Daytime Emmy Awards History: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Marcy Walker

Five talented ladies are nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category for the 43rd Daytime Emmy Awards-- Nominated are: Finola Hughes (Anna) General Hospital, Mary Beth Evans (Kayla) Days of our Lives, Maura West (Ava) General Hospital, Tracey Bregman (Lauren) The Young and the Restless, and Kassie DePaiva (Eve) Days of our Lives. Only one will end up winning the coveted trophy.  The Outstanding Lead Actress category is always an exciting one. And we have proof!

The clips below feature the winning actresses from previous years accepting their awards:

* Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne on Guiding Light in 1985
* Marcy Walker as Eden Capwell Castillo on Santa Barbara in 1989
* Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant on Another World in 1993
* Hillary B.Smith as Nora Gannon on One Life to Live in 1994
* Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord Carpenter on One Life to Live in 1995
* Jess Walton as Jill Abbott on The Young and the Restless in 1997
* Cynthia Watros as Annie Dutton on Guiding light in 1998
* Susan Lucci finally winning the Emmy as Erika Kane on All My Children in 1999
* Susan Flannery as Stephanie Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful in 2000
* Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers Abbott on The Young and the Restless in 2004
* Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light in 2006
* The late Jeanne Cooper as Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless in 2008
* Maura West as Carly Tenney on As the World Turns in 2010
* Heather Tom as Katie Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful in 2013
* Eileen Davidson as Kristen DiMera on Days of our Lives in 2014
* Maura West as Ava Jerome on General Hospital in 2015

Lifetime Movie 'Stolen From the Suburbs' Premieres Tonight, Stars Brooke Nevin, Cynthia Watros

Stolen From the Suburbs premieres August 30 on Lifetime.

Lifetime movie Stolen From the Suburbs premieres Sunday, August 30 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The film stars Brooke Nevin and Cynthia Watros.

A single mother must leave her safe, suburban life in order to save her daughter who was kidnapped by human traffickers.

Stolen From the Suburbs was written and directed by Alex Wright.

The cast includes Mark Famiglietti, Sydney Sweeney, Sabrina Perez, Neill Barry, Ray Galletti, Brad Lee Wind, Tetona Jackson, Victoria Bruno and Rick McCallum.

The movie was previously titled Against Her Will.

MTV's 'Finding Carter Renewed for Second Season

MTV has renewed Finding Carter for a 12-episode second season.

MTV announced today the season two pick-up of its newest scripted drama series, Finding Carter, for 12 all-new episodes. The coming of age drama is currently 2014's #1 new cable series with 12-34 year olds and with teens. To date, the series is averaging a strong 2.0 P12-34 rating and 2.2 million total viewers (live+3).

"The creative minds behind Finding Carter did an exceptional job bringing this story to life and drawing our audience in," said President of MTV Programming, Susanne Daniels. "I'm looking forward to another season following Carter on her journey."

In tonight's episode, entitled "Half Baked," Carter and Taylor discover Elizabeth's affair and team up to force their mother to come clean. But when this revelation threatens to destroy the Wilson family, Carter must decide whether she's willing to do the unthinkable in order to bring the family back together. Finding Carter airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. Watch the mid-season trailer below:

'Finding Carter' Premieres July 8, Stars Kathryn Prescott, Cynthia Watros, Zac Pullam, Anna Jacoby-Heron, Milena Govich, Alexis Denisof

A new unconventional family drama premieres July 8 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. The show centers on Carter (Kathryn Prescott), a teenage girl who thinks she has the perfect life until one night after a police bust at a high school party she is told that the woman who she believes to be her biological mother actually abducted her as a toddler. Now Carter must return to the family who thought they had lost her. As she navigates brand-new parents, a twin sister, high school and boys, Carter vows to find Lori before the police capture the only mom she’s ever known and put her behind bars.

Finding Carter stars Kathryn Prescott as Carter, Cynthia Watros as Elizabeth, Zac Pullam as Grant, Anna Jacoby-Heron as Taylor, Milena Govich as Lori, and Alexis Denisof as David.

Watch the Finding Carter trailer below: