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Finola Hughes (born 29 October 1960) is an English actress, television host, entrepreneur, author, dancer, director and producer, best known for role as Anna Devane on the ABC soap operas ''General Hospital'' and ''All My Children'', and her portrayal of Laura in the 1983 film ''Staying Alive'', the sequel to ''Saturday Night Fever''. Hughes is also known for her portrayal of Anna Devane's identical twin, Dr. Alexandra Devane Marick, on ''All My Children'', and Patty Halliwell on the supernatural series, ''Charmed''. She also portrayed Carol in the final seasons of the NBC sitcom ''Blossom''. Hughes has also appeared in the films ''Aspen Extreme'', ''Above Suspicion'' and ''Like Crazy''. ==Career== Hughes trained in dance and performing arts at the Arts Educational Schools London. In 1981, she originated the role of Victoria the White Cat in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ''Cats''.〔 In 1983, Hughes starred with John Travolta in the musical film ''Staying Alive'', a sequel to ''Saturday Night Fever''. She played the role of Laura, an English dancer who is the romantic interest of Travolta's character Tony Manero. Hughes also appeared on the sitcom ''Blossom'', and as the X-Men character Emma Frost in the television movie ''Generation X'' (1996). In 1997, Hughes starred in Aaron Spelling's short-lived primetime soap opera ''Pacific Palisades''.〔 She was also a frequent guest-star on the television series ''Charmed'', playing the mother of the Halliwell girls, Patricia "Patty" Halliwell. She provided the voice of Lara, Kal-El's biological mother in ''Superman: The Animated Series''. Another voice-over role she had was Miss Robertson on an episode of Fox's animated comedy series ''Life with Louie''. From 1985 to 1992, she played Anna Devane on ''General Hospital''. Hughes won a Daytime Emmy in 1991, for Outstanding Lead Actress on ''General Hospital''. She was nominated for the same category in 1990 for Anna, in 2000 for ''AMC'' as Alex, and, in 2002, as Anna. After establishing herself as a daytime television star, Hughes shot a feature film cameo as a soap opera actress who loses an award to Sally Field in the satirical film ''Soapdish'' (1991).〔 Two years later, she played a leading role in the film ''Aspen Extreme'' (1993). It was announced in April 2006 that Hughes would be returning to ''GH''. In May 2006, as part of the May Sweeps period, three ''GH'' veterans would return. Finola Hughes would be reunited with Tristan Rogers (Robert Scorpio) and Emma Samms (Holly Sutton). Following a rise in ratings from her sweeps return, Hughes returned to ''General Hospital'' for a limited run through August 2006. Finola would return the following year on 13 July 2007 and once again on 15 April 2008. In September 2008, Hughes guest-starred in the ''General Hospital'' spinoff series ''General Hospital: Night Shift''. It has been said that Hughes will return to ''GH'' in early 2012 as character Anna Devane to be with her daughter, Robin, and help her through her toughest year. She will be a recurring character but Anna Devane will be front and center and staying in Port Charles awhile. Finola's onscreen ex-husband Tristan Rogers is rumored also to be returning as Robert Scorpio, his character Colin on the CBS soap ''The Young and the Restless'' exiled from Genoa City a few months back. Ex-''GH'' co-star Genie Francis, who played Colin's ex will still remain on the soap and will not be returning to ''GH''. In 2010, Finola also appeared in the ''CSI: NY'', ''Make It or Break It'' and ''Melissa & Joey''. Finola made a permanent return to ''General Hospital'' in March 2012. Her character, Anna Devane, moved in with Luke Spencer. In 2013, Hughes made her feature-film directing debut with indie comedy-drama ''The Bet''. She later starred with Kathryn McCormick in the dance movie ''Platinum the Dance Movie''. In 2015, Hughes directed her second film, ''Byrd and the Bees'' a romantic comedy starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Tracy Spiridakos.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=General Hospital's Finola Hughes To Direct Byrd And The Bees. - General Hospital News - Soaps.com )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Revolution' Star Tracy Spiridakos Joins Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Romantic Comedy (Exclusive) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Finola Hughes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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