Starting on June 8, 2006, Bonner was a participant in the
Ted Osbourne on One Life to Live from August 11, 2006, to November 2, 2006, when the character was killed off. One Life to Live subsequently offered Bonner the role of Talia, a police officer involved in the investigation of Osbourne's death.[1] The character was originally to be named Rhonda, but when the show's writers determined that she would be investigating the hate crime/arson case, they decided to add more depth to the character by making her an ethnic minority. The character was renamed Talia, and she became an Arab-American with a Syrian father.[2]
Character history
Talia is introduced in 2006 as a
Tate Harmon
to be the ringleader behind OPP. Talia shoots and arrests him before he murders several hostages.
Antonio announces his divorce from
Jamie. The reserved Talia is determined to not let on how she feels, believing that Antonio is reeling from the end of his marriage, and that any romantic tension would ruin their friendship and their professional relationship. Eventually Talia spends Thanksgiving 2007 with Antonio and his family, during which she shares a sensual dance with him in his mother's diner. An uncharacteristically impulsive Talia risks kissing Antonio and confessing her feelings for him. Antonio, still hurt after his divorce, rebuffs her advances politely; a humiliated Talia leaves. Their personal and professional relationship begins to disintegrate, and after a few awkward exchanges at work, Talia requests a transfer to the quiet neighboring township of Cherryvale. Antonio and Talia argue over her transfer, but Police Commissioner Bo Buchanan
reluctantly agrees to her request.
Antonio soon realizes that he is only waffling about his feelings for Talia out of fear of being hurt again and decides he cannot pass up this opportunity for true love. On
Mendorra
while they are in police custody but is murdered on June 12, 2008, before he can be brought to justice.
On June 26, 2008, Talia inexplicably aids
Sarah Roberts. Soon Antonio and Cristian discover that Jonas has both women; they and Sarah's mother Tina Lord
— who had been posing as the Crown Princess of Mendorra — agree to accompany Jonas back to Mendorra in order to make an exchange: Sarah and Talia for the Crown Jewels which Tina has in her possession.
In Mendorra, villain
Charlotte
. Eventually, Talia had escaped from Carlo with her mother, who remarried a hardworking Syrian man. Taking her stepfather's last name "Sahid," Talia had eventually gone into law enforcement for the express purpose of repudiating all the evil done by Carlo, and in the hopes of eventually bringing him to justice.
Talia despises Carlo, a longtime enemy of both Tina and the Vega brothers. Carlo intends to force Talia to marry Jonas, the true heir to the throne and Carlo's puppet. Talia protests and stalls, but goes through with the royal wedding on July 31, 2008 to save Antonio and her friends from harm — not knowing that Jonas has already stabbed Antonio and left him for dead. A wounded Antonio appears, overpowers Jonas and the guards and leads Talia to safety, but Carlo, Jonas and their men catch up. Talia brokers a deal with Carlo: she will stay if the others are allowed to leave. With several people's lives at stake, a furious Antonio is forced to leave Talia behind. Antonio, Sarah and Cristian later return; they drug Carlo and Jonas and stage them in bed together, and Talia leads a team of reporters to "discover" the scene. With a protesting Carlo and Jonas arrested for fraud, Talia and the others leave Mendorra.
While investigating a string of murders, Talia goes to
Powell Lord III
) on April 17, 2009. John subsequently finds her body floating face down in Dorian's swimming pool. Talia's photo is hung on the police station's wall of fallen officers.
