Katie Peretti
Katie Peretti | |||||||||||||
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As the World Turns character | |||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Cori Anne Hansen (1989–94) Terri Conn (1998–2010) | ||||||||||||
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First appearance | February 22, 1989 | ||||||||||||
Last appearance | September 17, 2010 | ||||||||||||
Created by | Douglas Marland | ||||||||||||
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Katie Peretti is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. She was portrayed by Terri Conn from August 29, 1998 to September 17, 2010. She was also portrayed by Cori Anne Hansen as a child, from 1989 to 1994. Conn, known as Terri Colombino during the majority of her years on the show, is considered to be one of the most popular young heroines to appear on ATWT in its final decade.[1]
Casting and characterization
Terri Conn joined the cast of the CBS daytime drama ATWT in 1998 but was not the first to appear on the show in the role as Cori Anne Hansen played the part from 1989 to 1994. Conn previously appeared as a model on another CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless in 1995.[2] The actress' popularity as the young heroine is considered to be one of the last in the final decade of the show.[1] The actress and character's critical acclaim allowed the show to capitalize on the attention with the release of the novel Oakdale Confidential: A Novel, which spanned a series of other books inspired by other CBS and ABC daytime dramas.[3]
At the conclusion of the show in 2010, Conn commented on her favorite storyline which saw her character manage life without her husband, who recently died.
"I definitely felt like the day when Brad died was one [her favorite story] because it was so beautifully written. And that is another thing, too. You have to have the writing and there has to be a great story. The way they wrote it was so beautiful, because he comes back to life for a bit there, and you think he’s going to be all right. And we have this conversation that everything is going to be great, and I go get the baby and while I am gone he dies. He never gets to see the baby. I don’t get to have a goodbye with him, and it’s really something I have not seen done before, and I was so glad about that."[4]
—Terri Conn,
Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps
Following the end of the show on September 17, 2010, Conn was cast in the role of ABC's One Life to Live as con-artist Aubrey Wentworth and she remained with the show from November 29, 2010 until December 29, 2011.[5] After departing from her role on OLTL, Conn continued to act and appeared in the role of Kerrie on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock in the episode "The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell" on January 26, 2012.[6][7]
Character history
Family and relationships
Katie has been on one of Oakdale's most beloved characters and her relationship with con artist and jewel smuggler Simon Frasier (
Career and Oakdale Confidential
Katie primarily worked as the co-host of "Oakdale Now" at local television station WOAK but she is also the author of Oakdale Confidential: A Novel, which was released on April 4, 2006 through publishing company
The book follows the investigation into the murder of Gregory Marron, Jr., a longtime supporter of Oakdale Memorial Hospital whose killer can be anyone in town due to his high volume of enemies. With Katie's boyfriend Mike,
References
- ^ a b Evans, Greg (November 4, 2010). "'As the World Turns' Stars Find Life After Soap". The New York Times.
- ^ "Terri Conn Bio | Soap Opera Digest". Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ^ Kaufman, Joanne (April 7, 2008). "The Book Is Real Enough. It's the Author That's Fake". The New York Times.
- Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Terri Colombino to One Life to Live | SOAPnet". Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ^ "Conn Laughs It up on 30 ROCK - ABC Soaps in Depth". Archived from the original on 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ^ "Conn Laughs It Up On 30 ROCK! - CBS Soaps In Depth". cbs.soapsindepth.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-11.
- ^ Oakdale Confidential: A Novel. Adams, Alina. Pocket Books (2006)
- ^ "Television". Daily News. New York.
- ^ "Television". Daily News. New York.
- ^ "Television". Daily News. New York.
- ^ "Entertainment News Page".
- ISBN 978-1416593607.
- ISBN 978-1416578239.
- ^ "Home". alinaadams.com.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4391-6520-1.
- ^ Oakdale Confidential: Secrets Revealed. Pocket. 14 November 2006.
Further reading
- Alina Adams (2006). Oakdale Confidential: A Novel. Pocket Books. p. 368. ISBN 1-4165-2481-9.
- Alina Adams (2006). Oakdale Confidential: Secrets Revealed. Pocket Books. p. 384. ISBN 1-4165-3714-7.