Susan Lucci Movies, TV Series

Susan Victoria Lucci is a celebrated American actress, television host, author, and entrepreneur, widely recognized for her iconic role as Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children, a character she portrayed from the show's inception in 1970 until its conclusion in 2011. Prior to this, she... Read more appeared in the 1960s soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing.

In 1996, Lucci earned a place on TV Guide's list of the 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time, ranking at number 37. She was also honored as one of VH1's 200 Top Icons of All Time and featured among Barbara Walters’s Ten Most Fascinating People.

Throughout her tenure on All My Children, Lucci received an impressive 21 nominations for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, ultimately winning the coveted award in 1999 after her 19th nomination. Her enduring status as "Daytime's Leading Lady," as dubbed by TV Guide, and her portrayal of the legendary Erica Kane solidified her as a significant figure in daytime television, with The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times recognizing her as the highest-paid actor in the genre.

In addition to her soap opera success, Lucci has made guest appearances on popular shows such as Dallas, Hot in Cleveland, and Army Wives, and even hosted Saturday Night Live in 1990. After All My Children ended, she hosted the true crime series Deadly Affairs from 2012 to 2014 and starred as Genevieve Delatour in the Lifetime series Devious Maids from 2013 to 2016.