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Awards
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Pictures from the SOD Awards 2000 and the Emmy Awards 2000
Reel News (SOW 5/16/2000): Submitted for Finola's reel was "After dimitri's 'death', Alex flashes back to their wedding ceremony. Alex slaps Edmund when he says her irresponsibility led to the riding accident that caused the horse to be put down.
Prediction on her chances of winning the emmy (4-1). Pros- Hughes' soft beauty and rich, understated acting are a stunning combo. Cons- Panelists who knew and loved Hughes as General Hospital's Anna Devane may have been turned off by Alex."
Presenters from AMC for the emmys will be Finola, John Callahan, Vincent Irizarry, Kelly Ripa, and Mark Consuelos.
Emmy
Nominations 2000- With 12 nominations, AMC came out on top among the ABC
soaps. However, only two members of its cast were recognized: David Canary
(Adam/Stuart) and Finola Hughes (Alex), who only joined AMC in July. 'I'm
really surprised,' says Hughes, a '91 winner for her role as GH's Anna. 'I
just started .' And forget figuring out what to wear for the big day.
Hughes, who was on hand to help read off the list of nominees, was having a
devil of a time just deciding whom to phone with the news. 'I'm going to
call my husband, then I'll call [fellow Lead Actress nominee] Susan Flannery
(Stephanie, B&B), and then I'm going to call Ian Buchanan (ex-Duke, GH).
'Actually,' she decided, 'he'll
be cross that he's third on the list so maybe I'll call him before
Susan.'
27th Annual Daytime Emmy Nominations were announce early March 15th at the Rainbow Room:
"The room did come alive when AMC's Finola Hughes' and DOOL's Patrika Darbo's names were read, since they took part in the ceremony. When here name was announced, all of the blood drained from Hughes' face. 'I was very, very shocked,' she said afterward. Hughes feels her nomination proves the Alex/Anna Devane mystery gamble has paid off for her, AMC and ABC. 'Yeah. Definately. I mean, I think it's intriguing; I don't even know who I am!'
Those
8 a.m. Daytime Emmy nominations can throw off an actor's body clock. Used as
they are to early morning studio calls, they have to do a bit of resetting
to prep for this even earlier call. Looking bright and beautiful in the
merciless light of the Rainbow Room's floor-to-ceiling windows, Finola
Hughes (Alex), one of the announcers, said that the day before the event she
had slept 'in shifts'. I finished work at 4 and I was exhausted, so I went
home and slept from 5 till 9, then I got up and ate and went back to bed at
11 and got up at 4:30 a.m.' She was in makeup at 5:30."
(SOW4/4/2000)
Best Stand
Alone Actresses- "As Alex on AMC, Hughes rolled into Pine
Valley last year and stole the show. Such
intelligence, such ease as a performer, such
maturity and sheer credibility in her
interpretation of a vital, vulnerable, (and sometimes terrifyingly haunted) grown-up woman! Versatile Hughes, a
writer's dream, makes magic with every actor she works
with, including Vincent Irizarry (as a contentious
David) and Michael Nader (husband Dimitri)."
-excerpt
from Marlena's 11th Annual Marlena Awards (SOW 3/21/2000)
Dream
Ballot for the Daytime Emmys! (SOW 3/14/2000)
Finola Hughes was
chosen for Outstanding Lead Actress category.
For Your Consideration! (SOW 2/22/2000) "Finola Hughes, Alex- Hughes faced not only one but two daunting tasks when she burst onto the Pine Valley scene last year: As an actress, she had to step out from the shadow of her uberpopular GH character, Anna Devane Scorpio (while still keeping open the possiblity that Alex is Anna!)- and, as Alex, she had to win the audience's support as Edmund's first viable love post-Maria. Considering fans' loyalty to her predecessor in Edmund's heart, it's no small feat that Hughes has made herself irresistable with her charm, beauty and resonance. The meatier the material, the more she excels Her true bewildered anguish over David and her quest to move beyond her mysterious past putsHughes back where she belongs as a beloved and talented daytime star."