Flannery was the first actress who win in this ...

Moore, Susan Lucci and others, opened in January at the new MMAC Theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Behar recently announced that she will return to the comedy for three upcoming ...

"When you’re broadcasting, I think the highest acclaim you could get is to win an Emmy. "That’s been elusive ... I feel like (soap opera actress) Susan Lucci. I’ve been nominated a lot ...

Light gained recognition with her role as Karen Wolek in the soap opera “One Life to Live,” for which she won two consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards. She became known internationally as Angela ...

The names of actors like soap star Susan Lucci and Tom Selleck were bandied about for the lead roles. To the surprise of some, Halmi wasn’t overly interested in remaining faithful to the Ripley ...

But after decades of looking down on daytime serials, actually admitting that “prestige TV” owes more to Susan Lucci than Shakespeare sounds as absurd as, well, a soap opera.